A
Dictionary
of Old English Plays.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v06
)
Collier, J. P. Five Old Plays illustrative of the early Progress of the
English Drama: The Conflict of Conscience; The Three Triumphs of
Love and Fortune; The Three Ladies of London; The Three Lords and
the Three Ladies of London; A Knack to Know a Knave. Ed. for the
Roxburghe Club. 1851. (Five Old Plays. )
Dilke, (Sir) C. W. Old English Plays; being a selection from the early
dramatic writers. 6 vols. 1814-5. (Dilke's 0. E. P. )
Dodsley's Old English Plays. Ed. Hazlitt, W. C. 15 vols. 1874-6. (Hazlitt's
Dodsley. )
Earlier editions:
A Select Collection of Old Plays. [Ed. by R. D. ) 12 vols. 1744.
(Dodsley (1744). )
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General Bibliography
411
A Select Collection of Old Plays. [By R. D. ) Ed. Reed, I. 12 vols.
1780. (Reed's Dodsley. )
A Select Collection of Old Plays. [By R. D. ) New ed. with additional
notes and corrections by the late Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist
and the editor (John Payne Collier). 12 vols. 1825-7. (Collier's
Dodsley. )
Early English Drama Society, Publications of the. Ed. Farmer, J. S. 1906 f.
(E. E. D. Publ. )
Gayley, C. M. Representative English Comedies. With introductory essays,
notes &c. by various writers, under the editorship of C. M. Gayley. From
the beginnings to Shakespeare. Vol. 1. New York, 1903. (Gayley's
R. E. C. )
Hawkins, T. The Origin of the English Drama. 3 vols. Oxford, 1773.
(Origin of E. D. )
Malone Society, Publications of the. 1906, etc. (Malone S. Publ. )
Manly, J. M. Specimens of Pre-Shaksperean Drama. With an intro-
duction, notes and glossary. Vols. I and 11. Boston, 1897-8. New ed.
1900-3. (Manly's Specimens. )
Old English Drama. 3 vols. 1830. (Old E. D. )
Scott, (Sir) Walter. Ancient British Drama. 3 vols. 1810. (Ancient B. D. )
Modern British Drama. 5 vols. 1811. (Modern B. D. )
Simpson, R. The School of Shakspere. 2 vols. 1878. (Simpson. )
Six Old Plays on which Shakespeare founded his Measure for Measure.
Comedy of Errors. The Taming of the Shrew. King John. King
Henry IV and King Henry V. King Lear. 2 vols. 1779. (Six Old
Plays. )
Tudor Facsimile Texts. Old Plays and other Printed and MS. Rarities.
Ed. Farmer, J. S. 43 vols. 1907, etc. [In progress. ] (Tudor Fac-
simile Texts. )
Lamb, Charles. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets. Ed. Gollanoz, I.
2 vols, 1908. (Lamb's Specimens. )
II. LISTS OF PLAYS AND DRAMATISTS.
Stationers' Company, Register of the, 1554-1560. Transcript by Arber, E.
5 vols. 1875-94. (Indispensable for all independent research. ] (Sta-
tioners' register. )
Henslowe's Diary. Ed. Greg, W. W. Part 1: Text. Part : Commentary.
1904. (The standard edition of the book. ] (Henslowe's Diary. )
Baker, D. E. Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse. . . .
Originally compiled, to the year 1764, by David Erskine Baker. Con-
tinued thence, to 1782, by Isaac Reed, and brought down to the end of
November, 1811 . . . by Stephen Jones. 3 vols. 1812. (Biographia
Dramatica. )
Davenport-Adams, W. A Dictionary of the Drama. Vol. I. 1904.
(Davenport-Adams. )
Fleay, F. G. A Biographical Chronicle of the English Drama, 1559-1642.
2 vols. 1891. (Fleay's English Drama. )
- A Chronicle History of the London Stage. 1890. [This earlier work
contains lists of performances and authors. ] (Fleay's Chronicle of
Stage. )
(Genest, J. ) Some Account of the English Stage, from the Restoration in
1660 to 1830. 10 vols Bath, 1832. (Genest. )
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Greg, W. W. A List of English Plays written before 1643 and printed
before 1700. Bibliographical Society. 1900. (Greg's List of Plays. )
A List of Masques, Pageants, &c. , supplementary to A List of English
Plays. Bibliographical Society. 1902. (Greg's List of Masques. )
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. 0.
A Dictionary of Old English Plays. Being a
revision of Baker's Biographia Dramatica. 1860. (Halliwell's Dict. )
Hazlitt, W. C. Handbook to the Popular and Dramatic Literature of Great
Britain, with Supplements. 1867-90. (Hazlitt's Handbook. )
Langbaine, G. An Account of English Dramatic Poets. 1691. (Lang-
baine. ) Revised by Gildon, C. 1699.
Lowe, R. W. A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature.
1887. (Lowe. )
In addition to the above, the Catalogue of Printed Books in the British
Museum Library will of course be consulted, together with the following
catalogues of special collections :
Capell's Shakespeariana. Catalogue of the Books presented by Edward
Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge. Compiled by
Greg, W. W. Cambridge, 1903.
Chatsworth. A Catalogue of the Library at Chatsworth. (With preface by
Lacaita, Sir J. P. ) 4 vols. (Privately printed. ) 1879.
Dyce-Forster Collection. A Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts
bequeathed by the Rev. Alexander Dyce and John Forster. 2 vols. 1879.
III. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH DRAMA.
Collier, J. P. History of English Dramatic Poetry. New ed. 3 vols. 1879.
(Largely superseded, especially in its earlier and in its concluding
portions, but still to some extent indispensable. ] (Collier. )
Jusserand, J. J. Le Théâtre en Angleterre jusqu'aux prédécesseurs im-
médiats de Shakespeare. 2nd ed. Paris, 1881. (Jusserand's Th. en A. )
Schelling, F. E. Elizabethan Drama. 2 vols. Boston and New York, 1908.
[Invaluable. ] (Schelling's Elizabethan Drama. )
Ward, A. W. History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of
Queen Anne. 2nd ed. 3 vols. 1899. (Ward. )
For F. G. Fleay's works, which possess an enduring critical as well as
historical value, notwithstanding the excessive amount of conjecture contained
in them, see under sec. II above.
Baker, H. Barton. History of the London Stage and its famous Players.
1904.
Chambers, E. K. The Mediæval Stage. 2 vols. Oxford, 1903. (Chambers. )
Coleridge, S. T. Literary Remains. Vols. 1-11. 1836. (Coleridge. )
Courthope, W. J. History of English Poetry. Vols. 1-III. 1895-1903.
(Courthope. )
Creizenach, W. Geschichte des neueren Dramas. Vols. 1-iv, Part 1.
Halle, 1893-1909. (A standard work. ] (Creizenach. )
Du Méril, E. Histoire de la Comédie. Période Primitive. Paris, 1864. (No
more published. ) (Du Méril. )
Hazlitt, W. C. The English Drama and Stage, under the Tudor and Stuart
Princes, 1543-1664. Illustrated by a series of Documents, Treatises and
Poems. Roxburghe Library, 1869. (Hazlitt's English Drama and':
Stage. )
Herford, C. H. Studies in the literary Relations of England and Germany
in the 16th century. 1886. (Herford's Literary Relations. )
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General Bibliography
413
Jusserand, J. J. Histoire Littéraire du Peuple Anglais. Vol. 1. Des Origines
à la Renaissance.
Vol. II.
De la Renaissance à la guerre Civile.
Paris, 1894-1904. Eng. trans. New ed. , amplified. 2 vols. 1907-9.
(Jusserand, E. Tr. )
Klein, J. L. Geschichte des Dramas. 13 vols. in 15 with index vol. Leipzig,
1865-86. [Vols. XII and xiii of this voluminous and wordy book, which
however contains a vast amount of independent research, treat of the
English drama to Marlowe. ] (Klein. )
Körting, G. Grundriss der Gesch. der engl. Litteratur von ihren Anfängen
bis zur Gegenwart. 4th ed. Münster, 1905. (Körting. )
Mantzius, K. A History of Theatrical Art in Ancient and Modern Times.
With an introduction by Archer, W. Authorised trans. by Cassel,
Louise von. 5 vols. 1903 ff.
Morley, H. English Writers. Revised and enlarged ed. 11 vols. 1887-95.
(Morley, H. )
Petit de Julleville, L. Histoire de la Langue et de la Littérature Françaises
des Origines à 1900. 8 vols. Paris, 1896–1900.
Histoire du Théâtre en France au Moyen Âge. 4 vols. Paris, 1880-6.
(Petit de Julleville. )
Prölss, R. Geschichte des neueren Dramas. 3 vols. 1881-3. [Vol. 11. 2 con-
cerns the English drama. ] (Prölss. )
Schlegel, A. W. von. Vorlesungen über dramatische Kunst. (Schlegel's
Sämmtliche Werke, vols. V and vi. ) Eng. trans. by Black, J. , revised
by Morrison, A. J. W. 1846. (Schlegel, E. Tr. )
Taine, H. A.
Collier, J. P. Five Old Plays illustrative of the early Progress of the
English Drama: The Conflict of Conscience; The Three Triumphs of
Love and Fortune; The Three Ladies of London; The Three Lords and
the Three Ladies of London; A Knack to Know a Knave. Ed. for the
Roxburghe Club. 1851. (Five Old Plays. )
Dilke, (Sir) C. W. Old English Plays; being a selection from the early
dramatic writers. 6 vols. 1814-5. (Dilke's 0. E. P. )
Dodsley's Old English Plays. Ed. Hazlitt, W. C. 15 vols. 1874-6. (Hazlitt's
Dodsley. )
Earlier editions:
A Select Collection of Old Plays. [Ed. by R. D. ) 12 vols. 1744.
(Dodsley (1744). )
## p. 411 (#429) ############################################
General Bibliography
411
A Select Collection of Old Plays. [By R. D. ) Ed. Reed, I. 12 vols.
1780. (Reed's Dodsley. )
A Select Collection of Old Plays. [By R. D. ) New ed. with additional
notes and corrections by the late Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist
and the editor (John Payne Collier). 12 vols. 1825-7. (Collier's
Dodsley. )
Early English Drama Society, Publications of the. Ed. Farmer, J. S. 1906 f.
(E. E. D. Publ. )
Gayley, C. M. Representative English Comedies. With introductory essays,
notes &c. by various writers, under the editorship of C. M. Gayley. From
the beginnings to Shakespeare. Vol. 1. New York, 1903. (Gayley's
R. E. C. )
Hawkins, T. The Origin of the English Drama. 3 vols. Oxford, 1773.
(Origin of E. D. )
Malone Society, Publications of the. 1906, etc. (Malone S. Publ. )
Manly, J. M. Specimens of Pre-Shaksperean Drama. With an intro-
duction, notes and glossary. Vols. I and 11. Boston, 1897-8. New ed.
1900-3. (Manly's Specimens. )
Old English Drama. 3 vols. 1830. (Old E. D. )
Scott, (Sir) Walter. Ancient British Drama. 3 vols. 1810. (Ancient B. D. )
Modern British Drama. 5 vols. 1811. (Modern B. D. )
Simpson, R. The School of Shakspere. 2 vols. 1878. (Simpson. )
Six Old Plays on which Shakespeare founded his Measure for Measure.
Comedy of Errors. The Taming of the Shrew. King John. King
Henry IV and King Henry V. King Lear. 2 vols. 1779. (Six Old
Plays. )
Tudor Facsimile Texts. Old Plays and other Printed and MS. Rarities.
Ed. Farmer, J. S. 43 vols. 1907, etc. [In progress. ] (Tudor Fac-
simile Texts. )
Lamb, Charles. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets. Ed. Gollanoz, I.
2 vols, 1908. (Lamb's Specimens. )
II. LISTS OF PLAYS AND DRAMATISTS.
Stationers' Company, Register of the, 1554-1560. Transcript by Arber, E.
5 vols. 1875-94. (Indispensable for all independent research. ] (Sta-
tioners' register. )
Henslowe's Diary. Ed. Greg, W. W. Part 1: Text. Part : Commentary.
1904. (The standard edition of the book. ] (Henslowe's Diary. )
Baker, D. E. Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse. . . .
Originally compiled, to the year 1764, by David Erskine Baker. Con-
tinued thence, to 1782, by Isaac Reed, and brought down to the end of
November, 1811 . . . by Stephen Jones. 3 vols. 1812. (Biographia
Dramatica. )
Davenport-Adams, W. A Dictionary of the Drama. Vol. I. 1904.
(Davenport-Adams. )
Fleay, F. G. A Biographical Chronicle of the English Drama, 1559-1642.
2 vols. 1891. (Fleay's English Drama. )
- A Chronicle History of the London Stage. 1890. [This earlier work
contains lists of performances and authors. ] (Fleay's Chronicle of
Stage. )
(Genest, J. ) Some Account of the English Stage, from the Restoration in
1660 to 1830. 10 vols Bath, 1832. (Genest. )
## p. 412 (#430) ############################################
412
Bibliography
Greg, W. W. A List of English Plays written before 1643 and printed
before 1700. Bibliographical Society. 1900. (Greg's List of Plays. )
A List of Masques, Pageants, &c. , supplementary to A List of English
Plays. Bibliographical Society. 1902. (Greg's List of Masques. )
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. 0.
A Dictionary of Old English Plays. Being a
revision of Baker's Biographia Dramatica. 1860. (Halliwell's Dict. )
Hazlitt, W. C. Handbook to the Popular and Dramatic Literature of Great
Britain, with Supplements. 1867-90. (Hazlitt's Handbook. )
Langbaine, G. An Account of English Dramatic Poets. 1691. (Lang-
baine. ) Revised by Gildon, C. 1699.
Lowe, R. W. A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature.
1887. (Lowe. )
In addition to the above, the Catalogue of Printed Books in the British
Museum Library will of course be consulted, together with the following
catalogues of special collections :
Capell's Shakespeariana. Catalogue of the Books presented by Edward
Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge. Compiled by
Greg, W. W. Cambridge, 1903.
Chatsworth. A Catalogue of the Library at Chatsworth. (With preface by
Lacaita, Sir J. P. ) 4 vols. (Privately printed. ) 1879.
Dyce-Forster Collection. A Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts
bequeathed by the Rev. Alexander Dyce and John Forster. 2 vols. 1879.
III. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH DRAMA.
Collier, J. P. History of English Dramatic Poetry. New ed. 3 vols. 1879.
(Largely superseded, especially in its earlier and in its concluding
portions, but still to some extent indispensable. ] (Collier. )
Jusserand, J. J. Le Théâtre en Angleterre jusqu'aux prédécesseurs im-
médiats de Shakespeare. 2nd ed. Paris, 1881. (Jusserand's Th. en A. )
Schelling, F. E. Elizabethan Drama. 2 vols. Boston and New York, 1908.
[Invaluable. ] (Schelling's Elizabethan Drama. )
Ward, A. W. History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of
Queen Anne. 2nd ed. 3 vols. 1899. (Ward. )
For F. G. Fleay's works, which possess an enduring critical as well as
historical value, notwithstanding the excessive amount of conjecture contained
in them, see under sec. II above.
Baker, H. Barton. History of the London Stage and its famous Players.
1904.
Chambers, E. K. The Mediæval Stage. 2 vols. Oxford, 1903. (Chambers. )
Coleridge, S. T. Literary Remains. Vols. 1-11. 1836. (Coleridge. )
Courthope, W. J. History of English Poetry. Vols. 1-III. 1895-1903.
(Courthope. )
Creizenach, W. Geschichte des neueren Dramas. Vols. 1-iv, Part 1.
Halle, 1893-1909. (A standard work. ] (Creizenach. )
Du Méril, E. Histoire de la Comédie. Période Primitive. Paris, 1864. (No
more published. ) (Du Méril. )
Hazlitt, W. C. The English Drama and Stage, under the Tudor and Stuart
Princes, 1543-1664. Illustrated by a series of Documents, Treatises and
Poems. Roxburghe Library, 1869. (Hazlitt's English Drama and':
Stage. )
Herford, C. H. Studies in the literary Relations of England and Germany
in the 16th century. 1886. (Herford's Literary Relations. )
## p. 413 (#431) ############################################
General Bibliography
413
Jusserand, J. J. Histoire Littéraire du Peuple Anglais. Vol. 1. Des Origines
à la Renaissance.
Vol. II.
De la Renaissance à la guerre Civile.
Paris, 1894-1904. Eng. trans. New ed. , amplified. 2 vols. 1907-9.
(Jusserand, E. Tr. )
Klein, J. L. Geschichte des Dramas. 13 vols. in 15 with index vol. Leipzig,
1865-86. [Vols. XII and xiii of this voluminous and wordy book, which
however contains a vast amount of independent research, treat of the
English drama to Marlowe. ] (Klein. )
Körting, G. Grundriss der Gesch. der engl. Litteratur von ihren Anfängen
bis zur Gegenwart. 4th ed. Münster, 1905. (Körting. )
Mantzius, K. A History of Theatrical Art in Ancient and Modern Times.
With an introduction by Archer, W. Authorised trans. by Cassel,
Louise von. 5 vols. 1903 ff.
Morley, H. English Writers. Revised and enlarged ed. 11 vols. 1887-95.
(Morley, H. )
Petit de Julleville, L. Histoire de la Langue et de la Littérature Françaises
des Origines à 1900. 8 vols. Paris, 1896–1900.
Histoire du Théâtre en France au Moyen Âge. 4 vols. Paris, 1880-6.
(Petit de Julleville. )
Prölss, R. Geschichte des neueren Dramas. 3 vols. 1881-3. [Vol. 11. 2 con-
cerns the English drama. ] (Prölss. )
Schlegel, A. W. von. Vorlesungen über dramatische Kunst. (Schlegel's
Sämmtliche Werke, vols. V and vi. ) Eng. trans. by Black, J. , revised
by Morrison, A. J. W. 1846. (Schlegel, E. Tr. )
Taine, H. A.
