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Who's who on the stage; the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre, containing records of the careers of actors, actresses, managers and playwrights of the American stageAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Who's who on the stage 1908 : the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre : containing careers of actors, actresses, managers and playwrights of the American stageAuthor: Classic Public Domain
History of San Bernardino and Riverside counties / with selected biography of actors and witnesses of the period of growth and achievement..Author: Classic Public Domain
A dictionary of the drama; a guide to the plays, play-wrights, players, and playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the earliest times to the presentAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea : with selected biography of actors and witnesses to the period of growth and achievementAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Alan's wife; a dramatic study in three scenes. First acted at the Independent Theatre in London. [By Lady Florence Eveleen Eleanore Bell and Elizabeth Robins] With an introd.Author: William Archer
Shakespeare in Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; an account of English actors in Germany and the NetherlandsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
History of Los Angeles county / John Steven McGroarty, editor, assistedAuthor: a board of advisory editors, with selected biography of actors and witnesses in the period of the county's greatest growth and achievement
The British theatre; or, A collection of plays, which are acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket. With biographical and critical remarksAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including a period of nearly half a century; with original anecdotes of many distinguished persons, political, literary, and musicalAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Six years of drama at the Castle Square Theatre, with portraits of the members of the company and complete programs of all plays produced, May 3, 1897-May 3, 1903Author: Classic Public Domain
The theatre of the Greeks; a treatise on the history and exhibition of the Greek drama. With a supplementary treatise on the language, metres, and prosody of the Greek dramatistsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A complete history of the Great Rebellion ; or, The Civil War in the United States, 1861-1865 ... also, biographical sketches of the principal actors in the great dramaAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The dramatic peerage, 1892; personal notes and professional sketches of the actors and actresses of the London state. CompiledAuthor: Erskine Reid and Herbert Compton
Shakespeare in Germany in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries : an account of English actors in Germany and the Netherlands and of the plays performedAuthor: them during the same period
A book for Shakespeare plays and pageants; a treasury of Elizabethan and Shakespearean detail for producers, stage managers, actors, artists and studentsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Color in everyday life; a manual for lay students, artisans and artists; the principles of color combination and color arrangement, and their applications in dress, home, business, the theatre and community playAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The country wife; a comedy, altered from Wycherley. Marked with the variations of the manager's book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-LaneAuthor: Classic Public Domain
New Hampshire in the great rebellion : containing histories of the several New Hampshire regiments, and a biographical notices of many of the prominent actors in the Civil War of 1861-65Author: Classic Public Domain
Eminent women : a series of sketches of women who have won distinctionAuthor: their genius and achievements as authors, artists, actors, rulers, or within the precincts of home
Soap-bubbles and the forces which mould them. Being a course of three lectures delivered in the theatre of the London institution on the afternoons of Dec. 30, 1889, Jan. 1 and 3, 1890, before a juvenile audienceAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A Bengal Atlas : containing maps of the theatre of war and commerce on that side of Hindoostan compiled from the Original surveys ...Author: Classic Public Domain
The actors' birthday book. An authoritative insight into the lives of the men and women of the stage born between January first and December thirty-firstAuthor: Classic Public Domain
International theatre exhibition : designs and models for the modern stage, Victoria & Albert Museum, June 3-July 16, 1922Author: Classic Public Domain
The theatre of the Greeks; or, The history, literature, and criticism of the Grecian drame; with an original treatise on the principal tragic and comic metresAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Actors' Birthday Book 2d Series. An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the Men and Women of the Stage Born Between January First and December ThirtyfirstAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The art of improving the voice and ear, and of increasing their musical powers, on philosophical principles; adapted to public speakers, musicians, and actors, and particularly useful for the instructors of youthAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Comus, a mask; adapted for theatrical representation, as performed first at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, in the year 1744Author: Classic Public Domain
The war in Egypt and the Soudan; an episode in the history of the British Empire. Being a descriptive account of the scenes and events of that great drama, and sketches of the principal actors in itAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Harpers' popular cyclopaedia of United States history from the aboriginal period : containing brief sketches of important events and conspicuous actors; in two volumesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Theatre of the Greeks : containing, in a compendious form a great body of information relative to the rise, progress, and exhibition of the drama ; together with an account of dramatic writers from Thespis to MeanderAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The castle spectre, a drama. In five acts. First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, on Thursday, December 14, 1797Author: Classic Public Domain
The man of mode, or, Sr Fopling Flutter. A comedy. Acted at the Duke's theatre. By Sir George Etherege. Licensed, June 3, 1676. Roger L'EstrangeAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Verdi : Milan and "Othello" : being a short life of Verdi, with letters written about Milan and the new opera of Othello represented for the first time on the stage of La Scala theatre, Feb. 5, 1887Author: Classic Public Domain
Romeo and Juliet; a tragedy. Adapted to the stageAuthor: David Garrick; rev. by J.P. Kemble; and published as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden
The amusements of old London; being a survey of the sports and pastimes, tea gardens and parks, playhouses and other diversions of the people of London from the 17th to the beginning of the 19th centuryAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Enquiries into human nature : in VI anatomic praelections, in the new theatre of the Royal College of Physicians in LondonAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The theatre of the Greeks, or, The history, literature, and criticism of the Grecian drama; with an original treatise on the principal tragic and comic metresAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Julius Cæsar, ed. with a life of Shakespeare, an account of the theatre in his time, and numerous aids to the study of the playAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Theatre History Actors and Playhouses Book Collection
Discover 125 carefully selected public-domain books about theatre history actors and playhouses. This focused archive brings together practical manuals, illustrated references and important historical works in one searchable collection.
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Theatre fires and panics: their causes and prevention
Iroquois theatre ... Chicago; souvenir programme
The plain-dealer. A comedy as acted at the Theatre Royal
The Russian theatre
The theatre through its stage door
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Who's who on the stage; the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre, containing records of the careers of actors, actresses, managers and playwrights of the American stage
Who's who on the stage 1908 : the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre : containing careers of actors, actresses, managers and playwrights of the American stage
Who S Who In The Theatre A Biographical Record Of The Contemporary Stage
Whos Who In The Theatre
History of San Bernardino and Riverside counties / with selected biography of actors and witnesses of the period of growth and achievement..
A dictionary of the drama; a guide to the plays, play-wrights, players, and playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the earliest times to the present
Who's who on the stage 1908; the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre
Theatre magazine
Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea : with selected biography of actors and witnesses to the period of growth and achievement
The history of the Boston theatre, 1854-1901
Centralization, its benefits and disadvantages : a prize essay read in the Theatre, Oxford, June 23, 1852
The Gaiety stage door; thirty years' reminiscences of the the theatre by James Jupp. With an introduction by Mabel Russell Philipson
John Millington Synge and the Irish theatre
Romeo and Juliet. As arranged for the stage by Forbes Robertson, and presented at the Lyceum Theatre
Annals of the Theatre royal, Dublin, from its opening in 1821 to its destruction by fire, February, 1880; with occasional notes and observations
Le theatre du monde, ou, Nouuel atlas [cartographic material]
Alan's wife; a dramatic study in three scenes. First acted at the Independent Theatre in London. [By Lady Florence Eveleen Eleanore Bell and Elizabeth Robins] With an introd. by William Archer
Select specimens of the theatre of the Hindus
The theatre of the soul; a monodrama in one act. Translated by Marie Potapenko and Christopher St. John
The theatre of science : a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry
The beggar's opera : as it is performed at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
The dramatic lists : a record of the performances of living actors and actresses of the British stage
Theatre arts
Shakespeare in Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; an account of English actors in Germany and the Netherlands
Volpone; or, The fox, a comedy. As altered from Ben Jonson, and performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden
The Chinese theatre
Gordon Craig and the theatre; a record and an interpretation
The annals of Covent Garden Theatre, from 1732 to 1897
History of Los Angeles county / John Steven McGroarty, editor, assisted by a board of advisory editors, with selected biography of actors and witnesses in the period of the county's greatest growth and achievement
The history of the Boston Theatre, 1854-1901. Compiled with the assistance of Quincy Kilby
Theatre fires and panics: their causes and prevention
The British theatre; or, A collection of plays, which are acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket. With biographical and critical remarks
Wilson's theatre of the Hindus
Theatre
History of the American theatre
The theatre of the Greeks; a treatise on the history and exhibition of the Greek drama, with various supplements
Life's a dream : the great theatre of the world
The school for wives : a comedy as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
Handbook of projection for theatre managers and motion picture projectionists
Amateur clubs and actors
Memoirs of the principal actors in the plays of Shakespeare
Six plays of the Yiddish theatre
Theatre Lighting : Past and Present
New Zealand Theatre & Motion Picture, 1 May 1922
Modern theatre construction
Widowers' houses : a comedy : first acted at the Independent Theatre in London
On the art of the theatre
Towards a new theatre; forty designs for stage scenes
The dramatic list; a record of the principal performances of living actors and actresses of the British stage
Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including a period of nearly half a century; with original anecdotes of many distinguished persons, political, literary, and musical
The theory of the theatre, and other principles of dramatic criticism
Six years of drama at the Castle Square Theatre, with portraits of the members of the company and complete programs of all plays produced, May 3, 1897-May 3, 1903
The theatre of the Greeks; a treatise on the history and exhibition of the Greek drama. With a supplementary treatise on the language, metres, and prosody of the Greek dramatists
Lives of the most celebrated actors and actresses
A complete history of the Great Rebellion ; or, The Civil War in the United States, 1861-1865 ... also, biographical sketches of the principal actors in the great drama
Players of a century. A record of the Albany stage. Including notices of prominent actors who have appeared in America
The dramatic peerage, 1892; personal notes and professional sketches of the actors and actresses of the London state. Compiled by Erskine Reid and Herbert Compton
Plays in prose and verse : written for an Irish theatre, and generally with the help of a friend
Shakespeare in Germany in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries : an account of English actors in Germany and the Netherlands and of the plays performed by them during the same period
The bloody theatre, or Martyr's mirror
A book for Shakespeare plays and pageants; a treasury of Elizabethan and Shakespearean detail for producers, stage managers, actors, artists and students
Color in everyday life; a manual for lay students, artisans and artists; the principles of color combination and color arrangement, and their applications in dress, home, business, the theatre and community play
The country wife; a comedy, altered from Wycherley. Marked with the variations of the manager's book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
The business man in the amusement world : a volume of progress in the field of the theatre
The wallet of time; containing personal, biographical, and critical reminiscence of the American theatre
New Hampshire in the great rebellion : containing histories of the several New Hampshire regiments, and a biographical notices of many of the prominent actors in the Civil War of 1861-65
Eminent women : a series of sketches of women who have won distinction by their genius and achievements as authors, artists, actors, rulers, or within the precincts of home
The country-wife, a comedy, acted at the Theatre-Royal. Written by Mr. Wycherley
The theatre of women
The Russian theatre
Electric stage & theatre lighting apparatus and effects ... Catalogue K
Soap-bubbles and the forces which mould them. Being a course of three lectures delivered in the theatre of the London institution on the afternoons of Dec. 30, 1889, Jan. 1 and 3, 1890, before a juvenile audience
A Bengal Atlas : containing maps of the theatre of war and commerce on that side of Hindoostan compiled from the Original surveys ...
The progress of poesy ; an inaugural lecture delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre on the 10th March 1906
J.M. Barrie and the theatre
Oroonoko: a tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty's servants. Written by Tho. Southerne
The actors' birthday book. An authoritative insight into the lives of the men and women of the stage born between January first and December thirty-first
International theatre exhibition : designs and models for the modern stage, Victoria & Albert Museum, June 3-July 16, 1922
The theatre of tomorrow
The plain-dealer. A comedy as acted at the Theatre Royal
The Attic theatre ; a description of the stage and theatre of the Athenians, and of the dramatic performances at Athens
The theatre, its development in France and England, and a history of its Greek and Latin origins
The theatre of the Greeks; or, The history, literature, and criticism of the Grecian drame; with an original treatise on the principal tragic and comic metres
A history of the American theatre
Polly Honeycombe, a dramatick novel of one act. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. 3d ed. With alteration
The New Theatre And Cinema Of Soviet Russia
The Actors' Birthday Book 2d Series. An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the Men and Women of the Stage Born Between January First and December Thirtyfirst
Picture theatre advertising
The art of improving the voice and ear, and of increasing their musical powers, on philosophical principles; adapted to public speakers, musicians, and actors, and particularly useful for the instructors of youth
Comus, a mask; adapted for theatrical representation, as performed first at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, in the year 1744
The theatre through its stage door
John Heminge and Henry Condell, friends and fellow-actors of Shakespeare, and what the world owes to them;
The war in Egypt and the Soudan; an episode in the history of the British Empire. Being a descriptive account of the scenes and events of that great drama, and sketches of the principal actors in it
Love's last shift : or, The fool in fashion. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's servants. Written by C. Cibber
Harpers' popular cyclopaedia of United States history from the aboriginal period : containing brief sketches of important events and conspicuous actors; in two volumes
Marriage a-la-mode. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal. Written by John Dryden, servant to His Majesty
Theatre of the Greeks : containing, in a compendious form a great body of information relative to the rise, progress, and exhibition of the drama ; together with an account of dramatic writers from Thespis to Meander
Iroquois theatre ... Chicago; souvenir programme
At the actors' boarding house and other stories
On actors and the art of acting
Hamlet. As arranged for the stage by H.B. Irving, and produced by him at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Monday, 8th February, 1909
The castle spectre, a drama. In five acts. First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, on Thursday, December 14, 1797
The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management
Notes, criticisms, and correspondence upon Shakespeare's plays and actors
Chapters in the history of actors and acting in ancient Greece, together with a prosopographia histrionum graecorum
The contemporary theatre
The Russian theatre under the revolution
Salsette and Elephanta : a prize poem recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 12, 1839
The man of mode, or, Sr Fopling Flutter. A comedy. Acted at the Duke's theatre. By Sir George Etherege. Licensed, June 3, 1676. Roger L'Estrange
Verdi : Milan and "Othello" : being a short life of Verdi, with letters written about Milan and the new opera of Othello represented for the first time on the stage of La Scala theatre, Feb. 5, 1887
The law of motion pictures : including the law of the theatre
Romeo and Juliet; a tragedy. Adapted to the stage by David Garrick; rev. by J.P. Kemble; and published as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden
Theatre cooling by Carrier centrifugal refrigeration and air distribution : a restful refuge summer & winter.
Life and art of Joseph Jefferson, together with some account of his ancestry and of the Jefferson family of actors
The stage life of Mrs. Stirling : with some sketches of the nineteenth century theatre
About the theatre; essays and studies
Seven years of the King's Theatre
The amusements of old London; being a survey of the sports and pastimes, tea gardens and parks, playhouses and other diversions of the people of London from the 17th to the beginning of the 19th century
Who's who on the stage; the dramatic reference book and biographic al dictionary of the theatre
Enquiries into human nature : in VI anatomic praelections, in the new theatre of the Royal College of Physicians in London
The theatre of the Greeks, or, The history, literature, and criticism of the Grecian drama; with an original treatise on the principal tragic and comic metres
The theatre of the Greeks, a treatise on the history and exhibition of the Greek drama
The Indian theatre [microform] : a brief survey of the Sanskrit drama
Julius Cæsar, ed. with a life of Shakespeare, an account of the theatre in his time, and numerous aids to the study of the play
The Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles. Harvard University, Sanders Theatre, May 17, 19, and 20, 1881. The Greek Department
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