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Collier's (J. P.) History of English Dramatic Poetry to the time of Shakspeare; and Annals of the Stage to the Restoration. 3 vols. small 8vo. London, 1831.

Langbaine's (Gerard) Account of the English Dramatic Poets. Small 8vo. Oxford, 1691.

Baker's (D. Erskine) Biographia Dramatica; or, companion to the playhouse containing historical and critical memoirs of British and Irish dramatic writers, and an alphabetical account of their works; together with an introductory view of the rise and progress of the British stage; originally compiled to the year 1764, and continued to 1811 by Isaac Reed and Stephen Jones. 3 vols. in 4, 8vo. Lond. 1812. Goffe's (T.) Exact and Perfect Catalogue of all our Playes that are printed. (Careless Shepherdess.)

[Wright's (James)] Historia Histrionica; an historical account of the English stage. London, 1699; reprinted. (Dodsley's Old Plays, Vol. I.)

Malone's (E.) History of the English Stage. (Shakspeare's Works.) Dibdin's (C.) Complete History of the English Stage; introduced by a review of the ancient and modern theatres. 5 vols. 8vo. London, 1800.

Drake's (N.) Shakspeare and his Times. (Shakspeare.)

Davies' (Thos.) Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick; forming a history of the stage during a period of thirty-six years. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1784.

Boaden's (James) Memoirs of the Life of John Kemble, including a history of the English stage from the time of Garrick to the present period. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1825.

Boaden's (J.) Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons; interspersed with anecdotes of authors and actors. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1827.

Kelly's (Michael) Reminiscences, including a period of nearly half a century; with original anecdotes of many distinguished persons, political, literary, and musical. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1826.

Prynne's (Will.) Histrio-Mastix, the Player's Scourge; wherein is largely evidenced, by the concurring authorities of Scripture, the primitive church, the fathers, and Christian writers, heathen philosophers, historians, poets, &c. &c. that popular stage-playes are sinfull, heathenish, and pernicious corruptions. 4to. London, 1633.

The first English work publicly burnt in this country, and that for which the author lost his ears, and suffered a long imprisonment.

ENGLISH DRAMATIC WORKS.

British Drama, ancient and modern; comprehending the best plays in the English language [edited by Sir W. Scott]. 6 vols. in 8, royal 8vo. London, 1810 and 1804.

Dodsley's (R.) Select Collection of Old Plays; a new edition, with additional notes and corrections by Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, and the editor. [Together with Mr. Dodsley's preface to the first edition, and Mr. Reed's supplement and his preface to the second edition.] 12 vols. 8vo. London, 1825.

Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who lived about the time of Shakspeare; with notes by C. Lamb. Small 8vo. London, 1808. The British Theatre, printed from the prompt-books; with biographical and critical remarks by Mrs. Inchbald. 25 vols. 18mo. London, 1808.

The Modern British Theatre, selected by Mrs. Inchbald. 10 vols. 18mo. London, 1811.

Collection of Farces and other After-pieces, selected by Mrs. Inchbald. 7 vols. 18mo. London, 1809.

Addison's (Jo.) Cato, Rosamond, and Drummer. (Works, Vols. I. and VI. 8vo.; and VI. 4to.)

Baillie's (Joanna) Series of Plays on the Passions; Family Legend, a tragedy; and Miscellaneous Plays. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1802-12. Beaumont and Fletcher's Works; with commendatory poems, Seward's preface, and biographical and critical introduction and notes; by Henry Weber. 14 vols. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1812.

Beaumont and Fletcher's Works (Comments on), by J. M. Mason. 8vo. London, 1798.

[Brewer's (Ant.)] Lingua; or, the Combat of the Tongue and the Five Senses for Superiority: a pleasant comedie. 4to. London, 1617. Brother-in-Law, a comedy. Crown 8vo. Lee Priory, 1817.

Burgoyne's (Gen. J.) Dramatic and Poetical Works; with memoirs of the author. 2 vols. 12mo. London, 1807.

Centlivre's (Mrs.) Works. 3 vols. 12mo. London, 1741.

Congreve's (Wm.) Works; containing his plays and poems. 3 vols. 12mo. London, 1725.

Cowley's (Abr.) Plays. (Works.)

Cowley's (Mrs.) Works, dramas and poems. 3 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1813. Cumberland's (Rich.) Posthumous Dramatic Works [edited by his daughter, Mrs. Jansen]. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1813.

Dryden's (John) Plays. (Works, Vols. II. to VIII.)

Edgeworth's (Maria) Comic Dramas. 12mo. London, 1817.

Etherige's (Sir Geo.) Works, containing his plays and poems. 12mo. London, 1735.

Farquhar's (Geo.) Works. 8vo. London, 1711.

Fielding's (Henry) Dramatic Pieces. (Works, Vols. I. to IV.)

Foote's (Sam.) Dramatic Works. 4 vols. 8vo.

London, 1781.

Ford's (John) Dramatic Works; with introduction, and notes critical and explanatory, by W. Gifford. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1827. Goffe (Thos.), the Raging Turke, or Baiazet II.; Courageous Turke, or Amurath I.; Tragedy of Orestes; and the Careless Shepherdess. 4to. London, 1631-56.

Goldsmith's (O.) Dramatic Pieces. (Works, Vol. II.)

Jonson's (Ben.) Works; with notes and a biographical memoir by W. Gifford. 9 vols. 8vo. London, 1816.

Kemble's (F. A.) Francis I., an historical drama. 8vo. London, 1832.

[Knevet's (Ralph)] Rhodon and Iris, a pastoral, as it was presented at the Florists' feast in Norwich, May 3, 1631. 4to. London, 1631. Mackenzie's (H.) Dramatic Pieces. (Works, Vol. VIII.)

Marston's (John) Dramatic and Poetical Works. 4 vols. crown 8vo. London, 1826.

Mason's (W.) Dramatic Pieces. (Works, Vol. II.)

Massinger's (P.) Plays; with introduction, and notes critical and explanatory, by W. Gifford. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1805.

Murphy's (A.) Dramatic Works. (Works, Vols. I. to IV.)

Otway's (Thomas) Works; with notes, and a life of the author, by Th. Thornton. 3 vols. royal 8vo. large paper. London, 1813. Peele's (Geo.) Works; with some account of his life and writings, and notes, by Alexander Dyce. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1828.

Ramsay's (Allan) Gentle Shepherd, a pastoral comedy; with illustrations of the scenery, life of the author, &c. 2 vols. royal 8vo, large paper. Edin. 1808.

Shakspeare's (W.) Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, published according to the true original copies, the third impression; and unto this is added sevene plays, never before printed in folio. Folio. London, printed for P. C. 1654.

The greater part of this edition was destroyed in the fire of London. Shakspeare's Plays and Poems; with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending a life of the poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by E. Malone. [Edited from Malone's MSS. by James Boswell, with prolegomena, including the prefaces to the various preceding editions; Dr. Farmer on the learning of Shakspeare; Steevens on Shakspeare, Ford, and Jonson; Rowe's life of Shakspeare; [Boswell?] on the phraseology and metre of Shakspeare; additions to Malone's history of the stage; and a further account of the early English stage by Geo. Chalmers, &c.] 21 vols. 8vo. London, 1821..

Shakspeare's Plays (Supplement to the edition of) published in 1798 by Johnson and Steevens; containing additional observations by several of the former commentators to which are subjoined, the genuine poems of the same author, and seven plays that have been ascribed to him; with notes by the editor and others. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1780. Shakspeare's Plays, Index to all the editions, by Sam. Ayscough. 8vo. Dublin, 1780.

Shakspeare Himself again; or, the language of the poet asserted, by And. Beckett. 2 vols. in one, 8vo. London, 1815.

Shakspeare's Plays (Notes and various Readings to); and the School of Shakspeare, or authentic extracts from divers English books that were in print in his time; by Ed. Capell. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1779. Shakspeare. Notes on some of the obscure Passages in Shakspeare's Plays; with remarks on the editions of 1785, 1790, 1793, by Lord Chedworth. 8vo. London, 1805.

Shakspeare.--Dramatic Miscellanies; consisting of critical observations on several plays of Shakspeare; with a review of his principal characters as represented by Mr. Garrick, &c.; by Th. Davies. 3 vols. 8vo. London, 1784.

Shakspeare. Illustrations of Shakspeare and of Ancient Manners, by Fr. Douce; with dissertations on the clowns of Shakspeare, on the collection of popular tales entitled Gesta Grayorum, and on the English morrice-dance. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1807.

Shakspeare.--Canons of Criticism, and Glossary [being a supplement to Warburton's edition]; by Th. Edwards. 8vo. London, 1758. Shakspeare. Essay on the Learning of Shakspeare, by Rich. Farmer. 8vo. Camb. 1767.

Shakspeare. Critical, Historical, and Explanatory Notes on Shakspeare; with emendations of the text and metre; by Zach. Grey. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1754.

Shakspeare. Observations on Macbeth, by Sam. Johnson. (Works, Vol. III.)

Shakspeare's Macbeth and Richard the Third, an essay in answer to Remarks on some of the Characters of Shakspeare, by J. P. Kemble. 12mo. London, 1817.

Shakspeare. Comments on the several Editions of Shakspeare, extended to those of Malone and Steevens, by J. Monck Mason. 8vo. Dublin, 1807.

Shakspeare (Some further Observations on), extended to the late editions of Malone and Steevens, by J. Monck Mason. (Comments on Beaumont and Fletcher.)

Shakspeare.--Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakspeare, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets; by Mrs. Montague. 8vo. London, 1770.

Shakspeare.-Essays on some of the Dramatic Characters, with an Essay on the Faults of Shakspeare, by Wm. Richardson. 8vo. London, 1798.

Shakspeare.-Remarks on the Text and Notes of the last Edition of Shakspeare; with the Quip Modest, or supplement, by J. Ritson. 2 vols. in one, 8vo. London, 1783-88.

Shakspeare.--Critical Observations on Shakspeare, by John Upton. 8vo. London, 1746.

Shakspeare. Cursory Criticisms on the edition of Shakspeare published by Mr. Malone. 8vo. London, 1792.

Shakspeare. Six old Plays, on which Shakspeare founded six of his, by J. Nichols. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1779.

Shakspeare's Hamlet and As You like It; a specimen of a new edition of Shakspeare [edited by Mr. Caldecot]. 8vo. 1819.

Shakspeare's King Lear, a tragedy; collated with the old and modern editions [by Charles Jennens]. 8vo. London, 1770.

Shakspeare Illustrated; or the novels and histories on which the plays of Shakspeare are founded, collected and translated from the original authors, with critical remarks. 2 vols. 12mo. London, 1753. Shakspeare.Letter to D. Garrick, concerning a glossary to the plays of [by Rich. Warner]. 8vo. Lond. 1768.

Shakspeare. Copies of several unpublished documents relating to him and his family; and an account of the jubilee. (Wheeler's Hist. of Stratford.)

Shakspeare and his Times; including a biography of the poet, criticisms on his genius and writings, and a history of the manners, customs, amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age; by Nathan Drake. 2 vols. 4to. Lond. 1817.

Shakspeare. An Inquiry into the Authenticity of various Pictures and Prints which, from the decease of the poet to our own times, have been offered to the public as portraits of Shakspeare; by James Boaden. 4to. London, 1824. Pseudo-Shakspeare.-Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the hand and seal of W. Shakspeare, from the original MSS. in the possession of Sam. Ireland. Folio. London, 1796.

The original forgeries of this collection were sold at Mr. Dent's sale for 461. Pseudo-Shakspeare.- Malone's (E.) Inquiry into the Authenticity of certain Papers and Legal Instruments published in 1795, and attributed to W. Shakspeare, Queen Elizabeth, and the Earl of Southampton. 8vo. London, 1796.

Pseudo-Shakspeare.-Chalmer's (Geo.) Apology, and Supplemental Apology; with appendix for the believers of the Shakespeare Papers which were exhibited in Norfolk Street. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1797-1800.

Pseudo-Shakspeare.-Confessions of W. Ireland; containing the particulars of his fabrication of the Shakspeare MSS.: together with anecdotes and opinions of many distinguished persons. 8vo. Lond. 1805. Sheridan (the Works of Richard Brinsley) [edited by Thomas Moore]. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1821.

Shirley's (W.) Plays and Poems, now first collected and chronologically arranged, and the text carefully collated and restored; with occasional notes, and a biographical and critical essay, by W. Gifford. 6 vols. 8vo. London, 1832.

Smollett's (Tobias) Plays. (Works, Vol. III.)

Southern's (Thos.) Plays, now first collected; with life of the author [by T. Evans]. 3 vols. 12mo. London, 1774.

Suckling's (Sir John) Plays. (Works.)

Taylor (G. W.), the Profligate, a comedy. 4to. London, privately printed, 1820.

Thomson's (James) Plays. (Works, Vols. I. and II.)

Vanbrugh's (Sir John) Plays. 2 vols. 12mo. London, 1735.

Walpole's (Horace) Mysterious Mother; a tragedy. (Orford's Works, Vol. I.)

Webster's (John) Works; with some account of the author by Alex. Dyce. 4 vols. crown 8vo. London, 1830.

Wilson's (Arthur) Inconstant Lady; a play [edited], with an appendix [by P. Bliss]. 4to. Oxford, 1814.

Wycherley's (Wm.) Plays. 2 vols. 12mo. London, 1720.

French Drama.

Le Mystère des Actes des Apostres, translaté fidellement à la vérité historiale, escripté par Saint Luc, et illustré des légendes et vies des saincts recues par l'Eglise, [par A. et S. Greban]. 2 vols. in one, 4to. Lettres Gothiques. The Roxburgh copy. Paris, A. and C. Angeliers, 1540.

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