Name Drama
Description

Scripts intended to be acted or read aloud, often accompanied by costumes when performed on stage.

Titles

Displaying 51–75 of 864

ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
9903 A Bold Stroke for a Wife. A Comedy. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre. Centlivre , Susanna
George Kearsley [Ludgate Street] (London)
Stanley Crowder and Co. [Paternoster Row] (London)
1769
371 A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces, which are acted at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden, and Hay-Market. Printed under the authority of the manager from the prompt book: selected by Mrs. Inchbald. In seven volumes. Colman , George (the elder)
Hawkesworth , John
Burgoyne , John
O'Hara , Kane
Birch , Samuel
Kemble , John Philip
Colman , George (the younger)
Tobin , John
Bickerstaff , Isaac
Sheridan , Richard Brinsley
Dodsley , Robert
Brooke , Frances
Jackman , Isaac
Garrick , David
Fielding , Henry
Foote , Samuel
Murphy , Arthur
du Crest de Saint-Aubin , Stéphanie Félicité
Inchbald , Elizabeth
Kenney , James
Cowley , Hannah
Macklin , Charles
Kotzebue , August Friedrich Ferdinand von
Dibdin , Thomas
O'Keeffe , John
Jephson , Robert
Knight , Thomas
Pearce , William
Hoare , Prince
Reed , Joseph
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme (London)
1809
13381 A collection of farces and other afterpieces, which are acted at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden, and Hay-Market. Printed under the authority of the managers from the prompt-book: selected by Mrs. Inchbald. In seven volumes. Kemble , John Philip
Colman , George (the younger)
Tobin , John
Dibdin , Charles
Foote , Samuel
Dodsley , Robert
Milton , John
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1815
13419 A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments performed on the British stage. Cibber , Susannah Maria Arne
Silvester Doig [1790-96] (Edinburgh)
William Anderson (Stirling)
1792
13416 A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments performed on the British stage. A new edition. Gay , John
Cibber , Colley
Colman , George (the elder)
Milton , John
Hawkesworth , John
Dibdin , Charles
Reed , Joseph
Villiers , George
Cibber , Susannah Maria Arne
Whitehead , William
Kelly , Hugh
Fielding , Henry
Shakespeare , William
Jackman , Isaac
Ravenscroft , Edward
Murphy , Arthur
Garrick , David
Centlivre , Susanna
Dodsley , Robert
O'Hara , Kane
Bickerstaff , Isaac
Foote , Samuel
Charles Elliot [Edin] (Edinburgh)
1786
4051 A day in Turkey; or, The Russian slaves. A comedy, as acted at the Theatre Royal, in Covent Garden. By Mrs. Cowley. Cowley , Hannah
George, George, John and James Robinson (London)
1792
4379 A day in Turkey; or, The Russian slaves. A comedy, as acted at the Theatre Royal, in Covent Garden. By Mrs. Cowley. Cowley , Hannah
Patrick Wogan [23 Old Bridge] (Dublin)
James Moore [Dublin] (Dublin)
Harriet Colbert [136 Capel Street] (Dublin)
William Jones I [Dame Street] (Dublin)
Patrick Byrne I [Grafton Street] (Dublin)
William McKenzie [College Green] (Dublin)
William Corbet [Great Britain Street] (Dublin)
John Rice [2 College Green] (Dublin)
Arthur Grueber [59 Dame Street] (Dublin)
John Jones [Grafton Street] (Dublin)
Randal McAllister [Grafton Street] (Dublin)
1792
3998 A day in Turkey; or, the Russian slaves. A comedy, as acted at the Theatre Royal, in Covent Garden. By Mrs. Cowley. The fourth edition. Cowley , Hannah
George, George, John and James Robinson (London)
1792 The fourth edition.
4000 A day in Turkey; or, the Russian slaves. A comedy, as acted at the Theatre Royal, in Covent Garden. By Mrs. Cowley. The second edition. Cowley , Hannah
George, George, John and James Robinson (London)
1792 The second edition.
4354 A day in Turkey; or, the Russian slaves. A comedy, as acted at the Theatre Royal, in Covent Garden. By Mrs. Cowley. The Third Edition. Cowley , Hannah
George, George, John and James Robinson (London)
1792 The Third Edition.
3284 A dramatick pastoral occasioned by the collection at Glocester on the coronation day, for portioning Young Women of virtuous Characters. By a lady. Thomas , Elizabeth
1762
25671 A prologue to the town, as it was spoken at the theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Welsted. With an epilogue on the same occasion, by Sir Richard Steele. Steele , Richard
Welsted , Leonard
1721
4213 A School for Greybeards; or, The Mourning Bride: a Comedy, in five acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. By Mrs. Cowley. Cowley , Hannah
Patrick Wogan [23 Old Bridge] (Dublin)
James Moore [Dublin] (Dublin)
John Halpen (also Halpin) [Henry Street] (Dublin)
Harriet Colbert [136 Capel Street] (Dublin)
William Watson I (Dublin)
John Beatty [Skinner Row] (Dublin)
John Cash [Capel Street] (Dublin)
George Perrin [10 Castle Street] (Dublin)
George Burnet [Abbey Street] (Dublin)
Thomas Wilkinson (I) (Dublin)
William Wilson [6 Dame Street] [1763–66; 1768–95] (Dublin)
James Williams [Dame Street] (Dublin)
William Gilbert [26 South Great George's Street] (Dublin)
William Sleater I [North Strand] (Dublin)
Patrick Byrne I [College Green] (Dublin)
Richard Lewis [Capel Street] (Dublin)
William Porter [Skinner Row] (Dublin)
Thomas Heery (Dublin)
John Exshaw II [98 Grafton Street] (Dublin)
William Colles [17 New Buildings, Dame Street] (Dublin)
William and Henry Whitestone (Dublin)
John Jones [Grafton Street] (Dublin)
1787
4251 A School for Greybeards; or, The Mourning Bride: a Comedy, in five acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. By Mrs. Cowley. Cowley , Hannah
George, George, John and James Robinson (London)
1786
4250 A School for Greybeards; or, The Mourning Bride: a Comedy, in five acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. By Mrs. Cowley. The Second Edition. Cowley , Hannah
George, George, John and James Robinson (London)
1787 The Second Edition.
3996 A search after happiness: a pastoral. In three dialogues. By a young lady. More , Hannah
1773
4208 A search after happiness: a pastoral. In three dialogues. By a young lady. More , Hannah
1773
13678 A search after happiness: a pastoral. In three dialogues. By a young lady. More , Hannah
1773
25628 A second and last collection of the most celebrated prologues and epilogues spoken at the theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincolns-Inn. To which is added, a poem entitled, The progress of life. Unknown ,
1727
25762 A second and last collection of the most celebrated prologues and epilogues spoken at the theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincolns-Inn. To which is added, a poem entitled, the progress of life. The Second Edition. Unknown ,
1727 The Second Edition.
16224 A Selection of the most esteemed plays performed at the theatre in Boston. Brooke , Henry
Cowley , Hannah
Vanbrugh , John
Cumberland , Richard
Goldsmith , Oliver
Centlivre , Susanna
Brown , John
Moore , Edward
Shakespeare , William
David West [Marlborough Street] (Boston)
John West [Boston] (Boston)
1794
11467 A Series of Plays: In Which It is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind Each Passion being the Subject of a Tragedy and a Comedy. By Joanna Baillie. Fourth Edition. Vol. I. Baillie , Joanna
Thomas Cadell and William Davies (London)
1802 Fourth Edition.
8299 A series of plays: in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind each passion being the subject of a tragedy and a comedy. By Joanna Baillie. Vol. II. Baillie , Joanna
Thomas Cadell and William Davies (London)
1802
11464 A Series of Plays: in which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind: Each Passion being the Subject of a Tragedy and a Comedy. By Joanna Baillie. Fifth Edition. Vol. I. Baillie , Joanna
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme (London)
1806 Fifth Edition.
11455 A Series of Plays: in Which It is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind. By Joanna Baillie. Volume III. Baillie , Joanna
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1812