v. 1. Restoration drama, 1660-1700
v. 2. Early eighteenth century drama
v. 3. Late eighteenth century drama, 1750-1800
v. 4. Early nineteenth century drama. 1800-1850
v. 5. Late nineteenth century drama, 1850-1900
v. 6. A short-title alphabetical catalogue of plays produced or printed in England from 1660 to 1900.
Volume 1, Restoration drama, 1660-1700. (Chapter 1, The Theatre) Introductory
Influence of the Audience on the Drama
The Theatre, Scenery and Show
Supplementary to Chapter One
(Chapter 2, Tragedy) Restoration Tragedy and Comedy, Introductory
Elizabethan and Foreign Influences
The Rimed Heroic Tragedy, 1664-1677
Other Types of Tragedy, 1660-1677
Tragedy and Opera, 1678-1700
Adaptations of Shakespeare and of other Elizabethan Dramatists
Supplementary to Chapter Two
(Chapter 3, Comedy) Introductory, Elizabethan and Foreign Models
Types of Restoration Comedy
The Jonsonian Element, Shadwell
The Comedy of Intrigue, Mrs Behn
Farce and Comedy of Sentiment
Supplementary to Chapter Three
(Appendices) A History of the Playhouse, 1660-1700
Select Documents illustrating the History of the Stage
Hand-list of Restoration Plays
Index of persons and subject.
Volume 2, Early Eighteenth Century Drama. (Chapter 1, The Theatre) Introductory
(Chapter 2, Tragedy ) Introductory, The Tendencies of the Age
Elizabethan, Restoration and Foreign Models
Domestic Tragedies, and Plays of Private Woe
(Chapter 3, Comedy) Types of Augustan Comedy
Elizabethan, Restoration and Foreign Models
(Chapter 4, Miscellaneous Forms of Drama) Introductory
Tragi-Comedies and Pastorals
Italian and English Operas
Masques and Political Plays
Burlesques and Rehearsals
(Appendices) The Theatres: 1700-1750
Select Documents Illustrating the History of the Stage
Hand-List of Plays: 1700-1750. English Plays and Operas ; Italian Operas, Oratorios and Serentas ; Repertoire of the French and Italian Comedians
Supplementary to Chapter One
Supplementary to Chapter Two
Supplementary to Chapter Three
Supplementary to Chapter Four
Supplementary to Appendix A
Supplementary to Appendix C
Volume 3, Late eighteenth century drama, 1750-1800. (Chapter One, The Theatre) Introductory
The Actors, Actresses and Managers
(Chapter Two, Tragedy) General Tendencies of the Period
English and Foreign Models
The Relics of Augustan Tragedy
(Chapter Three, Comedy) The Main Types
English and Foreign Models
The Comedy of Humours and of Intrigue
(Chapter Four, Miscellaneous Forms of Drama) Definitions
Opera, Comic Opera and Kindred Forms
Pantomimes, Preludes, Dramatic Poems and Masques
Dramatic Poems and Unacted Plays
(Appendices) The Theatres, 1750-1800
Hand-List of Plays: 1750-1800. English Plays and Operas ; Italian Operas, Oratorios and Ballets performed at the Opera House
Supplementary to Chapter I
Supplementary to Chapter II
Supplementary to Chapter III-IV
Supplementary Notes to the Handlists of Plays
Volume 4, Early nineteenth century drama. 1800-1850. (Chapter One, The Theatre) Introductory
The Actors, Actresses, Managers, and Publishers
(Chapter Two, The Dramatic Conditions of the Age) The Reasons of Decline
General Influences on the Drama, 1800-1850
(Chapter Three, The Illegitimate Drama) Melodramas
Burlettas and Comic Operas
Burlesques and Extravaganzas
(Chapter 4, The Legitimate Drama) Tragedies and Dramas
(Chapter 5, The Still-Born Drama) Tragedies
(Appendices) The Theatres, 1800-1850. London and Environs
Handlist of Plays Produced Between 1800 and 1850
Supplementary Notes to the Hand-List of Plays, 1800-1850
Index of Persons and Subjects.
Volume 5, Late nineteenth century drama, 1850-1900. (Chapter One, The Theatre) Introductory
The Actors, Managers and Authors
(Chapter Two, Contemporary Dramatic Conditions)
(Chapter Three, Boucicault and Taylor, Plays of the Fifties)
Domestic and Historical Drama
(Chapter Four, Robertson and Byron, Plays of the Sixties) The Old School
(Chapter Five, Gilbert and Albery, Plays of the Seventies) The Fantastic and Satiric Comedy
Continuance of the Realistic Drama
(Chapter Six, Jones and Pinero, Plays of the Eighties) The Turn of the Tide
Other Dramatists of the Eighties
(Chapter Seven, Wilde and Shaw, Plays of the Nineties) The Success of the Reformers
(Appendices) The Theatre, 1850-1900
Hand-list of Plays, 1850-1900
Supplementary Notes to the Hand-list of Plays
