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Leisure Hours: or, Entertaining Dialogues, Between Persons Eminent for Virtue and Magnanimity (fifth edition; London: Darton, Harvey and Darton, 1812), by Priscilla Wakefield (multiple formats at archive.org)
Master Will of Stratford : a midwinter night's dream in three acts, with a prologue and an epilogue (Macmillan, 1916), by Louise Ayres Garnett (page images at HathiTrust)
Julius Caesar (Houghton Mifflin, 1894), by William Shakespeare and Richard Grant White (page images at HathiTrust)
Edward the Second, 1594 (Printed for the Malone Society by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press, 1926), by Christopher Marlowe and W. W. Greg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Susanna Shakespeare; a romantic comedy in four acts (Printed for the Author, 1916), by Eleanor Prescott Hammond (page images at HathiTrust)
In honor of Shakespeare; a dramatic tribute for the Shakespeare tercentenary celebration of Indiana University, at Bloomington, Indiana, April twenty sixth, nineteen sixteen (Indiana University, 1916), by William Chauncy Langdon and Indiana University (page images at HathiTrust)
Will Shakespeare of Stratford and London; a drama in four acts (Dodd, Mead, 1910), by Margaret Crosby Munn (page images at HathiTrust)
Types of historical drama (Prentice-Hall, inc., 1928), by Robert Metcalf Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Henry the Fourth, Part I (The Macmillan Company, 1911), by William Shakespeare and Frank Wadleigh Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
Otto, trauerspiel (Gebr. Henninger, 1881), by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger and B. Seuffert (page images at HathiTrust)
Francis Bacon; a drama (The Albert F. Grazer company, 1911), by Mervyn Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
The works of William Shakespeare (Macmillan and Co., 1863), by William Shakespeare, John Glover, William Aldis Wright, and William George Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
Macbeth. (Ginn & Heath, 1879), by William Shakespeare and Henry Norman Hudson (page images at HathiTrust)
Devil's disciple. (H. S. Stone and company, 1901), by Bernard Shaw and Herbert S. Stone & Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Richard the Second. (Macmillan, 1912), by William Shakespeare and Hardin Craig (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The life of Henry the Fifth (Macmillan, 1911), by William Shakespeare and Lewis Freeman Mott (page images at HathiTrust)
Three plays for Puritans (H. S. Stone and company, 1901), by Bernard Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
The man without a country; a play in a prologue, three acts and an epilogue (S. French; [etc., etc.], 1918), by Elizabeth A. McFadden, Edward Everett Hale, and Agnes Louise Crimmins (page images at HathiTrust)
The Danites in the Sierras (in four acts) (Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin co., 1910), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
Dante; a drama (Press of McManus], 1904), by J. F. X. O'Conor (page images at HathiTrust)
Wat Tyler, a dramatic poem in three acts. (J. P. Mendum, 1850), by Robert Southey (page images at HathiTrust)
The will of the gods; a semi-historical drama of mysticism and romance, love and conquest, in five acts (White & Davis printing co., 1909), by Paul Cammans (page images at HathiTrust)
Mohammed, the Arabian prophet. A tragedy, in five acts. (Phillips, Sampson & company, 1850), by George Henry Miles (page images at HathiTrust)
"Jane Eyre"; a play in four acts. An adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's celebrated novel. (A. Byer, 1909), by Miron Leffingwell (page images at HathiTrust)
Das historische drama der Griechen. (Halle a/S., 1878), by Alfred Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
The drums of Oude; a play in one act (Commission on Training Camp Activities, Dept. of Dramatic Activities among the Soldiers, 1918), by Austin Strong (page images at HathiTrust)
An imaginary conversation between William Shakespeare and his friend, Henry Wriothesly, earl of Southampton. (Jordan and company, 1844), by William Giles Dix (page images at HathiTrust)
The Rochester Shakespeare pageant: (Rochester herald press, 1916), by Margaret MacLaren Eager (page images at HathiTrust)
Will o the world; a Shakespearean tercentenary masque (Mangus printing co.], 1916), by Isabella Fiske Conant (page images at HathiTrust)
Isaac Comnenus (E. Moxon, 1845), by Henry Taylor, Edward Moxon, and Bradbury & Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
The works of Frederick Schiller. (H.G. Bohn, 1860), by Friedrich Schiller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Court of James the Third (New York ; Baltimore : William Taylor & Co., 1847., 1847), by James White, Stephen L. Halsey, and England) Sadler's Wells Theatre (London (page images at HathiTrust)
The Troublesome Raigne of Iohn King of England, with the discouerie of King Richard Cordelions Base sonne (vulgarly named, The Bastard Fawconbridge): also the death of King Iohn at Swinstead Abbey ... (Issued for subscribers by John S. Farmer, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
Wat Tyler : a dramatic poem in three acts. (Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1817), by Robert Southey (page images at HathiTrust)
The siege of Syracuse; a poetical drama in five acts (D. Lothrop company, 1889), by William Augustine Leahy (page images at HathiTrust)
Alfred. A patriotic play, in five acts. (T. Brettell, 1858), by Martin Farquhar Tupper (page images at HathiTrust)
History of King Henry the Fourth (Harper & Brothers, 1897), by William Shakespeare, W. J. Rolfe, and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)
The devil's charter (A. Uystpruyst; [etc., etc.], 1904), by Barnabe Barnes and R. B. McKerrow (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Waterloo (S. French;, 1907), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dante; a drama (Press of McManus], 1904), by J. F. X. O'Conor (page images at HathiTrust)
The siege of Syracuse : a poetical drama in five acts (D. Lothrop, 1889), by William Augustine Leahy (page images at HathiTrust)
Divine tragedy. (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1896), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (page images at HathiTrust)
Slaves and fools (Press of Christie Printing Co.], 1907), by Aloys Conley (page images at HathiTrust)
Los comuneros : drama histórico en cuatro actos (Impr. de Vapor de Zalamea Hnos., 1888), by Constancio Franco V. (page images at HathiTrust)
The enterprise of the "Mayflower" (in four parts) (Walter H. Baker & Co., 1913), by Amice Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
Aodh Ó Néill. (Connraḋ na Gaeḋilge, 1902), by Pádraig Ó Seaghdha (page images at HathiTrust)
Lanzone : dramma storico in cinque atti (Milano : Libreria editrice di educazione e d'instruzione di Paolo Carrara, 1868., 1868), by Amato Amati, Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, and Cavagna Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
Town of Remington, Virkginia, Fauquier County ([Washington, D.C.] : Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance Administration, [1979], 1979), by United States. Federal Insurance Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Devils charter (At London : Printed by G[eorge] E[ld] for Iohn Wright, and are to be sold at his shop in New-gate market, neere Christ church gate, 1607., 1607), by Barnabe Barnes, William Holgate, John Wright, and George Eld (page images at HathiTrust)
Dīminrīyūs : riwāyah mufjiʻah dhāt thalathat fuṣūl ([s.n.], 1887), by Khalīl Ṭannūs Bākhūs (page images at HathiTrust)
Manners and movements in costume plays (Kenyon-Deane, 1900), by Isabel Chisman and Hester Emilie Raven-Hart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The siege of Syracuse; a poetical drama in five acts (D. Lothrop company, 1889), by William Augustine Leahy (page images at HathiTrust)
Koning Hendrik de Vijfde (in Dutch), by William Shakespeare, trans. by L. A. J. Burgersdijk (Gutenberg ebook)
Koning Richard de Tweede (in Dutch), by William Shakespeare, trans. by L. A. J. Burgersdijk (Gutenberg ebook)
Koning Hendrik de Vierde (in Dutch), by William Shakespeare, trans. by L. A. J. Burgersdijk (Gutenberg ebook)
Claes Flemings tider: Dramatisk dikt i fem akter (in Swedish), by Fredrik Cygnaeus (Gutenberg ebook)
Mestari Olavi: Viisinäytöksinen näytelmä (in Finnish), by August Strindberg, trans. by Yrjö Koskelainen (Gutenberg ebook)
Will Shakespeare: An Invention in Four Acts, by Clemence Dane (Gutenberg ebook)
The Scottish History of James the Fourth: 1598, by Robert Greene, ed. by A. E. H. Swaen (Gutenberg ebook)
Kuningas Henrik Kahdeksas (in Finnish), by William Shakespeare, trans. by Paavo Emil Cajander (Gutenberg ebook)
Kuningas Henrik Viides (in Finnish), by William Shakespeare, trans. by Paavo Emil Cajander (Gutenberg ebook)
Kuningas Henrik Neljäs II (in Finnish), by William Shakespeare, trans. by Paavo Emil Cajander (Gutenberg ebook)
Kuningas Henrik Neljäs I (in Finnish), by William Shakespeare, trans. by Paavo Emil Cajander (Gutenberg ebook)
Kuningas Richard Kolmas (in Finnish), by William Shakespeare, trans. by Paavo Emil Cajander (Gutenberg ebook)
Kuningas Richard Toinen (in Finnish), by William Shakespeare, trans. by Paavo Emil Cajander (Gutenberg ebook)
History Plays for the Grammar Grades, by Mary Ella Lyng (Gutenberg ebook)
Henri VIII (in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg ebook)
Henri V (in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg ebook)
La vie et la mort du roi Richard III (in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg ebook)
Henri IV (2e partie) (in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg ebook)
Titus Andronicus (in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg ebook)
Titus Andronicus (in Dutch), by William Shakespeare, trans. by L. A. J. Burgersdijk (Gutenberg ebook)
King Henry the Fifth: Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, by William Shakespeare, ed. by Charles John Kean (Gutenberg ebook)
Henri IV (1re partie) (in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg ebook)
Le roi Jean (in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg ebook)
La vie et la mort du roi Richard II (in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg ebook)
Titus Andronicus (in Finnish), by William Shakespeare, trans. by Paavo Emil Cajander (Gutenberg ebook)
Edward the Second, by Christopher Marlowe (Gutenberg ebook)

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