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• Fashioning Celebrity: Eighteenth-Century British Actresses and Strategies For Image Making (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2011), by Laura Engel (PDF at Ohio State)
• Spectacular Disappearances: Celebrity and Privacy, 1696-1801 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2016), by Julia H. Fawcett
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• Miscellanies in prose and verse (Printed for James Ridgway, ..., 1791), by Thomas Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• The palmy days of Nance Oldfield (William Heinemann, 1898), by Edward Robins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theophilus Cibber, to David Garrick, Esq. : with dissertations on theatrical subjects. (Printed for W. Reeves ... :, 1759), by Theophilus Cibber, Gerard Van der Gucht, and David Garrick (page images at HathiTrust)
• David Garrick and his French friends (Stanley Paul & Co., 1913), by Frank A. Hedgcock (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 2 (of 2): Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement, by Colley Cibber (Gutenberg ebook)
• An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2): Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement, by Colley Cibber (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield, by Edward Robins (Gutenberg ebook)

• Catalogue of engravings of theatrical scenes and portraits (Arts Club, 1888), by Harry Thornber and England) Arts Club (Manchester (page images at HathiTrust)

• Baddeley memoirs (Printed for Messrs. Colles ... [and 13 others], 1787), by Elizabeth Steele and Alexander Bicknell (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. (R.H. Small;, 1825), by James Boaden and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Polly Peachum" : being the story of Lavinia Fenton (Duchess of Bolton) and "The beggar's opera" (Brentano's, 1913), by Charles E. Pearce (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)

• 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)

• Staging Governance: Theatrical Imperialism in London, 1770-1800 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005), by Daniel O'Quinn (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
• The history of the theatres of London : containing an annual register of all the new and revived tragedies, comedies, operas, farces, pantomines, &c. that have been performed at the theaters-royal, in London, from the year 1771 to 1795, with occasional notes and anecdotes. (Martin and Bain, 1796), by Walley Chamberlain Oulton (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Plays and Puritans, and Other Historical Essays, by Charles Kingsley (Gutenberg texts)
• Dramatic table talk; or, Scenes, situations, & adventures, serious & comic, in theatrical history & biography... (J. Knight & H. Lacey, 1825), by Richard Ryan and François Joseph Talma (page images at HathiTrust)
• A century of great actors, 1750-1850 (Mills & Boon, Limited, 1912), by Cecil Ferard Armstrong (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• ...English actors from Shakespeare to Macready (H. Holt and company, 1879), by Henry Barton Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the stage. Studies of theatrical history and the actor's art. (S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1883), by Dutton Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian and patentee of the Theatre Royal (W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822), by Colley Cibber and Edmund Bellchambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dickens and the drama, being an account of Charles Dicken's connection with the stage and the stage's connection with him (Scribner, 1910), by S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and reminiscences of E. L. Blanchard (Hutchinson & co., 1891), by E. L. Blanchard, Cecil Howard, Clement Scott, and Drinkwater Meadows (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their majesties' servants." Annals of the English stage, from Betterton to Edmund Kean. Actors-Authors--Audiences (W. J. Widdleton, 1865), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their majesties' servants." Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. (D. Mckay, 1890), by Dr. Doran and Richard Henry Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• A complete history of the English stage. Introduced by a ... review of the Asiatic, the Grecian, the Roman, the Spanish, the Italian, the Portuguese, the German, the French, and other theatres and ... biographical tracts and anecdotes ... (London, 1800), by Charles Dibdin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scenes and machines on the English stage during the Renaissance : a classical revival (Barnes and Noble, 1960), by Lily Bess Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oxberry's Dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes ... (G. Virtue, 1826), by W. Oxberry, R. W. Smith, and Catherine Elizabeth Oxberry (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber (J. C. Nimmo, 1889), by Colley Cibber, Anthony Ashton, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their Majesties' servants". : Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. By Dr. Doran. Edited and rev. by Robert W. Lowe (J.C. Nimmo, 1888), by Dr. Doran and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pre-restoration stage studies (Harvard university press, 1927), by William J. Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scenes and machines on the English stage during the renaissance, a classical revival (The University press, 1923), by Lily Bess Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historia histrionica : an historical account of the English-stage,shewing the ancient use, improvement, and perfection, of dramatick representation, in this nation. In a dialogue, of plays and players ... (Printed by G. Croom, for W. Haws, 1872), by James Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal. With an historical view of the stage during his own time. (Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1756), by Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Apology for the life of Mr. T......... C....., comedian. : Being a proper sequel to the Apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian. With an historical view of the stage to the present year. (Printed for J. Mechell ..., 1740), by Henry Fielding and Theophilus Cibber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anthony Aston, stroller and adventurer; to which is appended Aston's Brief supplement to Colley Cribber's Lives; and A sketch of the life of Anthony Aston, written by Himself. (The author, 1920), by Watson Nicholson and Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beaumont and Fletcher on the restoration stage (Harvard university press, 1926), by Arthur Colby Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber. (Grolier Society, 1900), by Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shakespeare in Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; an account of English actors in Germany and the Netherlands (Asher & co., 1865), by Albert Cohn and Jakob Ayrerm (page images at HathiTrust)
• Their majesties' servants. Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. (A. C. Armstrong & son, 1880), by Dr. Doran and Richard Henry Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Government regulation of Elizabethan drama (The Columbia university press, 1908), by Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic records of Sir Henry Herbert, master of the Revels, 1623-1673 (Yale University Press, 1917), by Great Britain Office of the Revels, Joseph Quincy Adams, and Henry Herbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The King's Office of the revels 1610-1622; fragments of documents in the Department of manuscripts, British museum (F. Marcham, 1925), by Great Britain Office of the Revels, Frank Marcham, George Buck, and British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• British drama : an historical survey from the beginnings to the present time. (Crowell, 1925), by Allardyce Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• The controversy between the Puritans and the stage (H. Holt, 1903), by Elbert Nevius Sebring Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The controversy between the Puritans and the stage (AMS Press, 1972), by Elbert Nevius Sebring Thompson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sir Walter Scott's novels on the stage (Yale university press;, 1927), by Henry Adelbert White (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The evolution of the English drama up to Shakespeare (G. Reimer, 1912), by Charles William Wallace (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Plays and Puritans, and other historical essays (Macmillan and co., 1873), by Charles Kingsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book of the play : studies and illustrations of histrionic story, life, and character (Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876), by Dutton Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic mirror; containing the history of the stage from the earliest period to the present time; including a biographical and critical account of all the dramatic writers, from 1660; and also of the most distinguished performers from the days of Shakespeare to 1807; and a history of the country theatres in England, Ireland, and Scotland. (C. Chapple, 1808), by Thomas Gilliland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dramatic criticism. (Greening., 1899), by Jack Thomas Grein and Jacob Thomas Grein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Barker's complete list of plays, exhibiting at one view the title, size, date, and author, from the commencement of theatrical performances to 1803. To which is added a Continuation to the Theatrical remembrancer designed to shew collectively each author's work. (Barker & son, 1804), by James Barker, John Egerton, and Walley Chamberlain Oulton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short history of the English stage from its beginnings to the summer of the year 1908: (The Walter Scott publishing co., ltd., 1908), by R. Farquharson Sharp (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for his life (J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.;, 1914), by Colley Cibber and William Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their majesties' servants," annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. (W.J. Widdleton, 1970), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Government regulation of the Elizabethan drama. (B. Franklin, 1961), by Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from the accounts of the revels at court, in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I : from the original office books of the masters and yeomen (Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1842), by Great Britain Office of the Revels and Peter Cunningham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The theatre (1720) (Augustan Reprint Society, 1948), by John Falstaffe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic list; a record of the principal performances of living actors and actresses of the British stage. (Hardwicke and Bogue, 1879), by Charles Eyre Pascoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic list : a record of the principal performances of living actors and actresses of the British stage. With criticisms from contemporary journals (D. Bogue, 1880), by Charles Eyre Pascoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber (AMS Press, 1966., 1966), by Colley Cibber and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some account of the English stage : from the Restoration in 1660 to 1830. In ten volumes. (Printed by H.E. Carrington ;, 1832), by John Genest, Thomas Rood, H. E. Carrington, Robert Gould Shaw, Clarence S. Bement, Augustin Daly, James McHenry, Francis Harvey, Thomas Hailes Lacy, Charles Rugge Price, Robert Cruikshank, and George Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust)
• English dramatic companies, 1558-1642 (Constable and company limited, 1910), by John Tucker Murray (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• English dramatic companies, 1558-1642. (Russell & Russell, 1963), by John Tucker Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• The drama vindicated : with copious notes (W.H. Smith, 1835), by John Doe Denman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dickens and the drama, being an account of Charles Dickens's connection with the stage and the stage's connection with him. (Chapman & Hall, ltd., 1910), by S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The theatrical 'world'. 1893-1897. (W. Scott, 1894), by William Archer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minstrel memories : the story of burnt cork minstrelsy in Great Britain from 1836 to 1927 (A. Rivers, 1928), by Harry Reynolds (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• British drama; an historical survey from the beginnings to the present time (G.G. Harrap, 1925), by Allardyce Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Elizabethan playhouse, and other studies. (J. B. Lippincott, 1912), by William J. Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Their Majesties' servants," or Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. Actors, authors, audiences. (John C. Nimmo, 1897), by Dr. Doran and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old play-goer. (J. Masters, 1846), by William Robson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir Walter Raleigh and his time, with other papers. (Ticknor and Fields, 1859), by Charles Kingsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The drama recorded; or, Barker's list of plays, alphabetically arranged, exhibiting at one view, the title, size, date, and author, with their various alterations, from the earliest period, to 1814; to which are added, Notitia dramatica, or A chronological account of events relative to the English stage. (J. Barker, 1814), by James Barker and Walley Chamberlain Oulton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sixty-eight years on the stage (Mills & Boon, limited, 1911), by Adelaide Helen Calvert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Elizabethan playhouse and other studies, second series (Shakespeare head press, 1913), by William J. Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber (Athenæum Press, 1888), by Colley Cibber, Anthony Aston, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plays and Puritans, and other historical essays. (Macmillan, 1890), by Charles Kingsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Elizabethan playhouse and other studies (Shakespeare head press, 1912), by William J. Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Annals of the English stage : or, Their Majesties' servants. (Bigelow, 1850), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Their majesties' servants : or Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean : actors--authors--audiences (Wm. H. Allen, 1865), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Schreibung in den englischen Theaterurkunden aus dem Zeitalter der königin Elisabeth. (K. F. Bender, 1911), by Robert Bach (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The dramatic list: a record of the principal performances of living actors and actresses of the British stage. With criticism from contemporary journals. (Hardwicke and Bouge, 1879), by Charles Eyre Pascoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Shakspearean miscellany: containing a collection of scarce and valuable tracts; biographical anecdotes of theatrical performers (Printed by Knight and Compton, 1802), by F. G. Waldron (page images at HathiTrust)
• The stage : both before and behind the curtain, from "observations taken on the spot" (Richard Bentley, 1840), by Alfred Bunn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die englische Bühne zur Zeit der Königin Elisabeth. (Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei A.-G. (vorm. J. F. Richter), 1889), by J. G. Hagmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oxberry's Dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes. (G. Virtue, 1825), by W. Oxberry and Catherine Elizabeth Oxberry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sixty-eight years on the stage (Mills & Boon, 1911), by Adelaide Helen Calvert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life of Mr Cibber (Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830), by Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Études sur W. Shakspeare (Amyot, 1852), by Philarète Chasles (page images at HathiTrust)
• The theatre : to which are added, The anti-theatre ; The character of Sir John Edgar ; Steele's case with the lord chamberlain ; The crisis of property, with the sequel, two Pasquins, &c. &c. (Printed by and for the editor and sold by G.G.J. and J. Robinson, ... J. Walter, ... and C. Dilly, ... , 1791), by Richard Steele, John Falstaffe, John Nichols, John Dennis, and Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Correspondance entre un Anglais et un Français, relative à l'état actuel de leurs nations, et aux différens partis qui les divisent : contenant une relation exacte du massacre de Manchester, l'acte d'installation du second Congrès de la république de Venezuela, et l'histoire du théâtre français que l'on essaya d'établir à Londres en 1749, et que l'on y a clandestinement établi en 1813 (J. Brianchon, 1820), by Alexandre Ricord (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our actors and actresses: the dramatic list; of living actors and actresses of the British stage. (D. Bogue, 1880), by Charles Eyre Pascoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dramatic mirror, containing the history of the stage from the earliest period to the present time; including, a biographical and critical account of all the dramatic writers from 1660; and also of the most distinguished performers, from the days of Shakspeare to 1807, and a history of the country theatres in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Embellished with seventeen elegant engravings. (Printed for C. Chapple, by B. McMillan, 1808), by Thomas Gilliland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diprose's book of the stage and the players. (Diprose & Bateman, 1876), by John Diprose (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their Majesties' servants." Annals of the English stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. (AMS Press, 1968), by Dr. Doran and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annals of the English stage. (W.H. Allen & co, 1864), by Dr. Doran (page images at HathiTrust)
• Somerset and the drama (Somerset Folk Press, 1922), by S. R. Littlewood (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Extracts from the accounts of the revels at court, in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I (Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1842), by Great Britain Office of the Revels and Peter Cunningham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our actors and actresses (The Temple Publishing Co., 1880), by Charles Eyre Pascoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anti-theatre (Printed by and for the editor, 1791), by Richard Steele (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Theatrical 'world', 1893-1897 (W. Scott, 1894), by William Archer and Theatrical World (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the English stage. Including the lives, characters and amours of the most eminent actors and actresses. With instructions for public speaking; wherein the action and utterance of the bar, stage and pulpit are distinctly considered. (Printed by William S. & Henry Spear, 1814), by Edmund Curll, William Oldys, Charles L. Coles, Thomas Betterton, and John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dramatic criticism . (E. Nash, 1905), by Jack Thomas Grein (page images at HathiTrust)
• The stage in the year 1900 : a souvenir, being a collection of photogravure plates portraying the leading players and playwrights of the day and a history of the stage during the Victorian era (Spottiswoode, 1901), by W. Eden Hooper and Joseph Knight (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An apology for his life (J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.;, 1930), by Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust)
• English dramatic companies, 1558-1642 (Constable, 1910), by John Tucker Murray (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Polly Peachum" : being the story of Lavinia Fenton (Duchess of Bolton) and "The beggar's opera" (Brentano's, 1913), by Charles E. Pearce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The truth about the stage. (Wyman & sons, 1885), by Corin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous actors: biographies and portraits reprinted and reproduced from Oxberry's "Dramatic biography". (W. H. White, 1894), by W. Oxberry and Catherine Elizabeth Hewitt Oxberry (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber (J.C. Nimmo, 1889), by Colley Cibber, Anthony Ashton, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes. (G. Virtue, 1826), by W. Oxberry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historia histrionica. (1876), by James Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber (AMS Press, 1966), by Colley Cibber, Tony Aston, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber. (Athenaeum Press, 1888), by Colley Cibber, Robert William Lowe, Tony Aston, and James Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian. (Hunt and Clarke, 1830), by Colley Cibber (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book of the play: studies and illustrations of histrionic story, life, and character. (Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882), by Dutton Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber. (Athenœum Press, 1900), by Colley Cibber, Anthony Aston, James Wright, and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The rise of a theory of stage presentation in England during the eighteenth century (The Modern Language Association, 1917), by Lily Bess Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dramatic criticism (Greening, 1890), by Jack Thomas Grein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pageantry on the Shakespearean stage. (New Haven, Conn. : College and University Press, [1962], 1962), by Alice Sylvia Griffin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Their Majesties' servants." Annals of the English stage : from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean (John C. Nimmo, 14, King William Street, Strand, 1888), by Dr. Doran and Robert William Lowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colley Cibber ... (The Grolier Society, 1900), by Colley Cibber, James Wright, Robert William Lowe, and Tony Aston (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 3 of 3), by Dr. Doran, ed. by Robert William Lowe (Gutenberg ebook)
• "Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 2 of 3), by Dr. Doran, ed. by Robert William Lowe (Gutenberg ebook)
• "Their Majesties' Servants." Annals of the English Stage (Volume 1 of 3), by Dr. Doran, ed. by Robert William Lowe (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Theater (1720), by John Falstaffe (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Book of the Play: Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character, by Dutton Cook (Gutenberg ebook)
• Love's kingdom a pastoral trage-comedy : not as it was acted at the theatre near Lincolns-Inn, but as it was written, and since corrected / by Richard Flecknoe ; with a short treatise of the English stage, &c. by the same author. (London : Printed by R. Wood for the author, 1664), by Richard Flecknoe (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• 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. (London : Printed by G. Croom for William Haws, 1699), by James Wright (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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