Composers 1
Costume 2
Performing arts 3
Theater 2
Abington, Mrs., (Frances Barton), 1737-1815 1
Acrobats 2
Actors 385
Angelis, Jefferson, 1859-1933 1
Angri, Elena, 1824-1886 1
Artists 1
Arville, Camille 1
Authors 15
Ayton, Fanny, b. 1806? 1
Bands (Music) 1
Bartleman, James, 1769-1821 1
Bassi, Amedeo, 1874-1949 1
Bassini, Emma Sarda Di 1
Begnie, Signor di 1
Begnis, Giuseppe, 1793-1849 2
Bellchambers, Miss 1
Bennett, William Mineard, 1778-1858 1
Billington, Elizabeth, 1768-1818 24
Bishop, Anna, 1810-1884 2
Blackface entertainers 8
Blust, Olive 1
Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863 3
Bowlby, Earle H. 1
Braham, John, 1774-1856 11
Breeches parts 14
Brough, William Francis, 1798-1867 1
Broughton, Phyllis, 1861 or 2-1926 3
Bryant, Dan, 1833-1875 3
Buchinger, Matthew, d. 1739 2
Buckley, G. S. (George Swayne), 1829-1879 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 1
Bugaku 7
Bugaku masks 7
Bulger, Harry, 1872-1926 1
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 3-1886 1
Burke, Joseph, 1818-1902 5
Burnett, Alfred, b. 1823 or 4 8
Burrell, Miss, b. 1795 1
Byrne, Eleanor, fl. 1817 3
Calligraphy 1
Camp, Vincent, 1779-1839 3
Carew, Margaret Felicite Anne, b. 1799 7
Cargill, Ann, ca. 1759-1784 2
Cary, Annie Louise, 1842-1921 2
Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849 2
Catley, Ann, 1745-1789 13
Cawse, Harriet, ca. 1812-1889 3
Celeste, Madame (Celine), 1814-1882 3
Chabert, Julien Xavier, 1791-1859 1
Chatterley, William Simmonds, 1787-1821 1
Child actors 3
Chivers, G. M. S. 1
Choreographers 1
Choreography 7
Christy, George N. 1827-1868 3
Cibber, Susannah Maria Arne, 1714-1766 10
Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1
Circus performers 3
Clare, Ada 1
Clarke, Creston, 1865-1910 1
Clarke, George H., 1840-1906? 1
Clifton, Harry, 1832-1872 1
Cline, John, d. 1886 1
Clowns 4
Cole, Blanche, d. 1888 1
Coletti, Filippo, 1811-1894 1
Collins, J. H. (John H.), d. 1860 1
Comedians 2
Comer, T. (Thomas) 2
Composers 77
Conquest, Benjamin Oliver, 1805-1872 1
Cooke, Thomas Simpson, 1782-1848 3
Costume 256
Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924 14
Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805 13
Cubas, Isabella, 1831-1864 1
Curiosities and Wonders 2
Dancers 59
Daniels, Alicia, d. 1826 1
Del Puente, Giuseppe, 1841-1900 1
Dibdin, Ann, 1775-1828 2
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814 12
Dibdin, Charles, 1768-1833 1
Dibdin, Thomas John, 1771-1841 4
Dickons, Maria, ca. 1774-1833 5
Digges, West, 1720?-1786 1
Dighton, Mr. 1
Dignum, Charles, 1765-1827 3
Dippel, Andreas, 1866-1932 1
Dixon, George Washington, 1808-1861 4
Dodd, James William, 1740?-1796 8
Dolby, Charlotte Helen, 1821-1885 1
Dramatists 21
Dubellamy, Charles Clementine, d. 1793 2
Dubois, Jean Baptiste, 1762-1817 2
Duchesne, Adolphe 1
Ducrow, Andrew, 1793-1842 1
Dudley, Charlotte 1
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 1
Dunn, James Colgan, 1818-1891 1
Dunstall, John, 1717-1778 4
Durand, Rosalie, 1829-1866 1
Earl, Tilly, fl. 1870 1
Edwards, Henry, 1824 or 30-1891 1
Edwin, William, fl. 1836 1
Egerton, Kate 1
Egville, James Harvey, ca. 1770-1836 1
Eldridge, Jessie 1
Elocutionists 2
Entertainers 14
Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829 1
Fechter, Marie 1
Female impersonators 2
Fitzwilliam, Kathleen Mary, 1826-1894 1
Florence, Malvina (Pray) Littell 4
Florence, William Jermyn, 1831-1891 1
Forde, Catherine Maria, b. 1805 3
Fox, Della 1
Gattie, Henry, 1774-1844 3
Gibbs, P., 1804-1854? 5
Grave goods 1
Hall, Jacob 1
Hallande, Miss, d. 1832 1
Handscrolls 7
Harley, John Pritt, 1786 or 90-1858 10
Hayes, Catherine, 1825-1861 3
Held, Anna, 1877?-1918 1
Hill, James, d. 1817 1
Honey, Laura Young 1
Hood, Marion, d. 1912 1
Horn, Charles Edward, 1786-1849 3
Horn, Eph, 1818-1877 1
Hughes, Elizabeth, fl. 1831 1
Humorists 8
Hunt, Henry B., d. 1854 1
Incledon, Charles Benjamin, 1763-1826 8
Inscriptions 1
Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828 8
Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916 3
Kelly, Frances Maria, 1790-1882 9
Kelly, Michael, 1762-1826 6
Kemp, William, fl. 1600 1
Lathrop, Sam 1
Lee Sugg, Christopher, d. 1831 1
Lehar, Franz, 1870-1948 2
Lerner, Tina, b. 1890 1
Leslie, Fannie, 1856-1935 1
Lewis, William Thomas, 1749-1811 1
Lincoln, Annie B. 1
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887 6
Linwood, Mary, 1755-1845 1
Maeder, J. Gaspard (James Gaspard), 1809-1876 1
Magicians 1
Malibran, Maria Felicita, 1808-1836 1
Mapleson, James Henry, 1830-1901 1
Martin, Riccardo, 1874-1952 1
Martyr, Margaret, d. 1807 12
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835 1
Maurel, Victor, 1848-1923 1
Merry, Lydia Ellen, fl. 1816 2
Mimes 1
Minstrels 9
Montague, H. J. (Henry James), 1844-1878 2
Montez, Lola, 1818-1861 1
Moore, Maggie, 1847-1926 1
Mountain, Rosemond, ca. 1768-1841 9
Music 7
Musical groups 1
Musical instruments 1
Musicians 28
Nikita, Louise, b. 1872 1
Nilsson, Christine, 1843-1921 5
Noblet, Lise, fl. 1821 1
Novello, Clara, 1818-1908 1
Oates, Alice, 1849-1887 3
Omohundro, John Burwell, 1846-1880 1
Palmer, Minnie, 1857 or 60-1936 2
Palmo, Ferdinand, 1783 or 4-1869 1
Pantomime 1
Paton, Mary Ann, 1802-1864 9
Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919 3
Paul, Isabella, 1833-1879 1
Pearman, William P., 1792-1837 3
Performing arts 499
Phillips, Henry, 1801-1876 6
Pictorial works 8
Poole, Elizabeth, 1820-1906 1
Pope, Jane, 1742-1818 1
Povey, Mary Ann, 1804-1861 4
Ravel, Gabriel, 1810-1882 1
Rawlston, Zelma, d. 1915 1
Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900 5
Richings, Caroline Mary, 1827-1884 1
Richings, Peter, 1798-1871 3
Rive-King, Julie, 1854-1937 1
Roberts, James, 1798 or 9-1833 2
Rosetti, Marie, fl. 1872 1
Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922 4
Seguin, Arthur Edward Shelden, 1809-1852 2
Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann, 1754-1792 7
Sinclair, John, 1791-1857 8
Singers 393
Sloman, John, 1794?-1873 1
Smith, George, 1777-1836 2
Soldene, Emily, 1844?-1912 2
Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882 10
Storace, Anna Selina, 1765-1817 3
Taglioni, Marie, 1804-1884 1
Theater 384
Theatrical managers 46
Theatrical producers and directors 2
Theroigne de Mericourt, 1762-1817 1
Tightrope walking 1
Tree, Ann Maria, 1801-1862 6
Urso, Camilla, 1842-1902 1
Van Studdiford, Grace, 1873-1927 1
Vernon, Joseph, 1737 or 8-1782 3
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856 11
Vocal groups 1
Waylett, Harriet, 1798-1851 2
Williams, Barney, Mrs., 1828-1911 1
Wilson, Mary Anne, 1802-1867 7
Women in the performing arts 282
Women in the theater 246
Wood, Joseph, 1801-1890 1