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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726) | 17 |
| Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726 | 11 |
| Desboulmiers, Jean-Augustin-Jullien (1731-1771) | 7 |
| Paris (France). Comedie-Italienne | 7 |
| Congreve, William (1670-1729) | 5 |
| Vanbrugh, John | 5 |
| Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726) | 5 |
| Baker, David Erskine (1730-1767) | 4 |
| Congreve, William | 4 |
| Congreve, William, 1670-1729 | 4 |
The companion to the play-house : or, An historical account of all the dramatic writers (and their works) that have appeared in Great Britain and Ireland, from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions, down to the present year 1764. Composed in the form of a dictionary... [etc.] (v.1)
Baker, David Erskine (1730-1767)
1764
Caption title: The play-house dictionary. Published anonymously. A second edition (1782) and a third (1812) were issued under title: Biographia dramatica.
The companion to the play-house : or, An historical account of all the dramatic writers (and their works) that have appeared in Great Britain and Ireland, from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions, down to the present year 1764. Composed in the form of a dictionary... [etc.] (v.2)
Baker, David Erskine (1730-1767)
1764
Caption title: The play-house dictionary. Published anonymously. A second edition (1782) and a third (1812) were issued under title: Biographia dramatica.
Biographia dramatica : or, A companion to the playhouse (v.1)
Baker, David Erskine (1730-1767); Reed, Isaac (1742-1807)
1782
First edition published anonymously, 1764, under title: "The companion to the playhouse".
Biographia dramatica : or, A companion to the playhouse (v.2)
Baker, David Erskine (1730-1767); Reed, Isaac (1742-1807)
1782
First edition published anonymously, 1764, under title: "The companion to the playhouse".
An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings, of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces, or opera's in the English tongue
Langbaine, Gerard (1656-1692)
an. Dom. 1691
A new edition, revised by Charles Gildon, appeared 1699 under title: The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets. Based on his "New catalogue of English plays, London, 1688 [Dec. 1687]" ...
Dramatic miscellanies : 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 (v.1)
Davies, Thomas (1712?-1785)
1785
Vol. 1: xi, [1], 451, [1] p.; v. 2: 427, [1] p.; v. 3: [2], 605, [1] p.
Dramatic miscellanies : 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 (v.2)
Davies, Thomas (1712?-1785)
1785
Vol. 1: xi, [1], 451, [1] p.; v. 2: 427, [1] p.; v. 3: [2], 605, [1] p.
Dramatic miscellanies : 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 (v.3)
Davies, Thomas (1712?-1785)
1785
Vol. 1: xi, [1], 451, [1] p.; v. 2: 427, [1] p.; v. 3: [2], 605, [1] p.
The history of the English state, from the restauration to the present time : 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, state, pulpit are distinctly considered
Betterton, Thomas (1635?-1710); Oldys, William (1696-1761); Curll, Edmund (1675-1747); Egerton, William
1741
Pages 30 and 31 (2d seq.) misnumbered 31 and 30 respectively. Includes table of contents. Decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. Dedication signed: E. Curll. "A compilation by Oldys et al,...
La escena hespañola defendida en el prólogo del Theatro hespañol
García de la Huerta, Vicente Antonio (1734-1787)
1786
P.cliv misnumbered p.civ.
Histoire de l'ancien théâtre italien, depuis son origine en France, jusqu'à sa suppression en l'année 1697 : suivie des extraits ou canevas des meilleures pićes italiennes qui n'ont jamais été imprimées
Parfaict, François (1698-1753)
1753
Publisher's catalogue (9 p) at end.
A general view of the stage
Wilkes, Thomas (1786); Derrick, Samuel (1724-1769)
1759
Dedication signed: Thomas Wilkes.