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Filed under: Theater -- England -- History -- 19th century Memoirs of the life of John Philip Kemble, esq., including a history of the stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period (R.H. Small;, 1825), by James Boaden and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust) Mr. Dickens goes to the play (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1922), by Charles Dickens (page images at HathiTrust) Dramatic essays (Scott, 1895), by William Hazlitt, Robert William Lowe, and William Archer (page images at HathiTrust) Our recent actors : being recollections critical, and, in many cases, personal, of the late distinguished perfomers of both sexes, with some incidental notices of living actors (S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890), by Westland Marston (page images at HathiTrust) The drama of yesterday & today (Garland Pub., 1986), by Clement Scott (page images at HathiTrust) The reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, of the Theatres Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane, Haymarket, &c., and author of The Cabinet, &c. (Printed by J. & J. Harper, for Collins and Hannay; [etc., etc.], 1828), by Thomas Dibdin and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust) The True History of Tom & Jerry: or, The Day and Night Scenes, of Life in London from the Start to the Finish!, by Charles Hindley, Pierce Egan, and W. T. Moncrieff, illust. by George Cruikshank and Robert Cruikshank (Gutenberg ebook) The English Stage: Being an Account of the Victorian Drama, by Augustin Filon, trans. by Frederic Whyte (Gutenberg ebook)
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Filed under: Theater -- England -- History A Collection of Ancient Documents Respecting the Office of Master of the Revels, and Other Papers Relating to the Early English Theatre, From the Original Manuscripts Formerly in the Haslewood Collection (London: Printed by T. Richards, 1870), ed. by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, contrib. by Joseph Haslewood (page images at HathiTrust) A Complete History of the English Stage (5 volumes; London: Printed for the author, ca. 1800), by Charles Dibdin (page images at HathiTrust) The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare, and Annals of the Stage to the Restoration (3 volumes; London: J. Murray, 1831), by John Payne Collier (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespearean Playhouses: A History of English Theatres From the Beginnings to the Restoration (Boston et al: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1917), by Joseph Quincy Adams (multiple formats at archive.org) Music on the Shakespearian stage (AMS Press, 1976), by G. H. Cowling (page images at HathiTrust) The first English actresses, from the initial appearance of women on the stage in 1660 till 1700 (The Players, 1930), by Henry Wysham Lanier (page images at HathiTrust) Nights at the play; a view of the English stage (Chatto and Windus, 1883), by Dutton Cook (page images at HathiTrust) The life and adventures of Peg Woffington, with pictures of the period in which she lived (Hurst and Blackett, 1887), by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) The stage censor; an historical sketch: 1544-1907 (S. Low, Marston & company, ld., 1908), by G. M. G. (page images at HathiTrust) Le goût public et le théâtre élisabéthain jusqu'à la mort de Shakespeare. (Darantière, 1922), by Charles Jasper Sisson (page images at HathiTrust) Footlights (Chapman and Hall, limited, 1883), by John Hollingshead (page images at HathiTrust) The stage: both before and behind the curtain, from "observations taken on the spot." (R. Bentley, 1840), by Alfred Bunn (page images at HathiTrust) Our old actors. (R. Bentley, 1881), by H. Barton Baker (page images at HathiTrust) Censorship in England (F. Palmer, 1913), by Frank Fowell and Frank Palmer (page images at HathiTrust) A short view of the English stage, 1900-1926 (H. Jenkins Limited, 1926), by James Agate (page images at HathiTrust) English actors: their characteristics and their methods (Clarendon Press, 1886), by Henry Irving (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespearean playhouses : a history of English theatres from the beginnings to the Restoration (P. Smith, 1960), by Joseph Quincy Adams (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare's theater (The Macmillan company, 1916), by Ashley Horace Thorndike (page images at HathiTrust) The English stage. Being an account of the Victorian drama. (J. Milne;, 1897), by Augustin Filon and Frederic Whyte (page images at HathiTrust) The drama of yesterday & to-day (Macmillan and Co., limited;, 1899), by Clement Scott (page images at HathiTrust) The life and adventures of Peg Woffington, with pictures of the period in which she lived. (Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1892), by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) A dissertation on the pageants or dramatic mysteries anciently performed at Coventry, by the trading companies of that city; chiefly with reference to the vehicle, characters, and dresses of the actors. Compiled, in a great degree, from sources hitherto unexplored. To which are added, the Pageant of the Shearmen & taylors' company, and other municipal entertainers of a public nature. (Merridew and son, 1825), by Thomas Sharp (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare manual (Macmillan, 1876), by Frederick Gard Fleay (page images at HathiTrust) Dramatic micellanies : consisting of critical observations on several plays of Shakespeare : with a review of his principal characters, and those of various eminent writers, as represented by Mr. Garrick and other celebrated comedians : with anecdotes of dramatic poets, actors, &c. (The author, 1784), by Thomas Davies (page images at HathiTrust) A series of papers on Shakespeare and the theatre, together with papers on Edward Alleyn and early records illustrating the personal life of Shakespeare (Pub. for the Shakespeare Association by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927), by Shakespeare Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Burbage and Shakespeare's stage (A. Moring, ltd., The De la More press, 1913), by C. C. Stopes (page images at HathiTrust) Court masques of James I; their influence on Shakespeare and public theatres (Lincoln, Neb., 1913), by Mary Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust) The Elizabethan stage (Oxford : At the Clarendon Press, M.CMXXIII [1923], 1923), by E. K. Chambers (page images at HathiTrust) A new history of the English stage, from the restoration to the liberty of the theatres, in connection with the patent houses ... (Tinsley brothers, 1882), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust) A history of early eighteenth century drama, 1700-1750 (University Press, 1925), by Allardyce Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) A history of late eighteenth century drama, 1750-1800 (The University Press, 1927), by Allardyce Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) The organization and personnel of the Shakespearean company (Princeton University Press, 1927), by Thomas Whitfield Baldwin and Thomas Whitfield Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare's theater (The Macmillan company, 1925), by Ashley Horace Thorndike (page images at HathiTrust) The tragic actor. (Theatre Arts Books, 1959), by Bertram Leon Joseph (page images at HathiTrust) Memoirs of the life of John Philip Kemble, esq., including a history of the stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825), by James Boaden (page images at HathiTrust) Memoirs of his own life (Printed for the author by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson [etc.], 1790), by Tate Wilkinson (page images at HathiTrust) Die englische volksbühne im zeitalter Shakespeares nach den bühnenanweisungen (E. Felber, 1910), by Bernhard Neuendorff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Shakespeare manual (Macmillan, 1878), by Frederick Gard Fleay (page images at HathiTrust) Ralegh and Marlowe; a study in Elizabethan fustian (Fordham university press, 1944), by Eleanor Grace Clark (page images at HathiTrust) A history of Restoration drama 1660-1700 (The University Press, 1928), by Allardyce Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust) Roscius Anglicanus, or, An historical review of the stage from 1660 to 1706. (J.W. Jarvis & son, 1886), by John Downes (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare and democracy (University of Tennessee Press, 1941), by Alwin Thaler (page images at HathiTrust) Elizabethan fustian. ([Oxford press], 1937), by Eleanor Grace Clark (page images at HathiTrust) Annals of the stage (G. Bell, 1879), by John Payne Collier (page images at HathiTrust) Music on the Shakespearian stage (University Press, 1913), by G. H. Cowling (page images at HathiTrust) The romance of the English stage. (R. Bentley & son, 1874), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust) These were actors : a story of the Chapmans and the Drakes (Library Publishers, 1955), by George D. Ford (page images at HathiTrust) Elizabethan drama and dramatists, 1583-1603. (Printed by J. Johnson at the University press, 1928), by Ernest Allen Gerrard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) The court and the London theatres during the reign of Elizabeth ... (The Collegiate press :, 1913), by Thornton Shirley Graves (page images at HathiTrust) A dictionary of actors and of other persons associated with the public representation of plays in England before 1642 (Yale university press;, 1929), by Edwin Nungezer (page images at HathiTrust) The pin-basket to the children of Thespis. : With notes historical, critical, and biographical. (Printed for H.D. Symonds ... and T. Bellamy ..., 1797), by Anthony Pasquin (page images at HathiTrust) The new world of the theatre, 1923-1924 (M. Hopkinson & co., ltd., 1924), by J. T. Grein (page images at HathiTrust) The seventeenth century accounts of the masters of the revels (Pub. for the Shakespeare Association by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922), by C. C. Stopes and Shakespeare Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust) Plays, players and playhouses at home and abroad, with anecdotes of the drama and the stage (Hurst and Blackett, 1881), by William Pitt Lennox (page images at HathiTrust) Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day (Harvard University Press; [etc., etc.], 1922), by Alwin Thaler (page images at HathiTrust) Stage whispers. (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1901), by R. J. Broadbent (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) The reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, of the Theatres Royal, Covent Garden, Drury Lane, Haymarket, &c. and author of The Cabinet, &c. (Henry Colburn, 1837), by Thomas Dibdin (page images at HathiTrust) Thespis on tryal : or, The moralitie of playes considered ([s.n.], 1887), by John Geier (page images at HathiTrust) Famous plays : their histories and their authors. (Ward & Downey, 1888), by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) The Actors' remonstrance, or complaint, for the silencing of their profession, and banishment from their severall playhouses. 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 ... (Reprinted by F. Marshall, 1822) (page images at HathiTrust) 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) Plays of William Shakespeare (Printed for C. and J. Rivington ... [et al.], 1826), by William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers, Edmond Malone, and George Steevens (page images at HathiTrust) The seventeenth century accounts of the masters of the revels (Pub. for the Shakespeare association by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1969), by C. C. Stopes and Shakespeare Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Restoration drama 1660-1700 (University Press, 1923), by Allardyce Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) A history of restoration drama 1600-1700 (University Press, 1923), by Allardyce Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust) Historia histrionica: an historical account of the English stage shewing the ancient use, improvement, and perfection of dramatick representations in this nation. In a dialogue of plays and players. (E. W. Ashbee, 1872), by James Wright (page images at HathiTrust) The plays of William Shakespeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens, esq., and Edmond Malone, esq., with Mr. Malone's various readings; a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators; a history of the stage, and a Life of Shakspeare; by Alexander Chalmers, F.S.A. (Printed for Longman and Co. [etc.], 1856), by William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers, Edmond Malone, and George Steevens (page images at HathiTrust) Recollections and reflections (S. Low, Marston & Co., 1901), by J. R. Planché (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Our old actors (R. Bentley and son, 1878), by Henry Barton Baker (page images at HathiTrust) The world of the theatre; impressions and memoirs, March 1920-1921. (W. Heinemann, 1921), by J. T. Grein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) The Life of Mr. James Quin, comedian, with the history of the stage from his commencing actor to his retreat to Bath ... ([Reader], 1887) (page images at HathiTrust) The book of theatrical anecdotes. (G. Routledge and sons, 1873), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust) Famous plays with a discourse by way of prologue on the playhouses of the restoration. (Ward & Downey, 1886), by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) Die kindertruppen; eine kapitel aus der geschichte der englischen theatergesellschaften in dem zeitraume von 1559 bis 1642. (Druck von Grube & Dathe, 1901), by Hermann Maas (page images at HathiTrust) The Bankside stage-book (Wells Gardner, Darton, 1924), by H. W. Whanslaw (page images at HathiTrust) The organised theatre; a plea in civics (G. Allen & Unwin, 1924), by St. John G. Ervine (page images at HathiTrust) The art of the Victorian stage; notes and recollections (Sherratt & Hughes, 1907), by Alfred Darbyshire (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) A Pelican's tale, fifty years of London and elsewhere (J. B. Lippincott, 1919), by Frank M Boyd and London Pelican (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Shakespearean playhouses; a history of English theatres from the beginnings to the restoration (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917), by Joseph Quincy Adams (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare's theatre and the dramatic tradition. (Folger Shakespeare Library, 1958), by Louis B. Wright (page images at HathiTrust) The romance of the English stage (J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1875), by Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust) From "The Bells" to "King Arthur." A critical record of the first-night productions at the Lyceum theater from 1871-1895 (Macqueen, 1897), by Clement Scott (page images at HathiTrust) A history of costuming on the English stage between 1660 and 1823 ([Madison : University of Wisconsin, 1918), by Lily Bess Campbell, Joseph Fawcett, and Arthur Beatty (page images at HathiTrust) The life and adventures of Peg Woffington, with pictures of the period in which she lived (Hurst and Blackett, 1885), by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) A Pelican's tale, fifty years of London and elsewhere (H. Jenkins limited, 1919), by Frank M. Boyd (page images at HathiTrust) Engelske theaterforhold i Shakespearetiden. (Gyldendal, 1901), by Karl Mantzius (page images at HathiTrust) Dramatic miscellanies : consisting of critical observations on several plays of Shakspeare, with a review of his principal characters, and those of various eminent writers, as represented by Mr. Garrick and other celebrated comedians with anecdotes of dramatic poets, actors, &c. (Printed for S. Price, 1784), by Thomas Davies (page images at HathiTrust) Fashion then and now, illustrated by anecdotes, social, political, military, dramatic, and sporting. With remarks on dress, elections, duelling, amateur theatricals, racing, hunting, shooting, fishing, skating, golfing, curling, deep sea fishing, yachting. (Chapman and Hall, 1878), by William Pitt Lennox (page images at HathiTrust) Peg Woffington ... (The Grolier Society, 1900), by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) The life and adventures of Peg Woffington, with pictures of the period in which she lived (Dodd, Mead, 1892), by J. Fitzgerzld Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) The stage : both before and behind the curtain, from "observations taken on the spot." (Lea & Blanchard, 1840), by Alfred Bunn (page images at HathiTrust) Die englische volksbühne im zeitalter Shakespeares nach den bühnenanweisungen (E. Felber, 1910), by Bernhard Neuendorff (page images at HathiTrust) Englische Bühnenverhältnisse im sechzehnten und siebzehnten Jahrhundert. (Druck von H. Gretsel, 1894), by Alfred van der Velde (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare : his life, art, and characters : With an historical sketch of the origin and growth of the drama in England (Ginn brothers, 1900), by Henry Norman Hudson (page images at HathiTrust) Shakspere to Sheridan; a book about the theatre of yesterday and to-day. (B. Blom, 1963), by Alwin Thaler (page images at HathiTrust) The stage: both before and behind the curtain, from "observations taken on the spot." (R. Bentley, 1840), by Alfred Bunn (page images at HathiTrust) Die englische volksbühne im zeitalter Shakespeares nach den bühnenanweisungen (E. Felber, 1910), by Bernhard Neuendorff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) The actors remonstrance, or complaint: for the silencing of their profession and banishment from their severall playhouses. In which is fully set down their grievances, for their restraint. As it was presented in the names and behalfes of all our London comedians. (Printed for Edw. Nickson. Ianuar, 1943) (page images at HathiTrust) Dramatic micellanies [sic] consisting of critical observations on several plays of Shakspeare: With a review of his principal characters, and those of various eminent writers, as represented by Mr. Garrick, and other celebrated comedians, with anecdotes of dramatic poets, actors, &c. (AMS Press, 1973), by Thomas Davies (page images at HathiTrust) The life and adventures of Peg Woffington : with pictures of theperiod in which she lived (Dodd, Mead, 1892), by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) The censorship of plays in the office of the Lord Chamberlain : the case for abolition. (s.n.], 1908) (page images at HathiTrust) "Their Majesties' servants" (BookLab, Inc., 1890), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust) The "act time" in Elizabethan theatres. (Chapel Hill, 1915), by Thornton Shirley Graves (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) Le théatre anglais : hier, aujourd'hui, demain (Paris : Calmann Lévy, 1896), by Augustin Filon (page images at HathiTrust) Life and adventures of Peg Woffington, with pictures of the period in which she lived. (Hurst, 1884), by J. Fitzgerald Molloy (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare : his life, art, and characters : With an historical sketch of the origin and growth of the drama in England. (Ginn brothers, 1902), by Henry Norman Hudson (page images at HathiTrust) Le théâtre anglais ; hier, aujourd'hui, demain. (C. Lévy, 1896), by Augustin Filon (page images at HathiTrust) Fashion then and now illustrated by anecdotes, social, political, military, dramatic, and sporting. With remarks on dress, elections, duelling, amateur theatricals, racing, hunting, shooting, fishing, skating, golfing, curling, deep sea fishing, yachting. (Chapman and Hall, 1878), by William Pitt Lennox (page images at HathiTrust) The history of English dramatic poetry to the time of Shakespeare, and Annals of the stage to the restoration. (AMS Press, 1970), by John Payne Collier (page images at HathiTrust) The Elizabethan stage ... (L. Scott Pub. Co., 1908), by William Archer (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare's theater (The MacMillan Company, 1935), by Ashley Horace Thorndike (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare's theatre and the dramatic tradition (Published for The Folger Shakespeare Library by The University Press of Virginia, 1969), by Louis B. Wright (page images at HathiTrust) The stage for which Shakespeare wrote ... ([Chautauqua, N.Y., 1906), by Carl H. Grabo (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespearean playhouses; a history of English theatres from the beginnings to the restoration. (Constable and Co., 1920), by Joseph Quincy Adams (page images at HathiTrust) Shakespeare's theater (Macmillan Co., 1962), by Ashley Horace Thorndike (page images at HathiTrust) Histrio-Mastix : The players scourge, or, Actors Tragaedie, divided into two parts : wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers Arguments ... that popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions ... and that the profession of play-poets, of stage players, together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians (London : Printed by E.A. and W.I. for M. Sparke, 1633., 1633), by William Prynne and Puritan Collection of English and American Literature (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust) Graphic sources for a modern approach to the acting of restoration comedy. (U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Research], 1967), by Nancy Wandalie Henshaw (page images at HathiTrust) Across the footlights; some recollections of the local drama, with original drawings and photographs. (Printed at the Chronicle Press, 1923), by Edward Arnold Shute (page images at HathiTrust) Dramatic miscellanies: consisting of critical observations on several plays of Shakspeare: with a review of his principle characters, and those of various eminent writers (Printed for the author, 1785), by Thomas Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
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