London: J. Roberts, 1730. First edition. Fielding's First Popular Success. First edition of Fielding's third play, a comic ballad opera in the mold of Gay's Beggar's Opera; it ran for 41 nights in its first season and was subsequently revived. "In March 1730 at the Little Haymarket Theatre he had..... Read More about The Author's Farce; and the Pleasures of the Town. As Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market....

London: J. Watts, 1741. Second London edition. The second authorized London edition, a close reprint of the 1737 Roberts edition. By the time this edition was published, Fielding had ended his dramatic career, effectively silenced by the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737, which censored the stage and limited theatrical performances..... Read More about The Historical Register for the Year 1736. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market....

London: J. Watts, 1733. First edition. First edition of Fielding's adaptation of Molière's L'Avare, the most successful of his "regular" comedies. With an epilogue by Colley Cibber. Read More about The Miser. A Comedy. Taken from Plautus and Moliere. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in...

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1811. First Edition of the Collected Works. Read More about The Dramatic Works of John Ford. With an introduction and explanatory notes by Henry Weber

N. P: circa 1940's. Here Carroll A. Wilson writes about the presence of the actor as a kind of second author, quoting Professor Jenkins on the idea that there is no one Hamlet, and recalling to the reader "how much the actor is called upon to do for the author."..... Read More about Manuscript for an article on David Garrick entitled "England's Greatest Actor and His...

Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Miller, in Second-Street, 1765. First edition. The first play produced by an American. First edition of The Prince of Parthia which was "the first drama written by a native American to be produced upon the professional stage" (DAB). The play debuted on 24 April 1767 at..... Read More about Juvenile Poems of Various Subjects. With the Prince of Parthia: A Tragedy by the late Mr. Thomas...

London: Printed for W. Griffin, 1768. First edition, second impression, mixed state of L1-2 (no catchword p. 74, 3-1/2 line footnote on one page Epilogue). Dr. Johnson supplied the Prologue. Read More about The Good Natur'd Man: A Comedy, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

London: Printed for John Bayley at the Judge's Head in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet, 1708. First edition, with half-title. This tragedy is based on the story in Richard Knolles’ 1603 Generall Historie of the Turkes that also inspired Samuel Johnson's play also entitled Irene. Read More about Irene; or, the Fair Greek, a Tragedy: As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by Her...

London: Printed for the Author, and sold by William Cadman, et al, 1684. First English edition. The Classical Treatise of the 17th-Century French Drama. First English translation of this key treatise which codified the rules of 17th-century French dramatic classicism. It was first published in French as La pratique du..... Read More about The Whole Art of the Stage. Containing Not Only the Rules of the Drammatick Art, but Many Curious...

London: Privately printed for Subscribers by the Early English Drama Society, 1908. Large Paper. Large Paper. Part of the “Early English Dramatists” series published in 12 volumes. Read More about The Spider and the Fly, Together with an Attributed Interlude, Entitled Gentleness and Nobility....

London: William Heinemann, 1891. First edition in English, no. 66 of 100 copies of the Large Paper Edition. The large paper edition of the first English edition of Hedda Habler, limited to 100 copies. First published in London in an edition of 12 copies to secure copyright followed by the..... Read More about Hedda Gabler. A Drama in Four Acts … Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse

Boston: FA Searle Printing, 1869. Read More about Broadside: Boston Theatre. Double Performance! Third Night of the favorite actress, engaged for...