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The cap. A Satiric poem. Including most of the dramatic writers of the present day. By Peter Pindar, Esq. With notes, illustrative of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Lord Mulgrave, Doctor Moore, Mr. Cumberland, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Jephson, Mr. Greathead. Lady Wallace, Mrs. Piozzi, Miss Burney, Mrs. Gooch, Mrs. Inchbald, Mrs. Cowley, Miss Hughes, Mrs. Robinson, Lord Mountmorres, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. O'Keefe, Mr. Holcroft, Mr. Boaden, Mr. Morton, Mr. Cobb, Mr. I. P. Kemble, Mr. Harris, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Dives, Mr. Colman, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Jerningham, Major Scott, Mr. Berrington, Mr. Pye, Mr. Watson, Mr. Murphy. Mr. M. P. Andrews, Mr. Hoare, Mr. Topham, Mr. Dibdin, Mr. Hurlstone, Mr. H. Bate Dudley, Mr. J. Taylor, Mr. Woodfall, Mr. Litchfield, Rev. Mr. Rose, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Oulton, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Waldron, Mr. Cross, Mr. Holman, Mr. Benson, Mr. H. Siddons, Mr. Hook, Mr. Macready, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Birch, Mr. Walter, Junr. Jew King, &c. &c. Dedicated to Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq.
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.Date: [1795]- Books
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The power of religion on the mind, in retirement, sickness, and at death; exemplified in the testimonies and experience of persons, distinguished by their greatness, learning, or virtue.
Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Observations upon the petition to Parliament in favour of the Theatre in Well Street.
Date: 1793?]- Books
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The theatrical guardian.
Date: [1791]- Books
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Familiar dialogues on dancing, between a minister and a dancer, taken from matter of fact with an appendix containing some extracts from the writings of pious and eminent men against the entertainments of the stage, and other vain amusements recommended to the perusal of Christians of every denomination. By John Phillips ... [Nine lines of quotations]
Phillips, John.Date: 1798- Pictures
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Bankside, Southwark: showing a renowned brothel and theatres. Etching by B. Howlett.
Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767-1827.Date: Sept. 2, 1818Reference: 27983i- Books
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Love at first sight; or, the Gay in a Flutter. Being a Collection of Advertisements, Chiefly Comic.
Date: 1751- Books
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The history of the stage. In which is included, the Theatrical Characters of the most celebrated Actors who have adorn'd the Theatre. Among many others are the following; viz. Mr. Betterton, Mr. Montfort, Mr. Dogget, Mr. Booth, Mr. Wilks, Mr. Nokes. Mrs. Barry, Mrs. Montfort, Mrs. Gwin, Mrs. Bracegirdle, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Oldfield. Together with, The theatrical life of Mr. Colley Cibber.
Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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The present state of the stage in Great-Britain and Ireland. And the theatrical characters of the principal performers, in both kingdoms, impartially considered.
Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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Mr. Sedgwick's night. Royalty Theatre, Well-Street, near Goodman's-Fields, on Thursday, January 31st, 1788, the audience will be presented with a variety of entertainments, which will open with a grand masquerade jubilee. ...
Royalty Theatre (Tower Hamlets, London, England)Date: 1788]- Books
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Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. Interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries. The whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of thirty-six years. By Thomas Davies.
Davies, Thomas, 1713-1785.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The case of the stage in Ireland; containing the reasons for and against a bill for limiting the number of theatres in the city of Dublin; Wherein the Qualifications, Duty and Importance of a Manager Are carefully considered and explained, and the Conduct and Abilities of the present Manager of the Theatre in Smock-Alley Are particularly reviewed and examined. The Whole occasionally interspersed with critical Observations on Oratory; And a Summary of the principal Advantages that must necessarily accrue to this Kingdom from an Academy, Connected with the Theatre.
Date: [1758]- Books
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The proceedings and tryals of the players in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, held at the King's-Bench bar at Westminster, on Munday the 16th of February, 1701/2. Before the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Holt, for the most Abominable, Impious, Prophane, Lewd. immoral expressions, contain'd in their plays, Acted by them at divers times; but particularly one, call'd, Love for love: and another, call'd, The sham-doctor.
Date: 1702- Books
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For the benefit of Messrs Bulmer, Fothergill, Williams, and Cawdell. Royalty-Theatre, Well-Street, near Goodman's-Fields. This present Saturday, November 3, 1787, the audience will be presented with a musical entertainment, called The birth day; or the Arcadian contest. ...
Royalty Theatre (Tower Hamlets, London, England)Date: 1787]- Books
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The present state of the court of France, and city of Paris: in a letter from Monsieur M***, to the Honourable Matthew Prior Esq; one of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's customs. Made English from the original French.
Date: [1712]- Books
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An appeal to the public: containing an account of the rise, progress, and establishment of the first regular theatre, in Dublin: with the causes of it's [sic] decline and ruin. By Thomas Sheridan, Formerly Manager of the Theatre-Royal.
Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788.Date: MDCCLXXI [1771]- Books
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An address to persons of fashion, containing some particulars relating to balls: and a few occasional hints concerning play-houses, card-tables, &c. In which is introduced the character of Lucinda, a lady of the very best fashion, and of most extraordinary piety. [Two lines in Latin from Horace]
Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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Royal and Royalty Theatres. Letter to Phillips Glover, Esq. of Wispington, in Lincolnshire; in a dedication to the burletta of Hero and Leander, now performing, with the most distinguished applause, at the Royalty Theatre, in Goodman's Fields.
Jackman, Isaac, active 1776-1795.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The power of religion on the mind, in retirement, affliction, and at the approach of death: exemplified in the testimonies and experience of persons distinguished by their greatness, learning, or virtue.
Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826.Date: Anno 1793- Books
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The protected fugitives. A collection of miscellaneous poems, the genuine productions of a lady. Never before published.
Battier, Henrietta, 1751?-1813.Date: 1791- Books
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At play-house prices. For the benefit of Mess. G. I. C & R. Ashleys Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Saturday next May 31. 1800, will be performed a grand selection of sacred music. ...
Covent Garden Theatre.Date: [1800]- Pictures
Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).
Loggon, T.Date: [1824?]Reference: 23495i- Books
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The companion to the play-house: or, an historical account of all the dramatic writers (and their works) that have appeared in Great Britain and Ireland, from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions, down to the present year 1764. Composed in the form of a dictionary, For the more readily turning to any particular Author, or Performance. In Two Volumes. ... Contains, A Critical and Historical Account of every Tragedy, Comedy, Farce, &c. in the English Language. The respective Merits of each Piece; and of the Actors who performed the principal Characters, are particularly examined and pointed out. ... Contains, The Lives and Productions of every Dramatic Writer for the English or Irish Theatres, including not only all those Memoirs that have been formerly writeen, but also a great Number of new Lives and curious Anecdotes never before communicated to the Public. - Also the Lives of our most celebrated Actors, who were likewise Authors of any Theatrical Composition from Shakespear and Johnson, down to the present Times.
Baker, David Erskine, 1730-1767.Date: 1764- Books
What's wrong with angry / written and directed by Patrick Wilde ; foreword by Sir Ian McKellan.
Wilde, PatrickDate: 1995- Books
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A dialogue in the green-room upon a disturbance in the pit.
Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]