The London stage a collection of the most reputed tragedies, comedies, operas, melodramas, farces, and interludes Byfield, John 1788-1841 engraver. Fry, William Thomas 1789-1843 engraver. Mason, Abraham John 1794-1858 engraver. Byfield, Mary 1794 or 1795-1871 engraver. Hughes, William 1793-1825 engraver. Hughes, Jane active 1826-27 engraver. Jackson, John 1801-1848 engraver. Williams, Samuel 1788-1853 engraver. Williams, Thomas approximately 1800- engraver. Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot) 1796-1836 engraver. Wageman, Thomas Charles approximately 1787-1863 illustrator. Balne, Giles -1838 printer. text enk 1824 1827 monographic eng print 4 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm Vol.1 Pizzaro : a tragedy, in five acts / altered from the German of Kotzebue by R.B. Sheridan -- The padlock : a comic opera, in two acts / Isaac Bickerstaff -- The miser : a comedy, in three acts / Henry Fielding -- The hypocrite : a comedy, in five acts / Isaac Bickerstaff -- The duenna : a comic opera, in three acts / R.B. Sheridan -- The castle spectre : a dramatic romance in five acts / M.G. Lewis -- All the world's a stage : a farce, in two acts / Isaac Jackman -- High life below stairs : a farce, in two acts / Rev. James Townley -- The wheel of fortune : a comedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- She stoops to conquer : a comedy in five acts / Oliver Goldsmith -- The maid of the mill : an opera, in three acts / Isaac Bickerstaff -- The clandestine marriage : a comedy, in five acts / G. Colman and D. Garrick -- The deserter : a musical drama, in two acts / Charles Dibdin -- The citizen : a farce, in two acts / Arthur Murphy -- Love in a village : an opera, in three acts / Isaac Bickerstaff -- The road to ruin : a comedy, in five acts / Thomas Holcroft -- The beggar's opera : an opera, in three acts / John Gay -- The country girl : a comedy, in five acts / altered from Wycherly, by David Garrick -- The honest thieves : a farce, in two acts / T. Knight -- Three weeks after marriage : a comedy, in two acts / Arthur Murphy -- The gamester : a tragedy, in five acts / Edward Moore -- The soldier's daughter : a comedy, in five acts / A. Cherry -- The Jew : a comedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- Lionel and Clarissa : an opera, in three acts / Isaac Bickerstaff -- The mayor of Garratt : a farce, in two acts / Samuel Foote -- The midnight hour : a petite comedy, in three acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- The way to keep him : a comedy, in five acts / Arthur Murphy -- Such things are : a play, in five acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- The devil to pay, or The wives metamorphosed : a ballad farce / C. Coffey -- The lying valet : a farce, in two acts / D. Garrick -- The West Indian : a comedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- The revenge : a tragedy, in five acts / Edward Young -- Rule a wife, and have a wife : a comedy in five acts / altered from Beaumont and Fletcher, by David Garrick -- Who's the dupe? : a farce, in two acts / Mrs. Cowley - - Midas : a burlett, in two acts / Kane O'Hara -- Deaf and dumb, or, The orphan protected : an historical drama, in five acts / Thomas Holcroft -- The inconstant : a comedy, in five acts / George Farquhar -- The recruiting officer : a comedy, in five acts / G. Farquhar -- The man of the world : a comedy, in five acts / Charles Macklin -- The jealous wife : a comedy, in five acts / George Colman -- The critic, or, A tragedy rehearsed : a dramatic piece / Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- The rivals : a comedy, in five acts / R.B. Sheridan -- Alexander the Great : a tragedy, in five acts / Nathaniel Lee -- The adopted child : a musical drama, in two acts / Samuel Birch -- The Quaker : a comic opera, in two acts / Charles Dibdin -- A bold stroke for a wife : a comedy, in five acts / Mrs. Centlivre. Vol. 2. The belle's stratagem : a comedy, in five acts / Mrs. Cowley -- Cato : a tragedy, in five acts / Joseph Addison -- The provoked husband, or, A journey to London : a comedy, in five acts / Vanbrugh and Cibber -- The dragon of Wantley : a burlesque opera, in three acts / H. Carey ; to which is added, The old ballad on which it is founded -- The liar : a farce, in two acts / Samuel Foote -- The wonder : a woman keeps a secret! : a comedy, in five acts / Mrs. Centlivre -- Isabella, or, The fatal marriage : a tragedy, in five acts / Thomas Southern -- All in the wrong : a comedy, in five acts / Arthur Murphy -- Rosina : an opera, in two acts / Mrs. Brooke -- The wedding day : a farce, in two acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- The fair penitent : a tragedy, in five acts / Nicholas Rowe -- The child of nature : a drama, in two acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- Polly Honeycombe : a dramatic novel, in one act / George Colman, the Elder -- The brothers : a comedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- Every one has his fault : a comedy, in five acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- A trip to Scarborough : a comedy, in three acts / R.B. Sheridan -- Know your own mind : a comedy, in five acts / Arthur Murphy -- Comus : a masque, in two acts / altered from Milton -- The doctor and the apothecary : a musical entertainment, in two acts / James Cobb -- The beaux' stratagem : a comedy, in five acts / George Farquhar -- Barbarossa : a tragedy, in five acts / John Brown -- Lodoiska : a melo-dramatic opera, in three acts / J.P. Kemble -- The mock doctor, or, The dumb lady cured : a farce, in two acts / Henry Fielding -- The suspicious husband : a comedy, in five acts / Dr. Hoadly -- The busy body : a comedy, in five acts / Mrs. Centlivre -- Tom Thumb : a burlesque opera / altered from Fielding, by Kane O'Hara -- The tobacconist : a farce, in two acts / altered from Ben Jonson, by Francis Gentleman -- The good-natured man : a comedy, in five acts / Dr. Goldsmith -- Oroonoko : a tragedy, in five acts / Thomas Southern -- The lord of the manor : an opera, in three acts / altered from General Burgoyne, by Charles Dibdin, Jun. -- Fortune's frolic : a farce, in two acts / J.T. Allingham -- Cross purposes : a farce, in two acts / Mr. O'Brien -- The chapter of accidents : a comedy, in five acts / Miss Lee -- Which is the man? : a comedy, in five acts / Mrs. Cowley -- Arden of Feversham : an historical tragedy, in five acts / George Lillo -- The conscious lovers : a comedy, in five acts / Sir Richard Steele -- The follies of a day : a comedy, in three acts / Thomas Holcroft. Miss in her teens, or, The medley of lovers : a farce, in two acts / by David Garrick -- The constant couple, or, A trip to the jubilee : a comedy, in five acts / George Farquhar -- The Duke of Milan : a tragedy, in five acts / Philip Massinger -- Wives as they were, and maids as they are : a comedy, in five acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- The fashionable lover : a comedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- The orphan of China : a tragedy, in five acts / Arthur Murphy. Vol. 3. The heiress : a comedy, in five acts / General Burgoyne -- The Earl of Warwick : a tragedy, in five acts / Dr. Thomas Franklin -- Monsieur Tonson : a farce, in two acts / W.T. Moncrieff -- The deuce is in him : a farce, in two acts / George Colman, the Elder -- First love : a comedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- The deserted daughter : a comedy, in five acts / Thomas Holcroft -- Love for love : a comedy, in five acts / William Congreve -- Gustavus Vas, or, The deliverer of his country : a tragedy, in five acts / Henry Brooke -- The deaf lover : a farce, in two acts / Frederick Pilon -- The Irish widow : a farce, in two acts / David Garrick -- A bold stroke for a husband : a comedy, in five acts / Mrs. Cowley -- The confederacy : a comedy, in five acts / Sir John Vanbrugh -- Fatal curiosity : a tragedy, in three acts / George Lillo -- Chrononhotonthologos : a burlesque opera, in one act / H. Carey -- She would and she would not, or, The kind imposter : a comedy, in five acts / Colley Cibber -- Count of Narbonne : a tragedy, in five acts / Robert Jephson -- The first floor : a farce, in two acts / James Cobb -- The provoked wife : a comedy, in five acts / Sir John Vanbrugh -- The Roman father : a tragedy, in five acts / William Whitehead. Love makes a man, or, The fop's fortune : a comedy, in five acts / Colley Cibber -- The siege of Damascus : a tragedy, in five acts / John Hughes -- Cymon : a dramatic romance, in three acts / David Garrick -- Bon ton, or, High life above stairs : a farce, in two acts / David Garrick -- The foundling : a comedy, in five acts / Edward Moore -- The stranger : a drama, in five acts / Benjamin Thompson -- Tamerlane : a tragedy, in five acts / Nicholas Rowe -- Lovers' vows : a play, in five acts / altered from the German of Kotzebue by Mrs. Inchbald -- Richard Cœur de Lion : an historical romance, in three acts / altered from the French of M. Sedaine by General Burgoyne -- Two strings to your bow : a farce, in two acts / Robert Jephson -- Ways and means : a comedy, in three acts / George Colman, the Younger -- Hero and Leander : an operatic burletta, in two acts / Isaac Jackman -- The mysterious husband : a tragedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- He would be a soldier : a comedy, in five acts / Frederick Pilon -- The guardian : a comedy, in two acts / David Garrick -- The sultan, or, A peep into the seraglio : a farce, in two acts / Isaac Bickerstaff -- Better late than never : a comedy, in five acts / Miles Peter Andrews -- Giovanni in London, or, The libertine reclaimed : an operatic extravaganza, in two acts / W.T. Moncrief -- The recruiting sergeant : a musical entertainment / Isaac Bickerstaff -- Every man in his humour : a comedy, in five acts / altered from Ben Jonson, by David Garrick -- The Earl of Essex : a tragedy, in five acts / Henry Jones -- All for love, or, The world well lost : a tragedy, in five acts / John Dryden -- The Grecian daughter : a tragedy, in five acts / Arthur Murphy -- The careless husband : a comedy, in five acts / Colley Cibber -- Love a la mode : a farce, in two acts / Charles Macklin -- The maid of the oaks : a dramatic entertainment, in two acts / John Burgoyne -- The tender husband, or, The accomplished fools : a comedy, in five acts / Sir Richard Steele -- The orphan, or, The unhappy marriage : a tragedy, in five acts / Thomas Otway -- Lovers' quarrels, or, Like master like man : an interlude, in one act / altered from "The mistake" of Sir John Vanbrugh, by T. King -- The two misers : a musical entertainment, in two acts / Kane O'Hara -- Lady Jane Grey : a tragedy, in five acts / Nicholas Rowe. Vol. 4. Chances / Francis Beaumont -- Tancred and Sigismunda / James Thomson -- The apprentice : a farce, in two acts / Arthur Murphy -- The tailors, or, A tragedy for warm weather : a burlesque tragedy, in three acts -- The woodman : a comic opera, in three acts / Bate Dudley -- Edward, the Black Prince, or, The Battle of Poictiers : an historical tragedy, in five acts / William Shirley -- Braganza : a tragedy, in five acts / Robert Jephson -- The mogul tale, or, The descent of the balloon : a farce, in two acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- Appearance is against them : a farce, in two acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- Abroad and at home : a comic opera, in three acts / J.G. Holman -- The double dealer : a comedy, in five acts / William Congreve -- Mahomet, the impostor : a tragedy, in five acts / the Rev. Mr. Miller -- The Carmelite : a tragedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- The way of the world : a comedy, in five acts / William Congreve -- The panel: a comedy, in three acts / altered from Bickerstaff's comedy of "Tis well it's no worse," by J.P. Kemble -- Thomas and Sally, or, The sailor's return : a musical entertainment, in two acts / Isaac Bickerstaff -- The bashful man : a comic drama / W.T. Moncrieff -- The school for wives : a comedy, in five acts / Hugh Kelly -- The Castle of Sorrento : a musical entertainment / Henry Heartwell -- The contrivances : a ballad opera, in one act / Henry Carey -- The law of Lombardy : a tragedy, in five acts / Robert Jephson -- The cheats of Scapin : a comedy, in three acts / Thomas Otway -- The miller of Mansfield : a dramatic entertainment, in one act / R. Dodsley -- False impressions : a comedy, in five acts / Richard Cumberland -- Zara : a tragedy, in five acts / Aaron Hill -- He's much to blame : a comedy, in five acts / Thomas Holcroft -- The curfew : a play, in five acts / John Tobin -- What next? : a farce, in two acts / Thomas Dibdin -- The purse, or, The benevolent tar : a musical entertainment, in one act / J.C. Cross -- The farmer's wife : a comic opera, in three acts / Charles Dibdin, Jun -- My spouse and I : an operatic farce, in two acts / Charles Dibdin, Jun -- Paul and Virginia : a musical entertainment, in two acts / James Cobb -- The siege of Belgrade : a comic opera, in three acts / James Cobb -- The distrest mother : a tragedy, in five acts / Ambrose Philips -- Animal magnetism : a farce, in three acts / Mrs. Inchbald -- The register office : a farce, in two acts / Joseph Reed -- The merchant of Bruges, or, Beggar's bush : a play, in five acts / altered from Beaumont and Fletcher, by Douglas Kinnaird -- The village lawyer : a farce, in two acts / Charles Lyons -- No song, no supper : a musical entertainment, in two acts / Prince Hoare -- The votary of wealth : a comedy, in five acts / J.G. Holman -- The school for arrogance : a comedy, in five acts / Thomas Holcroft -- Seduction : a comedy, in five acts / Thomas Holcroft -- The mourning bride : a tragedy, in five acts / William Congreve. Accurately printed from acting copies, as performed at the theatres royal, and carefully collated and revised. Each volume has a frontispiece that is a group of "Theatrical Portraits" engraved by W.T. Fry. The frontispiece to vol. 1 drawn by T. Wageman. Each play has an illustrated head-piece, most of which are unsigned. Those that are signed are engraved by Mason, Mary Byfield, J. Byfield, W. Hughes, Jane Hughes, J. Jackson, S. Williams, T. Williams, I.R. Dodd or GWB. Separately paginated either as single works, or two short ones, between 12 and 20 pages. Works are numbered at the foot of the first page, and each volume has a table of contents. English drama 17th century English drama 18th century English drama 19th century English drama 1600-1899 fast England London PR1243 .L6 822.08 L847 London stage London, G. Balne [1824-27] (OCoLC)889642133 TXA 800917 20210929111351.0 in00000672537 eng