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1.
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
Author
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710
Published
Boston : Printed by William S. & Henry Spear, 1814.
Location
BEINECKE (Non-Circulating) >> Hag29 741ob
LSF - Haas Arts Special Collections (Non-Circulating) >> A 3 B46
Format
Books
2.
William Smith papers
Author
Smith, William, 1730-1819
Date
1760-1823
Call Number
OSB MSS 57
Found In
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
3.
The life of Mr. James Quin comedian, with the history of the stage from his commencing actor to his retreat to Bath ... to which is added a supplement of ... facts and anecdotes ... with his trial for the murder of Mr. Bowen
Published
London, Reader, 1887.
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> Hag29 Q4 z887L
Format
Books
4.
Memoirs of the life of John Philip Kemble, esq., including a history of the stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period
Author
Boaden, James, 1762-1839
Published
Philadelphia, R.H. Small; New York, Wilder & Campbell, 1825.
Online
Online book
Online book
v.2
Location
HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource
Format
Books / Online
5.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley; recording his life as actor and theater manager in both Dublin and London, and including a Smock-Alley calendar for the years of his management,
Author
Sheldon, Esther K.
Published
Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1967. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Online
Online book
Location
Yale Internet Resource >> None
Format
Books / Online
6.
The reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, of the Theatres Royal, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane, Haymarket, &c., and author of The Cabinet, &c.
Author
Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841
Published
New York, Printed by J. & J. Harper, for Collins and Hannay; [etc., etc.] 1828.
Online
Online book
Location
HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource
Format
Books / Online
7.
Garrick claims the stage : acting as social emblem in eighteenth-century England
Author
Woods, Leigh
Published
Westport, Connecticut ; London : England ; Greenwood Press, [1984]
©1984
Location
LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating) >> 53 G193 W864
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> PN2598 G37 W65 1984
Format
Books
8.
Catalogue of engravings of theatrical scenes and portraits
Author
Thornber, Harry
Published
Manchester : Arts Club, 1888
Online
Online book
Location
HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource
Format
Books / Online
9.
A cosmopolitan actor : David Garrick and his French friends
Author
Hedgcock, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1875-
Published
London : Stanley Paul & Co., [1913?]
Online
Online book
Location
HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource
Format
Books / Online
10.
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
Author
Gilliland, Thomas
Published
London, Printed for C. Chapple, by B. McMillan, 1808.
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> A 3 G41
Format
Books
11.
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
Author
Gilliland, Thomas
Published
London, Printed for C. Chapple, by B. McMillan, 1808.
Online
v.1
v.2
Location
HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource
Format
Books / Online
12.
David Garrick and the birth of modern theatre
Author
Benedetti, Jean
Published
London : Methuen, 2001.
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> PN2598 G37 B46 2001
Format
Books
13.
Peg Woffington and her world
Author
Dunbar, Janet
Published
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> Hag29 W822X D911
Format
Books
14.
The palmy days of Nance Oldfield
Author
Robins, Edward, 1862-1943
Published
London : William Heinemann, 1898.
Online
Online book
Location
HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource
Format
Books / Online
15.
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
Author
Gilliland, Thomas
Published
London, C. Chapple, 1808.
Online
v.1
v.2
Location
HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource
Format
Books / Online
16.
The celebrated Mrs. Oldfield : the life and art of an Augustan actress
Author
Lafler, Joanne, 1934-
Published
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1989.
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> PN2598 O5 L3 1989
Format
Books
17.
The celebrated Mrs. Oldfield : the life and art of an Augustan actress
Author
Lafler, Joanne, 1934-
Published
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1989.
Online
Online book (login required)
Location
Internet Archive >> None
Format
Books
18.
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley : recording his life as actor and theater manager in both Dublin and London, and including a Smock-Alley calendar for the years of his management
Author
Sheldon, Esther K.
Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1967.
Location
LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating) >> 53 Sh53 Sh4
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> Im Sh535 S966S
BRITISH ART CENTER, Reference Library (Non-Circulating) >> PN2601 S47 1967 (LC)
Format
Books
19.
Roles of authority : thespian biography and celebrity in eighteenth-century Britain
Author
Wanko, Cheryl
Published
Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, c2003.
Location
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> PN2593 .W36 2003
LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating) >> 769 2003 W36
Format
Books
20.
"The stage's glory" : John Rich, 1692-1761
Published
Newark : University of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Reference Library (Non-Circulating) >> PN2598.R4575 S73 2011 (LC) Oversize
SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> PN2598.R4575 S73X 2011 Oversize
Format
Books
21.
The London Mathews : containing an account of this celebrated actor's memorandum book, of peculiarities, characters, and manners, collected by him in his various trips, and several other humorous songs, (all adpted to well-known airs.), viz. Memoranda in confusion, The night coach, "Bubbles", a capital song, The sailing match, Old and new times, Public office, Bow street, Finale, and a monopolylogue, intitled [sic], The Crown Inn Danger : embellished with seven copper-plate engravings
Author
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835
Published
London : Printed by and for William Cole, No. 10, Newgate Street, [1826?]
Location
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> PR4984.M88 .L66 1826
Format
Books
22.
Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries : the whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of thirty-six years
Author
Davies, Thomas, approximately 1712-1785
Published
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808.
Online
v.1
v.2
vol.1
vol.2
Location
HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource
Format
Books / Online
23.
The life of an actor
Author
Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849
Published
London : Printed for C.S. Arnold, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 1825.
Location
Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> X f Eg1 825
BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> PN2095 .E4 1825
Format
Books
24.
An apology for the life of Colley Cibber : with an historical view of the stage during his own time
Author
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
Published
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 2000.
Location
Request for delivery to any Yale Library >> PR3347 A8 2000 (LC)
Format
Books
25.
An apology for the life of Mr Colley Cibber, comedian and late patentee of the Theatre Royal : a modernized text
Author
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Online
Online book
Location
Yale Internet Resource >> None
Format
Books / Online