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CHAPTER XII
THE GEORGIAN DRAMA
I. MODERN AUTHORITIES ON THE THEATRE
Archer, W. Eminent Actors. Macready (by Archer, W. ), Betterton (by
Lowe, R. W. ), Macklin (by Parry, E. A. ). 1890-1.
Play-Making. 1912.
Armstrong, C. F. Shakespeare to Shaw. 1913.
Bernard, J. Retrospections of the Stage. 1830. [Posthumous: John
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Courtney, W. L. The Idea of Comedy. Lectures delivered to Royal Society
of Literature. 1914.
Dibdin, T. J. Reminiscences of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Drury
Lane, etc. 2 vols. 1827.
Doran, J. Their Majesties Servants. Edn revised by Lowe, R. W. 1888.
Popular edn. 1897.
Dramaticus. An Impartial View of the Stage of the Causes of its de-
generated and declining State. 1816.
Fitzgerald, P. The Book of Theatrical Anecdotes. [1874? ]
Romance of the English Stage. 1874.
The World behind the Scenes. 1881.
A new History of the English Stage from the Restoration to the Liberty
of the Theatres. 1882.
Principles of Comedy. 1870.
Art of the Stage as set out in Lamb's dramatic Essays. 1885.
Shakespearean Representation. 1908.
Gaiffe, F. Le Drame en France au Dix-huitième Siècle. 1910.
Gayley, C. M. Plays of our Forefathers. 1909.
Genest, J. Some account of the English Stage, 1660-1830. 10 vols. Bath,
1832.
Hale, E. E. Dramatists of To-Day. 6th edn. 1911.
Hazlitt, W. Lectures on the English Comic Writers. 1st edn. 1819. 3rd
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Jullien, A. L'Histoire du Costume au Théâtre. 1880.
Lawrence, W. J. The Elizabethan Playhouse and other Studies. Second
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Lee, Sir S. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage. Reissue. 1907.
Lowe, R. W. A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature.
1888.
Mantzius, K. History of Theatrical Art (transl. Cassel, L. von). Vol. v.
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Matthew, Brander. Actors and Actresses of Great Britain and the United
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Meredith, G. An Essay on Comedy and the Comic Spirit. 1897.
Oliver, D. E. The English Stage. Its Origin and Developments. [1912. ]
Palmer, J. The Future of the Theatre. 1913.
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XII]
The Georgian Drama
447
CHAPTER XII
THE GEORGIAN DRAMA
I. MODERN AUTHORITIES ON THE THEATRE
Archer, W. Eminent Actors. Macready (by Archer, W. ), Betterton (by
Lowe, R. W. ), Macklin (by Parry, E. A. ). 1890-1.
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Bernard, J. Retrospections of the Stage. 1830. [Posthumous: John
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Doran, J. Their Majesties Servants. Edn revised by Lowe, R. W. 1888.
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Dramaticus. An Impartial View of the Stage of the Causes of its de-
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Fitzgerald, P. The Book of Theatrical Anecdotes. [1874? ]
Romance of the English Stage. 1874.
The World behind the Scenes. 1881.
A new History of the English Stage from the Restoration to the Liberty
of the Theatres. 1882.
Principles of Comedy. 1870.
Art of the Stage as set out in Lamb's dramatic Essays. 1885.
Shakespearean Representation. 1908.
Gaiffe, F. Le Drame en France au Dix-huitième Siècle. 1910.
Gayley, C. M. Plays of our Forefathers. 1909.
Genest, J. Some account of the English Stage, 1660-1830. 10 vols. Bath,
1832.
Hale, E. E. Dramatists of To-Day. 6th edn. 1911.
Hazlitt, W. Lectures on the English Comic Writers. 1st edn. 1819. 3rd
edn by his son. 1841. Works. Edd. Waller, A. R. and Glover, A.
Vol. VIII. 1903.
Jullien, A. L'Histoire du Costume au Théâtre. 1880.
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Lowe, R. W. A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature.
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Seccombe, T. The Age of Johnson. 1748–1798. 1900.
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Spingarn, J. E. A Note on Dramatic Criticism. Essays and Studies by
members of the English Association. Vol. iv. 1913.
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accompanied its decadence.
Bellamy, T. The London Theatres; a poem. . . . 1795.
Berington, J. Miscellaneous Dissertations . . . on the Origin and Antiquity
of Masquerades, Plays. . . . 1757.
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Chetwood, W. R. The British Theatre. Containing the lives of the English
dramatic poets; with an account of all their plays. Together with the
lives of most of the principal actors. . . . To which is prefixed a short view
of the rise and progress of the English Stage. 1750.
Churchill, C. See under Theatrical Pamphlets, sect. III.
Cooke, W. The Elements of dramatic criticism. . . . Containing an analysis of
the Stage. . . . 1775.
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making the theatre a moral influence. All in 1754.
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comparative and comprehensive review of the Asiatic, the Grecian, the
Roman, the Spanish, the Italian, the Portuguese, the German, the French
and other theatres. . . . [1800. ]
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Dramaticus, Censor. A Complete History of the Drama. 1793.
Egerton, T. and J. The Theatrical Remembrancer, containing a complete
list of all the dramatic performances in the English language . . . and a
catalogue of such Latin plays as have been written by English authors,
from the earliest production of the English drama to the end of the year
1787. To which are added Notitia Dramatica, being a chronological
account of events relative to the English stage. 1788.
Fielding, H. Tom Jones, Bk v, chap. 1, Bk vili, chap. I.
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