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• The Old English Drama: A Selection of Plays From the Old English Dramatists (2 volumes; London: Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1825), contrib. by George Chapman, James Shirley, Thomas Heywood, Henry Glapthorne, Christopher Marlowe, and Thomas Nash
  • Volume I (The Second Maiden's Tragedy; A Pleasant Conceited Comedy; The Ball; The Rape of Lucrece): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II (Love's Mistress, or The Queen's Masque; Albertus Wallenstein; Dido, Queen of Carthage; The Lady's Privilege): multiple formats at Google
• Old Plays: Being a Continuation of Dodsley's Collection, With Notes, Critical and Explanatory (6 volumes; London: Rodwell and Martin, 1816), ed. by Charles Wentworth Dilke, contrib. by Christopher Marlowe, John Lyly, John Marston, Thomas Dekker, George Chapman, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, John Webster, and Thomas Heywood
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• Old English plays; being a selection from the early dramatic writers ... (Printed by Whittingham and Rowland, for J. Martin [etc.], 1814), by Charles Wentworth Dilke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The faithful shepherdess; a play (J. M. Dent and co., 1897), by John Fletcher and F. W. Moorman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern British drama (Miller, 1811), by Walter Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• M. William Shak-speare's King Lear : the first quarto, 1608 (C. Praetorius, 1885), by William Shakespeare, P. A. Daniel, and Charles Praetorius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Works of Shakespeare (Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1747), by William Shakespeare, George Vertue, Benjamin Dodd, E. New, Richard Wellington, Somerset Draper, John Brindley, Charles Hitch, Henry Lintot, Thomas Shewell, Thomas Longman, Samuel Birt, Nicholas Rowe, William Warburton, Alexander Pope, J. and R. Tonson, and John and Paul Knapton (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dick's complete edition of Shakespeare's works (John Dicks, 1866), by William Shakespeare, Millicent Bandmann-Palmer, and Birmingham Public Libraries (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar. With biographical and critical notices. (E. Moxon, 1840), by William Wycherley and Leigh Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Best plays of the old dramatists (Vizetelly, 1888), by Thomas Otway and Roden Noel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic works of John Webster. (Reeves & Turner, 1897), by John Webster and William Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of Thomas Middleton (J.C. Nimno, 1885), by Thomas Middleton, A. H. Bullen, Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Thomas Dekker, and William Rowley (page images at HathiTrust)
• A select collection of old plays : in eight volumes ; with additional notes and corrections (Septimus Prowett, 1826), by Isaac Reed, John Payne Collier, Octavius Gilchrist, and Robert Dodsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Fleire (A. Uystpruyst, 1912), by Edward Sharpham, John Marston, and Hunold Nibbe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Comedies (H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1925), by William Congreve and Bonamy Dobrée (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dramatic works of John Dryden, Esq. (Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1762), by John Dryden, Richard Tonson, Jacob Tonson, William Congreve, and J. and R. Tonson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of Mr. William Shakespear, in nine volumes: (Printed for J. Tonson [etc.], 1714), by William Shakespeare, Michael van der Gucht, Elisha Kirkall, Louis Du Guernier, Daniel Jackson, Nathaniel Cliff, John Darby, Jonas Browne, William Taylor, Arthur Bettesworth, Daniel Midwinter, James Knapton, K. Sanger, John Pemberton, Edmund Curll, Jacob Tonson, Charles Gildon, Nicholas Rowe, and T. Varnam and J. Osborn (page images at HathiTrust)
• British theatre : comprising tragedies, comedies, operas, and farces, from the most classic writers ; with biography, critical account and explanatory notes (Baudry, 1828), by O. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The comedies and tragedies of George Chapman, now first collected, with illustrative notes and a memoir of the author .... (J. Pearson, 1873), by George Chapman and Richard Herne Shepherd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Venice preserved : A tragedy in five acts (Turner & Fisher, 1846), by Thomas Otway (page images at HathiTrust)
• The elder brother; or, love makes a man : a comedy, in five acts (R.G. Berford & co., 1848), by John Fletcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plays (J.M. Dent ;, 1910), by Ben Jonson and Felix Emmanuel Schelling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Congreve's works. (Printed for Jacob Tonson ..., 1710), by William Congreve and Jacob Tonson (page images at HathiTrust)
• King Lear. (C. Praetorius, 1885), by William Shakespeare, P. A. Daniel, and Charles Praetorius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Worke for cutlers ; or, A merry dialogue betweene sword, rapier and dagger. Acted in a show in the famous Universitie of Cambridge A. D. 1615. (C. J. Clay and Sons, 1904), by Albert Forbes Sieveking (page images at HathiTrust)
• Love-sick King (A. Uystpruyst; [etc., etc.], 1907), by Anthony Brewer and A. E. H. Swaen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Satiro-mastix; or, The vntrussing of the humorous poet. (A. Uystpruyst; [etc., etc.], 1907), by Thomas Dekker and Hans Scherer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The queen; or, The excellency of her sex. (Uystpruyst; [etc., etc.], 1906), by W. Bang, Alexander Goughe, and John Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
• The blind beggar of Bednall Green (Uystpruyst, 1902), by John Day, W. Bang, and Henry Chettle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tragedy of Cymbeline. (J.M. Dent and co., 1896), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of Beaumont and Fletcher (G. Routledge, 1880), by Francis Beaumont, George Darley, and John Fletcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of William Shakespeare : from the text of the Rev. Alexander Dyce's fourth ed., and an arrangement of his glossary in each volume (White, Stokes& Allen., 1887), by William Shakespeare, A. R. MacFarlane, and Alexander Dyce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Works of William Shakespeare (W. & R. Chambers, 1878), by William Shakespeare and Charles Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shakspeare's sa mmtliche dramatische Werke (C. J. Klemann, 1848), by William Shakespeare, Ernst Thein, Karl Simrock, Ernst Susemihl, Leopold Petz, Ernst Ortlepp, Theodor Oelcker, Theodor Mu gge, Wilhelm Lampadius, Ludwig Hilsenberg, Alexander Fischer, Heinrich Do ring, and Adolf Bo ttger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of William Shakespeare : from the text of the Rev. Alexander Dyce's fourth ed., with an arrangement of his glossary. (Hurst, 1885), by William Shakespeare and Alexander Dyce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shakspere's sämmtliche Dramatische Werke (Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, 1870), by William Shakespeare and Adolf Böttger (page images at HathiTrust)
• British theatre : comprising tragedies, comedies, operas, and farces, from the most classic writers : with biography, critical account and explanatory notes (F. Fleischer, 1828), by Owen Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of William Shakespeare : the text regulated by the folio of 1632; with readings from former editions, a history of the stage, a life of the poet, and an introd. to each play; to which are added glossarial and other notes (Porter & Coates, 1859), by William Shakespeare and George L. Duyckinck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complete works of Shakespeare (Published by Henry P.B. Jewett, 1857), by William Shakespeare and Barry Cornwall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The complete works of Shakespeare (Willoughby, 1851), by William Shakespeare, Thomas Henry Nicholson, and Samuel Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shakespeare's zeitgenossen und ihre werke; in charakteristiken und übersetzungen. (R. Decker, 1858), by Friedrich Bodenstedt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shakespeare's tragedy of Othello; with preface, glossary, &c. (J. M. Dent and co., 1912), by William Shakespeare and Israel Gollancz (page images at HathiTrust)
• King Henry V. (University press, 1911), by William Shakespeare and A. W. Verity (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• John Dryden (A.A. Wyn, 1949), by John Dryden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ben Jonson (T.F. Unwin;, 1894), by Ben Jonson, C. H. Herford, William Gifford, and Brinsley Nicholson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thomas Middleton (Vizetelly, 1887), by Thomas Middleton, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and Havelock Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 5 (of 5), by Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, and William Rowley, ed. by Alexander Dyce (Gutenberg ebook)
• The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 4 (of 5), by Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, and William Rowley, ed. by Alexander Dyce (Gutenberg ebook)
• The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 3 (of 5), by Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, and William Rowley, ed. by Alexander Dyce (Gutenberg ebook)
• The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 2 (of 5), by Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, and William Rowley, ed. by Alexander Dyce (Gutenberg ebook)
• The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 1 (of 5), by Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, and William Rowley, ed. by Alexander Dyce (Gutenberg ebook)
• Webster & Tourneur, by John Webster and Cyril Tourneur, ed. by John Addington Symonds (Gutenberg ebook)
• William Wycherley [Four Plays], by William Wycherley, ed. by William C. Ward, contrib. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Devil is an Ass, by Ben Jonson, ed. by Albert S. Cook and William Savage Johnson (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Plays of Philip Massinger, Vol. I, by Philip Massinger (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dryden's Works Vol. 08 (of 18), by John Dryden, ed. by Walter Scott (Gutenberg ebook)
• Thomas Otway: The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists, by Thomas Otway, ed. by Roden Noel (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Works of John Marston. Volume 3, by John Marston, ed. by A. H. Bullen (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Works of John Marston. Volume 2, by John Marston, ed. by A. H. Bullen (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Works of John Marston. Volume 1, by John Marston, ed. by A. H. Bullen (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Lady of Pleasure: A Comedie, as It Was Acted by Her Majesties Servants, at the Private House in Drury Lane, by James Shirley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dryden's Works Vol. 3, by John Dryden, ed. by Walter Scott (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume IV, by Aphra Behn, ed. by Montague Summers (Gutenberg ebook)
• Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, by George Chapman, ed. by Frederick S. Boas (Gutenberg ebook)
• Wit Without Money; A Comedy: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, by John Fletcher (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Faithful Shepherdess: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)., by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont (Gutenberg ebook)
• Beggars Bush: A Comedy: From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10), by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Spanish Curate: A Comedy, by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Scornful Lady, by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Elder Brother: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10), by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, and Philip Massinger, ed. by Arnold Glover (Gutenberg ebook)
• Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 02 of 10: the Humourous Lieutenant, by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont, ed. by Arnold Glover (Gutenberg ebook)
• Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 01 of 10: the Custom of the Country, by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, and Philip Massinger, ed. by Arnold Glover (Gutenberg ebook)
• The sophy. (London : Printed by Richard Hearne for Thomas Walkley ..., 1642), by John Denham (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• How a man may chuse a good wife from a bad (London : Printed [by T. Creede] for Mathew Lawe, and are to be solde at his shop in Paules Church-yard, neere vnto S. Augustines gate, at the signe of the Foxe, 1602), by Thomas Heywood and Jo. Cooke (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The politician, a tragedy written by James Shirley. (London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley ..., 1655), by James Shirley (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome. (London : Printed [by T[homas] R[oycroft]] for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, and are to be sold at their shops, 1653), by Richard Brome, Alexander Brome, and Thomas Cross (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The royall exchange. A comedy, acted with general applause at the Black-Friers, by His Majesties Servants. Written by Mr. Richard Brome. (London : printed for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivie-lane, 1661), by Richard Brome (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The Ghost or The woman wears the breeches. A comedy written in the year MDCXL. (London, : Printed by William Bentley for Thomas Heath dwelling in Russel street in Covent-garden near the piazza., 1653) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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