The Online Books Page

Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources

See also what's at your library, or elsewhere.

• Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century
• Performing arts -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
• Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
• Theater -- England -- History -- Sources

• Shakespearean Prompt-Books of the Seventeenth Century, by William Shakespeare and G. Blakemore Evans (HTML at bsuva.org)
• Collections. (Printed for the Malone Society by H. Hart M.A., at the Oxford University Press, 1907), by Malone Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shakespearean prompt-books of the seventeenth century. (Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1960), by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Organization and Personnel of the Shakespearean Company (New York: Russell and Russell, 1961), by T. W. Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dramatic Publication in England, 1580-1640: A Study of Conditions Affecting Content and Form of Drama (Modern Language Association of America monograph #2; New York: D.C. Heath; London : Oxford University Press, 1927), by Evelyn May Albright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sous le Masque de "William Shakespeare": William Stanley, VIe Comte de Derby (2 volumes in French; Paris: Payot et cie, 1918-1919), by A. Lefranc
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Court masques of James I; their influence on Shakespeare and the public theatres (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1913), by Mary Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The plays of William Shakspeare (Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823), by William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers, Edmond Malone, and George Steevens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber das englische theaterwesen zu Shakspere's zeit; ein vortrag gehalten in Bonn am 21. jan. und in Köln am 17. märz 1853. (J.G. Heyse, 1853), by Nikolaus Delius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Äussere geschichte der englischen theatertruppen in dem zeitraum von 1559 bis 1642. (A. Uystpruyst; [etc., etc.], 1907), by Hermann Maas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue, their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays / first begun by Mr. Langbain ; improv'd and continued down to this time, by a careful hand. (London : Printed for Tho. Leigh ... and William Turner ..., [1699]), by Gerard Langbaine and Charles Gildon (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Guide to the English costumes presented by Messrs. Harrods Ltd. (Printed under the authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913), by Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Textiles and Harrods Ltd (page images at HathiTrust)

• The travelling players in Shakspere's England. ([Chicago, 1920), by Alwin Thaler (page images at HathiTrust)

• Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and Female Pages (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1994), by Michael Shapiro
  • multiple formats at fulcrum.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Actors remonstrance or complaint for the silencing of their profession and banishment from their severall play-houses in which is fully set downe their grievances for their restraint ... as it was presented in the names and behalfes of all our London comedians ... and published by their command in print by the Typograph Royall of the Castalian Province, 1643. (London : Printed for Edw. Nickson, Ianuar 24, 1643) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Gaming the Stage: Playable Media and the Rise of English Commercial Theater (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018), by Gina Bloom
  • Javascript-dependent HTML at University of Michigan Press
  • multiple formats via Figshare
• The Commonwealth and Restoration stage. (Russell & Russell, 1962), by Leslie Hotson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609, by Bernard Beckerman (Gutenberg ebook)

• Gaming the Stage: Playable Media and the Rise of English Commercial Theater (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018), by Gina Bloom
  • Javascript-dependent HTML at University of Michigan Press
  • multiple formats via Figshare

• Records of Early English Drama: Cumberland, Westmorland, Gloucestershire (Toronto et al.: University of Toronto Press, 1981), ed. by Audrey W. Douglas and Peter Greenfield (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Dramatic Records of Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels, 1623-1673 (1917), by Great Britain Office of the Revels and Henry Herbert, ed. by Joseph Quincy Adams (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II (London, 1687), by Francis Sandford and Gregory King (frame- and JavaScript-dependent page images at rarebookroom.org)

• Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons : interspersed with anecdotes of authors and actors (H. Colburn, 1827), by James Boaden (page images at HathiTrust)

• Illustrated catalogue of the pictures &c. in the Shakespeare Memorial at Stratford-upon-Avon : with historical and descriptive notes. (J. Morgan, 1903), by England) Shakespeare Memorial (Stratford-upon-Avon (page images at HathiTrust)

• Records of Early English Drama: Bristol (Toronto et al.: University of Toronto Press, c1997), ed. by Mark C. Pilkinton (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Documents Relating to the Office of the Revels in the Time of Queen Elizabeth (Louvain: A. Uystpruyst; et al., 1908), by Great Britain Office of the Revels, ed. by Albert Feuillerat
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • PDF at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Henslowe's Diary (2 volumes; London: A. H. Bullen, 1904-1908), by Philip Henslowe, ed. by W. W. Greg
  • Part I (text): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Part II (commentary): multiple formats at archive.org
• Collections. (Printed for the Malone Society by H. Hart M.A., at the Oxford University Press, 1907), by Malone Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Baddeley memoirs (Printed for Messrs. Colles ... [and 13 others], 1787), by Elizabeth Steele and Alexander Bicknell (page images at HathiTrust)

• Records of Early English Drama: Kent: Diocese of Canterbury (3 volumes; 2002), ed. by James M. Gibson
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org

• Records of Early English Drama: Oxford (2 volumes; c2004), ed. by John R. Elliott, Alan H. Nelson, Alexandra F. Johnston, and Diana Wyatt
  • Volume 1 (records): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (editorial apparatus): multiple formats at archive.org

• Records of Early English Drama: Sussex (c2000), ed. by Cameron Louis (multiple formats at archive.org)