Composers 1
Theater 6
Actors 315
Allan, Alexander 1
Almar, George 1
Armin, Robert, fl. 1610 1
Artists 2
Aston, Anthony, fl. 1682-1747 1
Authors 29
Baker, Benjamin A., 1818-1890 1
Banvard, John, 1815-1891 1
Barrett, Wilson, 1848-1904 1
Barrymore, Maurice, 1847-1905 1
Barrymore, W. (William), d. 1845 1
Belasco, David, 1853-1931 1
Benefit performances 1
Bennett, G. J. (George John), 1800-1879 1
Blackface entertainers 3
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 2
Brougham, John, 1810-1880 10
Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879 11
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 1
Bunn, Alfred, 1796?-1860 3
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 3-1886 1
Burton, William Evans, 1802-1860 20
Cartwright, William, 1611-1643 1
Centlivre, Susannah, 1667?-1723 5
Charke, Charlotte, 1713-1760 5
Cherry, Andrew, 1762-1812 3
Cibber, Susannah Maria Arne, 1714-1766 1
Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 6
Clarke, Creston, 1865-1910 1
Clinch, Charles P. (Charles Powell), 1797-1880 1
Colman, George, 1732-1794 2
Composers 15
Congreve, William, 1670-1729 1
Costume 169
Cowley, Mrs. (Hannah), 1743-1809 2
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811 1
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899 5
Dancers 1
Davidge, William Pleater, 1814-1888 1
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814 12
Dibdin, Charles, 1768-1833 1
Dibdin, Thomas John, 1771-1841 4
Dimond, William Wyatt, d. 1812 7
Doran, John, 1807-1878 4
Dramatists 350
Drew, John, 1853-1927 1
Dudley, H. Bate (Henry Bate), Sir, 1745-1824 1
Dunlap, Willliam, 1766-1839 1
Editors 10
Entertainers 1
Farley, Charles, 1771-1859 5
Fawcett, John, 1768 or 9-1837 21
Fechter, Charles Albert, 1824-1879 6
Female impersonators 3
Fennell, James, 1766-1816 3
Fenno, William Augustus, b. 1814 1
Field, Joseph M., 1810-1856 1
Field, Nathan, 1587-1620? 1
Finn, Henry J. (Henry James), 1787-1840 2
Fisher, Charles, 1816-1891 1
Florence, Malvina (Pray) Littell 1
Florence, William Jermyn, 1831-1891 10
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777 31
Gardiner, Mrs., fl. 1763-1782 1
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 7
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 1
Gillette, William, 1853-1937 1
Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911 1
Hart, Tony, 1855-1891 1
Hippisley, John, d. 1748 1
Historians 4
Holman, J. G. (Joseph George), 1764-1817 13
Home, John, 1722-1808 1
Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808 6
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 11
Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905 1
Jones, Richard, 1779-1851 8
Kilner, Thomas, 1777-1862 1
King, Thomas, 1730-1805 18
Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862 9
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692 1
Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870 1
Lewis, James, 1837?-1896 1
Lovell, Maria, 1803-1877 3
Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797 1
Mason, Williiam, 1725-1777 1
Massey, Mrs., fl. 1778? 1
Mathews, Cornelius, 1817-1889 1
Maturin, Charles Robert, 1780-1824 1
Mille, Henry Churchill, 1850-1893 1
Minshull, John 1
Mitchell, William, 1798-1856 6
Moliere, 1622-1673 2
Morton, Thomas, 1764-1838 1
O'Brien, William, d. 1815 2
O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833 1
Oldmixon, Mr. (John), 1673-1742 1
Omohundro, John Burwell, 1846-1880 1
Palmer, John, 1742?-1798 1
Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852 7
Performing arts 21
Poets 3
Politicians 1
Pope, Elizabeth, ca. 1740-1797 1
Pope, Elizabeth, ca. 1740-1797 1
Rees, James, 1802-1885 1
Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916 1
Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841 1
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 10
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 2
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 1
Siddons, Henry, 1774-1815 2
Singers 3
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784 1
Storace, Anna Selina, 1765-1817 1
Terry, Daniel, 1782-1829 6
Theater 342
Theater critics 2
Theatrical companies 1
Theatrical managers 93
Theatrical producers and directors 6
Thompson, Denman, 1833-1911 3
Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744 1
Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882 6
Wells, Mary Stephens, 1762-1829 1
Weston, Thomas, 1737-1776 1
White, Charles, 1821-1891 1
Wigan, Alfred, 1814-1878 1
Wigan, Leonora, 1805-1884 1
Wilson, Richard, fl. 1774-1792 6
Women in the performing arts 2
Women in the theater 33
Yates, Mrs. (Mary Ann), 1728-1784 1