Actors 4
Clowns 12
Composers 1
Costume 6
Holman, J. G. (Joseph George), 1764-1817 1
Johnston, H. (Henry Erskine), 1777-1845 1
Performing arts 13
Smith, William, 1730-1819 1
Theater 1
Abbot, William, 1789-1843 2
Abington, Mrs., (Frances Barton), 1737-1815 38
Abrams, Miss, fl. 1778 1
Actors 3285
Actresses 1
Adams, Edwin, 1834-1877 1
Adams, Maude, 1872-1953 1
Addison, Laura, 1822-1852 2
Advertisements 1
Aickin, Francis, d. 1805 1
Aickin, James, d. 1803 3
Alexander, George, Sir, 1858-1918 3
Alexandre (Alexander Vattenmare), 1796-1864 2
Allan, Alexander 1
Allen, Andrew Jackson, 1776-1853 3
Allen, Louis, fl. 1856 2
Allen, Viola, 1867-1948 1
Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626 6
Almar, George 1
Alsop, Frances, d. 1821 2
Alumni 1
American Literature 1
Anderson, Joshua 2
Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940 11
Andrews, George H., 1798-1866 2
Angelis, Jefferson, 1859-1933 1
Angelo, Henry, 1756-1835 1
Archer, William, 1856-1924 1
Armin, Robert, fl. 1610 1
Arms crossed 1
Artists 13
Arville, Camille 1
Assassins 3
Aston, Anthony, fl. 1682-1747 1
Atkins, Edward, 1819-1883 1
Atkins, Eliza Warrell, fl. 1787-1808? 2
Austin, Elizabeth, b. ca. 1800 2
Austin, Jennie, d. 1938 1
Authors 67
Baddeley, Robert, 1733-1794 6
Baddeley, Sophia, 1745?-1786 4
Baker, Alexina Fisher, 1822-1887 1
Baker, Benjamin A., 1818-1890 2
Baker, Matilda, b. 1801 4
Bancroft, Marie, 1839-1921 2
Bancroft, Squire, 1841-1926 2
Bangs, Frank C., 1833-1908 1
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 9
Bannister, Elizabeth, 1757-1849 4
Bannister, John, 1760-1836 31
Bar, Benedict, 1812-1877 2
Barclay, Miss, fl. 1792 1
Barnes, John, d. 1841 1
Barnes, Mary, 1780-1864 1
Barnes, William Augustus, 1826-1868 1
Barrett, Ann Jane, 1801-1853 1
Barrett, Lawrence, 1838-1891 6
Barrett, Mary 1
Barrett, Wilson, 1848-1904 1
Barrow, Julia Bennett, b. 1824 2
Barry, Ann, 1734-1801 17
Barry, Thomas 3
Barrymore, Maurice, 1847-1905 1
Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793 6
Barrymore, W. (William), d. 1845 1
Barrymore, William, Mrs., 1783-1862 1
Barsanti, Jane, d. 1795 2
Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850 7
Bass, Charles, 1803-1863 1
Bateman, Ellen Douglas, 1844-1936 1
Bateman, Kate Josephine, 1843-1917 2
Beard, John, 1715 or 16-1791 2
Beckett, Harry, 1839-1880 1
Bedford, Paul John, ca. 1792-1871 1
Belasco, David, 1853-1931 1
Bellamy, Thomas Ludford, 1771-1843 2
Bellew, Kyrle, 1855-1911 1
Benefit performances 4
Bengough, Henry, d. 1825 1
Bennett, G. J. (George John), 1800-1879 1
Bensley, Robert, 1742-1817 10
Benson, Mr., d. 1796 1
Berlioz, Harriet Smithson, 1800-1854 5
Bernard, John, 1756-1828 6
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 4
Berry, Edward, 1706-1760 2
Betty, Henry, 1819-1897 2
Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), b. 1791 45
Bihin, Monsieur, b. 1808 1
Billington, Elizabeth, 1768-1818 24
Bindon, Emily Coote, ca. 1779-1832 1
Bishop, Miss 1
Blackface entertainers 13
Blake, John, d. 1878 1
Blake, William Rufus, 1805-1863 4
Blakes, Charles, d. 1763 1
Blanchard, William, 1769-1835 5
Bland, George, d. 1807 3
Bland, Mrs. (Maria Theresa Catherine), 1770-1838 6
Blissett, Francis, 1742?-1824 2
Bloomfield, Mr. 1
Boby, John 1
Bolton, Mary, 1790-1830 3
Bond, Thomas, d. 1635 1
Booth, Agnes, 1846-1910 1
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 49
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 3
Booth, Junius Brutus, 1796-1852 21
Booth, Junius Brutus, 1821-1883 1
Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863 3
Booth, Mary, d. 1881 2
Booth, Sarah, 1793-1867 6
Bosworth, Hobart, 1867-1943 1
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 2
Bowden, Wright, 1752-1823 2
Bowers, Elizabeth Crocker, 1830-1895 2
Boyce, Miss, fl. 1807 1
Bracelets 1
Braham, John, 1774-1856 11
Breeches parts 38
Brereton, William, 1751-1787 6
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 2
Broadhurst, Miss, fl. 1773-1796 1
Brooke, Gustavus Vaughan, 1818-1866 3
Brooks, Mrs., fl. 1786-1794 2
Brough, Lionel, 1836-1900 1
Brough, William Francis, 1798-1867 1
Brougham, John, 1810-1880 10
Broughton, Phyllis, 1861 or 2-1926 3
Brown, J., Mrs., d. 1823 3
Brown, John Mills, 1781 or 2-1859 1
Browne, Solomon James, 1791-1869 2
Bruce, Edgar, 1844 or 5-1901 1
Brunton, Anne, 1768-1808 27
Brunton, John, 1775-1848 5
Brunton, Louisa, ca. 1785-1860 8
Bryant, Dan, 1833-1875 3
Buchanan, McKean, 1823-1872 3
Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879 11
Bulger, Harry, 1872-1926 1
Bulkley, Mary, 1748-1792 5
Buller, Mr. 1
Bullock, William, ca. 1667-1742 4
Bunn, Alfred, 1796?-1860 3
Bunn, Margaret Agnes, 1799-1883 12
Burbage, Richard, 1567?-1619 3
Burke, Charles Saint Thomas, 1822-1854 3
Burke, Ione, fl. 1870 1
Burke, Joseph, 1818-1902 5
Burke, Thomas, d. 1825 1
Burlesque (Theater) 2
Burrell, Miss, b. 1795 1
Burroughs, Claude, 1848-1876 1
Burton, John, 1763-1797? 1
Burton, William Evans, 1802-1860 20
Butler, Pierce, 1807-1867 3
Byrne, Eleanor, fl. 1817 3
Cald, Mary Carlton 2
Cameron, Violet, 1862-1919 1
Camp, Vincent, 1779-1839 4
Campbell, Ellen, fl. 1810 1
Campbell, Stella Patrick, b. 1886 1
Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844 1
Campion, Maria Ann, 1775 or 77-1803 1
Carew, Margaret Felicite Anne, b. 1799 7
Cargill, Ann, ca. 1759-1784 2
Carleton, H. J. 1
Carr, Louisa Maria, fl. 1821-1823 1
Carr, Mary, fl. 1856 2
Cartwright, William, 1611-1643 1
Cartwright, William, d. 1687 1
Castles 1
Catley, Ann, 1745-1789 13
Caulfield, Thomas, 1766-1815 3
Cavendish, Ada, 1847-1895 1
Cawse, Harriet, ca. 1812-1889 3
Celeste, Madame (Celine), 1814-1882 4
Champagne glasses 1
Chanfrau, Francis S., 1824-1884 7
Chanfrau, Henrietta, 1837-1909 2
Chapman, Caroline 1
Chapman, Miss, d. 1805 3
Charke, Charlotte, 1713-1760 5
Charles, Elizabeth Walker, d. 1849 1
Charles, Mary Ann, fl. 1855-1858 1
Chase, Edna, b. 1888 1
Chatterley, Louisa, 1797-1866 2
Chatterley, William Simmonds, 1787-1821 1
Chatterton, Frederick Balsir, 1834-1886 1
Cheer, Margaret, fl. 1767-1793 1
Cherry, Andrew, 1762-1812 3
Cherry, Miss, fl. 1814 1
Chester, Eliza, b. 1799 8
Child Actors 1
Child actors 55
Children 12
Chippendale, William Henry, 1801-1888 1
Cibber, Susannah Maria Arne, 1714-1766 10
Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 6
Circus performers 2
City and town life 1
Clarke, Annie M., 1845-1902 3
Clarke, Corson W., 1814-1867 1
Clarke, John Sleeper, 1833-1899 10
Clarke, Matthew, d. 1786 1
Claxton, Kate, 1848-1924 2
Clayton, John, 1845-1888 1
Clifford, Maria, 1794?-1850 1
Clifton, Ada, fl. 1855-1867 3
Clifton, Josephine, 1813-1847 3
Clinch, Charles P. (Charles Powell), 1797-1880 1
Clive, Mrs. (Catherine), 1711-1785 1
Clouds 1
Clowns 14
Coates, Emma Anne, fl. ca. 1830 1
Coates, Robert, 1772-1848 2
Coghlan, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1848-1899 1
Coghlan, Rose, 1851?-1932 5
Cole, Blanche, d. 1888 1
Collier, Constance, 1878-1955 1
Collins, Thomas, 1775-1806 1
Colman, George, 1732-1794 2
Comedians 11
Comer, T. (Thomas) 2
Composers 72
Compton, Henry, 1805-1877 3
Congreve, William, 1670-1729 1
Conner, Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes, d. 1863 2
Connor, Charles, d. 1826 1
Conquest, Benjamin Oliver, 1805-1872 1
Conway, Frederick Bartlett, 1819-1874 3
Conway, H.B. (Harry Blenkinsop-Coulson), 1850-1909 2
Conway, Lillian, d. 1891 1
Conway, William Augustus, 1789-1828 2
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812 35
Cooke, Thomas Potter, 1786-1864 12
Cooke, Thomas Simpson, 1782-1848 3
Cooper, Frances, 1819-1872 1
Cooper, John, 1790-1870 9
Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 1776-1849 9
Coquelin, Benoit Constant, 1841-1909 3
Cornelys, John, 1735-1818 1
Cornelys, Teresa, 1723-1797 1
Cosmetics 1
Costume 2057
Costume designers 3
Couldock, Charles Walter, 1815-1898 4
Couldock, Eliza, fl. 1853 1
Courtaine, Harry, d. 1899 1
Cowell, Anna, b. 1824 1
Cowell, Joseph Leathley, 1792-1863 1
Cowley, Mrs. (Hannah), 1743-1809 2
Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924 14
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966 2
Cramer, M. E., 1803-1868 1
Cramer, Miss, fl. 1828 1
Crane, William Henry, 1845-1928 2
Craven, John T. 1
Creswick, William, 1813-1888 2
Crime 1
Crisp, Henry, 1844-1882 1
Crosbie, Richard, fl. 1793 1
Cross, Emily, d. 1884 2
Crossman, Henrietta, 1865-1944 1
Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805 13
Cubitt, Marie Caroline, b. 1800 4
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811 1
Cunningham, Peter C., fl. 1836-1860 1
Curiosities and Wonders 1
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876 12
Cushman, Susan, 1817-1857 1
Daggers 1
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899 5
Daly, Julia, 1833-1887 1
Dancers 57
Daniels, Alicia, d. 1826 1
Darley, Ellen, d. 1849 3
Davenport, Adolphus H., 1828-1873 1
Davenport, Edward Loomis, 1815-1877 2
Davenport, Fanny Elizabeth Vining, 1829-1891 1
Davenport, Fanny, 1850-1898 5
Davidge, George B., 1793-1842 5
Davidge, William Pleater, 1814-1888 1
Davis, Mary, fl. 1660-1698 1
Davison, Maria Rebecca, 1783-1858 12
Dean, Julia, 1830-1868 5
Death, Thomas, 1739-1802 1
Dechampz, Mr. 1
Denham, Mr., d. 1832 1
Denin, Kate, 1837-1907 1
Denin, Susan, 1835-1875 1
Denning, Thomas, 1790-1821 1
Denvil, Henry Gaskell, 1804-1866 1
Derickson, Marie 1
Dibdin, Ann, 1775-1828 2
Dibdin, Anne 1
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814 12
Dibdin, Charles, 1768-1833 1
Dibdin, Thomas John, 1771-1841 4
Digges, West, 1720?-1786 1
Dighton, Mr. 1
Dignum, Charles, 1765-1827 4
Dillon, Charles, 1819-1881 1
Dimond, William Wyatt, d. 1812 7
Diplomats 1
Dodd, James William, 1740?-1796 8
Dolman, John, ca. 1824-1895 1
Don, William Henry, Sir, 1826-1862 1
Doran, John, 1807-1878 4
Dormer, Mr., fl. ca. 1805 1
Downing, Robert L., 1857-1944 1
Dowton, William, 1764-1851 14
Drama 19
Dramatists 342
Dreher, Virginia 2
Drew, Frank Nelson, 1831-1903 2
Drew, John, 1827-1862 7
Drew, John, 1853-1927 5
Drew, Louisa, 1820-1897 8
Drunzer, Mlle. 1
Dubellamy, Charles Clementine, d. 1793 2
Dubois, Camille, fl. 1875 1
Dubois, Jean Baptiste, 1762-1817 2
Dudley, H. Bate (Henry Bate), Sir, 1745-1824 1
Duff, John R. 1787-1831 1
Duff, Mary Ann, 1795-1857 1
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 1
Dunlap, Willliam, 1766-1839 1
Dunn, James Colgan, 1818-1891 1
Dunstall, John, 1717-1778 5
Durand, Rosalie, 1829-1866 1
Durang, Charles 1
Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924 2
Dyott, John, d. 1876 1
Eddy, Edward, 1822-1875 1
Edgar, Edward Fisher, d. 1884 1
Editors 11
Edmiston, Miss, b. 1801 3
Education 3
Edwin, Elizabeth Rebecca, ca. 1771-1854 7
Edwin, John, 1749-1790 5
Edwin, John, 1769?-1805 4
Edwin, William, fl. 1836 1
Egerton, Daniel, 1772-1835 1
Egerton, Sarah, 1782-1847 5
Ellis, Clara, d. 1850 1
Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831 21
Elocutionists 7
Elphinstone, Emma Marian Maria, 1806 or 7- 1888 1
Elsworthy, Agnes, fl. 1850-1856 1
Emery, John, 1777-1822 8
Emery, Samuel Anderson, 1817-1881 2
Emotion 1
Entertainers 53
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee, 1728-1810 1
Esten, Harriet Pye, ca. 1765-1865 4
Evans, Charles E., 1857-1945 1
Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976 1
Exterior views 1
Fairclough, Boothroyd, 1824 or 5-1911 1
Fans 1
Farley, Charles, 1771-1859 5
Farrell, Margaret, d. 1793 1
Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829 12
Farren, Ellen, 1848-1904 3
Farren, Mary Ann, 1817 or 18-1894 1
Farren, William, 1754-1795 7
Farren, William, 1786-1861 11
Farren, William, 1825-1908 2
Fashion 1
Faucit, Harriet Elizabeth, 1789-1857 3
Faversham, William, 1868-1940 1
Fawcett, John, 1768 or 9-1837 21
Fawcett, Owen S., 1838-1904 1
Fearon, James, 1745 or 6-1789 1
Featherstone, Miss 1
Fechter, Charles Albert, 1824-1879 6
Federal Support 3
Female 1
Female impersonators 12
Fennell, James, 1766-1816 3
Fenno, William Augustus, b. 1814 1
Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760 6
Field, Joseph M., 1810-1856 1
Field, Miss 1
Field, Nathan, 1587-1620? 1
Fields, W. C., 1879-1946 1
Films 1
Finn, Henry J. (Henry James), 1787-1840 3
Fisher, Charles, 1816-1891 7
Fisher, Clara, 1811-1898 8
Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 1865-1932 3
Fitzfarren, Fanny, fl. 1859 1
Fitzwilliam, Edward, 1788-1852 5
Fitzwilliam, Fanny Elizabeth, 1801-1854 6
Fitzwilliam, Kathleen Mary, 1826-1894 1
Florence, Malvina (Pray) Littell 4
Florence, William Jermyn, 1831-1891 10
Flowers 3
Floyd, William Rudolph, 1832-1880 1
Foote, Maria, 1797?-1867 13
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777 33
Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937 10
Forde, Catherine Maria, b. 1805 3
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 47
Forrest, Rebecca 1
Forrester, Henry, 1797-1840 1
Fortescue, May, 1862-1950 2
Foster, Charles J., 1827-1864 1
Fowler, Emily, 1849-1896 1
Fox, Charles Kemble, 1833-1875 1
Fox, Della 1
Fox, George Lafayette, 1825-1877 12
Francis, Mrs., d. 1834 1
Francis, William, 1756 or 7-1826 1
French, Mjr., fl. 1775 1
Fullam, Michael, d. 1825 1
Gainsborough, Monta, fl. 1869-1878 1
Gannon, Mary, 1829-1868 1
Gardiner, Mrs., fl. 1763-1782 2
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 7
Gattie, Henry, 1774-1844 2
Geishas 1
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 1
Gibbs, Maria, b. 1770 8
Gibbs, P., 1804-1854? 5
Giddens, George, 1845-1920 1
Gilbert, Anne (Hartley), 1821-1904 3
Gilbert, John Gibbs, 1810-1889 5
Gillette, William, 1853-1937 1
Gladstane, Mary, b. 1830 1
Glover, Julia, 1779-1850 12
Glover, Phillis Frances Agnes, 1807-1831 4
Glyn, Isabella, 1823-1889 5
Gold 1
Goodall, Charlotte, 1765-1830 6
Greek mythology 1
Green, Jane, d. 1791 2
Greene, Thomas, d. ca. 1612 1
Greville, Mrs., d. 1802 1
Griffin, Benjamin, 1680-1740 1
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837 5
Grossman, Edwina Booth, b. 1861 2
Hackett, James Henry, 1800-1871 4
Hadaway, T. H. (Thomas H.), 1801-1892 3
Haines, Joseph, d. 1701 3
Hall, Harry, 1804-1858 1
Hallande, Miss, d. 1832 1
Hamblin, Thomas Sowerby, 1800-1853 2
Hammersley, Miss, fl. 1818-1824 1
Harkins, Daniel H., 1835 or 6-1902 1
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) 1
Harley, George Davies, d. 1811 3
Harley, John Pritt, 1786 or 90-1858 10
Harlowe, Sarah, 1765-1852 2
Harper, John, d. 1742 1
Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911 1
Harris, Joseph, ca. 1650-ca. 1715 1
Harrison, William, 1813-1868 1
Hart, Tony, 1855-1891 1
Hartley, Ann, 1821-1904 1
Hartley, Elizabeth, 1750?-1824 20
Hayes, Catherine, 1825-1861 3
Heard, Elizabeth, d. 1797 2
Held, Anna, 1877?-1918 1
Henderson, John, 1747-1785 15
Hill, George Handel, 1809-1849 2
Hill, Harriet, fl. ca. 1810-1819 2
Hill, James, d. 1817 1
Hill, Jane (Mrs. William E. Burton), d. 1863 1
Hilson, Ellen Augusta, 1801-1837 1
Hilson, Thomas, 1784-1834 1
Hippisley, John, d. 1748 1
Historians 4
Hodgkinson, John, ca. 1767-1805 3
Hoey, William, 1855-1897 1
Holland, Charles, 1733-1764 1
Holland, George, 1791-1870 1
Holman, J. G. (Joseph George), 1764-1817 16
Home, John, 1722-1808 1
Honey, Laura Young 1
Honner, R., Mrs., b. 1812 2
Hood, Marion, d. 1912 1
Horn, Charles Edward, 1786-1849 3
Horn, Matilda, b. 1790 2
Hoskins, William, d. 1886 1
Howard, George C. (George Cunnibell), 1820-1887 1
Howe, J. B. (J. Burdett), 1828-1908 2
Hudson, James, 1811-1878 2
Hughes, Annie, 1869-1954 1
Hughes, Elizabeth, fl. 1831 1
Hughes, John Charles, 1789-1840 1
Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808 7
Humorists 4
Hunt, Henry B., d. 1854 1
Hunter, Maria, fl. 1782 2
Huntley, Francis, 1787-1831 1
Imaginary animals 1
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 11
Incledon, Charles Benjamin, 1763-1826 8
Irving, H. B. (Henry Brodribb), 1870-1919 1
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 33
Irving, Isabel, 1871-1944 2
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1
Irwin, May, 1862-1938 1
Isaac, John, 1791-1839 1
James, Louis, 1842-1910 2
Jamieson, George, 1812-1868 1
Janauschek, Francesca Romana Magdalena, 1830-1904 2
Japan 2
Japanese 4
Jason (Greek mythology) 1
Jefferson, Joseph, 1774-1832 1
Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905 35
Jefferson, Thomas, 1732-1807 1
Jesus Christ 1
Johnson, Benjamin, 1664 or 5-1742 1
Johnston, H. (Henry Erskine), 1777-1845 5
Johnston, Nannette, b. 1782 2
Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828 10
Jones, Richard, 1779-1851 8
Jonston, Alexander, d. 1775 2
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816 40
Jordan, dorothy, 1761-1816 1
Josephs, Fanny, d. 1890 1
Kabuki actors 1
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868 12
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 68
Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880 11
Kean, Moses, d. 1792 1
Keeley, Mary Ann, 1806-1899 4
Keeley, Robert, 1793-1869 5
Keene, Arthur, d. 1845 1
Keene, Laura, 1826-1873 9
Keene, Thomas Wallace, 1840-1898 1
Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916 3
Kelly, Frances Maria, 1790-1882 9
Kelly, Lydia, b. 1795 1
Kelly, Michael, 1762-1826 6
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854 23
Kemble, Elizabeth, 1761-1836 1
Kemble, Elizabeth, 1763?-1841 5
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 20
Kemble, Henry Stephen, 1789-1836 1
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 57
Kemble, Marie Therese, 1774-1838 12
Kemble, Priscilla, 1758-1854 6
Kemble, Roger, 1721-1802 2
Kemble, Stephen, 1758-1822 1
Kemp, William, fl. 1600 1
Kendal, Madge, 1849-1935 3
Kendal, William Hunter, 1843-1917 1
Kilner, Thomas, 1777-1862 1
Kimonos 2
King, Thomas, 1730-1805 19
Knight, Edward, 1774-1826 11
Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862 9
Kynaston, Edward, 1643-1712 1
Lacy, Harriette Deborah, 1807-1874 2
Lander, J. M. (Jean Margaret), 1829-1903 1
Langtry, Lillie, 1853-1929 5
Leak, Elizabeth, b. 1777 2
Lean, Cecil, 1878-1935 1
Lee, Jennie, d. 1930 2
Lee, John, d. 1781 1
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692 1
Leigh, Anthony, d. 1692 1
Leighton, Margaret, d. 1908 1
Lekain, Henri Louis Cain, 1728-1778 3
Lemaitre, Frederick, 1800-1876 2
Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870 1
Leslie, Fannie, 1856-1935 1
Lessingham, Jane, 1739?-1783 6
Lettering 3
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803 7
Lewes, Charles Lee, Mrs., fl. 1792 1
Lewis, James, 1837?-1896 10
Lewis, Mrs. Henry, d. 1855 1
Lewis, William Thomas, 1749-1811 23
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887 6
Linden, Marie, b.1862 1
Lingard, Alice, 1847-1897 2
Lions 1
Liston, John, 1776-1846 19
Liston, Sarah, ca. 1780-1854 8
Litchfield, Harriett, 1777-1854 8
Litton, Marie, 1847-1884 2
Logan, Eliza, 1829 or 30-1872 1
Logan, Olive, 1839-1909 1
Lovell, Maria, 1803-1877 3
Lyons, Gretchen, fl. 1890 1
Macauley, Elizabeth Wright, 1785?-1837 5
MacKintosh, William, 1855-1929 1
Mackay, Charles, ca. 1785-1857 1
Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797 1
Macklin, Maria, ca. 1733-1781 2
Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 35
Maeder, J. Gaspard (James Gaspard), 1809-1876 1
Magicians 2
Mahon, Mrs., fl. 1781? 1
Majilton, Marie 1
Malibran, Maria Felicita, 1808-1836 1
Mallinson, Joseph, fl. 1811 1
Mann, Eliza, d. 1874 1
Mannering, Mary, 1876-1953 1
Mansel, Eliza, fl. 1795-96? 3
Mantell, Robert B. (Robert Bruce), 1854-1928 1
Mapleson, James Henry, 1830-1901 1
Mardyn, Charlotte, b. 1789 5
Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950 1
Marriott, Alice, 1824-1900 1
Marriott, Miss, fl. 1802 1
Martin, Helena Faucit, 1814-1898 2
Martin, Riccardo, 1874-1952 1
Martyr, Margaret, d. 1807 12
Masks 2
Mason, Williiam, 1725-1777 1
Massey, Mrs. fl. 1778? 1
Massey, Mrs., fl. 1778? 1
Mather, Margaret, 1859-1898 1
Mathews, Anne, d. 1869 1
Mathews, Charles James, 1803-1878 14
Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835 46
Mathews, Cornelius, 1817-1889 1
Matthews, Frank, 1807-1871 1
Matthews, Sarah Blanche, b. 1794 5
Mattocks, George, d. 1804 5
Mattocks, Isabella, 1746-1826 19
Maturin, Charles Robert, 1780-1824 1
Maude, Cyril, 1862-1951 1
Maurel, Victor, 1848-1923 1
Mayo, Frank, 1839-1896 1
McCullough, John, 1832-1885 6
Meadows, Drinkwater, 1799-1869 3
Measor, Adela, ca. 1860-1933 1
Medea (Greek mythology) 1
Mellon, Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans, 1777?-1837 7
Mellon, Sarah Jane, 1824-1909 3
Melmoth, Charlotte, 1749-1823 3
Melrose, Mr., b. 1799 1
Mendum, Georgie Drew, ca. 1875-1957 1
Menken, Ada Isaacs, 1835-1868 2
Merry, Lydia Ellen, fl. 1816 2
Middleton, James, ca. 1768-1799 6
Mille, Henry Churchill, 1850-1893 1
Miller, Joe, 1684-1738 4
Millett, Maude, 1867-1920 1
Mills, John, d. 1736 2
Minshull, John 1
Minstrels 7
Mitchell, Maggie, 1837-1918 3
Mitchell, William, 1798-1856 6
Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909 5
Moliere, 1622-1673 2
Monochrome 2
Montague, H. J. (Henry James), 1844-1878 2
Montez, Lola, 1818-1861 1
Moody, John, 1727-1812 10
Moore, Maggie, 1847-1926 1
Morris, Clara, 1848-1925 3
Morris, Elizabeth, 1753-1826 1
Mortimer, John K., d. 1878 1
Morton, Thomas, 1764-1838 1
Mosaics 1
Mossop, Henry, 1729?-1774 2
Mounet-Sully, 1841-1916 2
Mountain, Rosemond, ca. 1768-1841 9
Munden, Joseph Shepherd, 1758-1832 22
Murder 1
Murdoch, Harry Stark, 1845-1876 1
Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893 7
Murray, Alma, 1854-1945 1
Murray, Charles, 1754-1821 6
Murray, Emma, d. 1843 2
Murray, Esther Jane, d. 1875 1
Murray, Henry Leigh, 1820-1870 1
Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1790-1852 3
Music 1
Music halls 1
Musical performances 1
Musicians 19
Mythology 1
Neilson, Adelaide, 1848-1880 4
Nelson, Annette, fl. 1828-1837 2
Neville, Henry, 1837-1910 3
Nickinson, Charlotte, fl. 1858-1864 2
Nickinson, John, 1808-1864 2
Nicol, Mrs., fl. 1834 1
Nisbett, Louisa, 1812?-1858 1
Norton, Miss, fl. 1808? 1
Nudes 1
O'Brien, William, d. 1815 2
O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833 1
O'Neill, Eliza, 1791-1872 13
O'Neill, James, 1849-1920 2
O'Sullivan, Denis, 1868-1908 2
Oates, Alice, 1849-1887 3
Oldfield, Anne, 1683-1730 9
Oldmixon, Mr. (John), 1673-1742 1
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989 1
Orger, Mary Ann, 1788-1849 5
Orientalism 1
Osbaldiston, D. W. (David Webster), 1794-1850 1
Owens, John E. (John Edmond), 1823-1886 5
Oxberry, W. (William), 1784-1824 7
Palmer, Albert Marshman, 1838-1905 2
Palmer, John, 1742?-1798 24
Palmer, Minnie, 1857 or 60-1936 2
Palmer, Robert, 1757-1805 9
Pantomime 5
Parrock, Eliza, b. 1806 1
Parsons, Charles Booth, b. 1805 1
Parsons, William, 1736-1795 20
Pastor fido 1
Pastor, Tony, 1837-1908 1
Paton, Mary Ann, 1802-1864 9
Paul, Isabella, 1833-1879 1
Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852 7
Pearman, William P., 1792-1837 3
Pearson, Harry, ca. 1822-1884 1
People 1
Performances 1
Performing arts 384
Perkins, Richard, 1585?-1650 1
Perry, Harry A., 1826-1862 1
Peters, Charles, 1825-1870 1
Phelps, Samuel, 1804-1878 7
Photography 1
Pictorial works 12
Pinkethman, William, d. 1725 2
Pitt, Ann, 1720?-1799 1
Pixley, Annie, 1858-1893 1
Placide, Henry P., 1799-1870 8
Placide, Thomas, 1808-1877 1
Plantation owners 3
Play 4
Playbills 4
Plays 1
Poets 4
Politicians 1
Ponisi, Mme (Elizabeth), 1818-1899 1
Poole, Elizabeth, 1820-1906 1
Pope, Alexander, 1763-1835 18
Pope, Elizabeth, ca. 1740-1797 28
Pope, Elizabeth, ca. 1740-1797 1
Pope, Jane, 1742-1818 12
Pope, Susan, b. 1797 1
Pose 1
Posters 1
Potter, Cora Urquhart, 1857-1936 2
Povey, Mary Ann, 1804-1861 4
Powell, Mary Ann, 1761-1831 6
Powell, Snelling, 1758-1821 1
Powell, William, 1735-1769 7
Power, Tyrone, 1797-1841 3
Price, Stephen, 1782 or 3-1840 2
Prior, Louisa, 1830-1883 1
Pritchard, J. L. (John Langford), 1799-1850 1
Processions 1
Proctor, Joseph, 1816-1897 1
Provost, Mary, b. 1835 1
Quick, John, 1748-1831 26
Rachel, 1821?-1858 3
Rae, Alexander, 1782-1820 7
Rainforth, Elizabeth, 1814-1877 3
Rand, Rosa, fl. 1868 1
Rawlston, Zelma, d. 1915 1
Raymond, John T., 1836-1887 5
Rayner, Lionel Benjamin, 1788-1855 4
Reddish, Samuel, 1735-1785 7
Rees, James, 1802-1885 1
Reeve, John, 1799-1838 12
Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916 41
Rejane, 1856-1920 2
Religion 1
Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841 1
Rhys, Horton 1
Rice, Tom, 1808-1860 3
Rich, John, 1682?-1761 1
Richings, Caroline Mary, 1827-1884 1
Richings, Peter, 1798-1871 3
Rignold, George, d. 1912 1
Ristori, Adelaide, 1822-1906 1
Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt, 1819-1870 4
Roberts, James, 1798 or 9-1833 2
Robertson, Agnes, 1833-1916 2
Robes 4
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 11
Robson, Stuart, 1836-1903 3
Rock, Edward Anthony, d. 1815 3
Rock, Mrs. (Edward Anthony), fl. 1785-1791 1
Rogers, James G., 1822-1863 2
Ross, David, 1728-1790 1
Royce, E.W. (Edward William), 1841-1926 1
Russell, James, 1789-1859 2
Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922 4
Russell, Samuel Thomas, ca. 1770-1845 3
Ryder, John, 1814-1885 1
Ryder, Thomas, 1735-1790 7
Salzberg, Louisa Ann, b. 1812 5
Sapio, Lewis, 1792-1851 2
Savigny, J. (John) 2
Scenes 1
Schirmer, Albert, b. 1790 1
Scott, John R., 1808-1856 2
Sefton, John, 1805-1868 1
Sefton, Marian, 1810-1895 1
Seguin, Arthur Edward Shelden, 1809-1852 2
Sepulchral monuments 1
Set designers 2
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 2
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet 1
Sharp, Elizabeth, b. 1756 3
Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann, 1754-1792 7
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 1
Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788 6
Sheridan, William Edward, 1840-1887 1
Sherwin, Ralph, 1799-1830 2
Shuter, Edward, 1728?-1776 10
Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844 7
Siddons, Henry, 1774-1815 5
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 64
Silsbee, Joshua S., 1813 or 15-1853 1
Simmons, Samuel, ca. 1773-1819 8
Simpson, Edmund Shaw, 1784-1848 2
Sinclair, John, 1791-1857 9
Singers 414
Sloman, John, 1794?-1873 1
Smith, Elizabeth, 1811 or 12-1887 1
Smith, George, 1777-1836 2
Smith, O., 1786-1855 8
Smith, Sol. (Solomon), 1801-1869 1
Smith, William, 1730-1819 19
Soldene, Emily, 1844?-1912 2
Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933 1
Sothern, Edward Askew, 1826-1881 3
Sowdon, Thomas, d. 1789 1
Sparks, Isaac, 1719-1776 2
Spiller, James, 1692-1727 or 30 1
St. Ledger, Catherine M., fl. 1799-1802 1
Stabbing 1
Stars 2
Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882 10
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784 1
Stirling, Fanny, 1815-1895 6
Stoddart, James Henry, 1827-1907 2
Storace, Anna Selina, 1765-1817 4
Strickland, Robert, d. 1845 1
Stuart, Ann, d. 1809 1
Suett, Richard, 1755-1805 6
Sullivan, Barry, 1821-1891 1
Swinny, Owen Mac, ca. 1675-1754 1
Swords 1
Swordsmen 1
Talma, Francois Joseph, 1763-1826 7
Tarlton, Richard, d. 1588 2
Taylor, Charles, 1781-1847 3
Ternan, Mrs. (Thomas), 1802-1873 1
Terriss, William, d. 1897 4
Terry, Daniel, 1782-1829 6
Terry, Edward O'Connor, 1844-1912 3
Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 10
Terry, Marion, 1856-1930 4
Theater 3399
Theater critics 3
Theatrical companies 2
Theatrical managers 596
Theatrical producers and directors 11
Thompson, Denman, 1833-1911 3
Thorn 1
Tidswell, Miss, d. ca.1846 1
Tilbury, William Harries, 1806-1864 1
Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906 5
Transvestites 1
Tree, Ann Maria, 1801-1862 6
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1853-1917 3
Twaits, William, 1781-1814 1
Ukiyoe 1
Underhill, Cave, 1634-1710? 1
University of Illinois 1
Vale, Samuel, 1797-1848 3
Van Studdiford, Grace, 1873-1927 1
Vandenhoff, Charlotte Elizabeth, 1818-1860 1
Vandenhoff, John M., 1790-1861 4
Vaughan, Kate, ca. 1852-1903 1
Ventriloquists 1
Vernon, Joseph, 1737 or 8-1782 3
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856 19
Vezin, Hermann, 1829-1910 1
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 1
Vincent, J. R., Mrs., 1818-1887 3
Violence 1
Violins 1
Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744 1
Wallack, James William, 1791?-1864 14
Wallack, James William, 1818-1873 4
Wallack, Lester, 1820-1888 11
Wallis, Tryphosa Jane, 1774-1848 5
Walstein, Eliza, d. 1833 2
Warde, James Prescott, 1792-1840 4
Ware, Helen, 1877-1939 1
Warfield, David, 1866-1951 1
Warner, Charles, 1846-1909 3
Warner, Mary Amelia, 1804-1854 2
Warren, William, 1767-1832 1
Warren, William, 1812-1888 4
Wathen, George, 1762-1849 3
Waylett, Harriet, 1798-1851 2
Webster, Benjamin, 1797-1882 6
Weddings 1
Wells, Mary Stephens, 1762-1829 6
Wemyss, Francis Courtney, 1797-1859 1
West, Sarah, 1790-1876 6
West, William, 1796-1888 2
Western, Lucille, 1843-1877 1
Westerners in Asian art 1
Weston, Lizzie, d. 1899 1
Weston, Thomas, 1737-1776 10
Wewitzer, Ralph, 1748-1825 1
White, Charles, 1821-1891 1
Wigan, Alfred, 1814-1878 1
Wigan, Leonora, 1805-1884 1
Wigs 1
Wilkinson, James Pimbury, b. 1787 4
Wilkinson, Tate, 1739-1803 1
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 1
Williams, Barney, 1824-1876 4
Williams, Barney, Mrs., 1828-1911 1
Williams, W. H. (William Henry), 1797?-1846 2
Wilson, Mary Anne, 1802-1867 7
Wilson, Richard, fl. 1774-1792 8
Winstanley, Eliza, 1818-1882 1
Woffington, Margaret, d. 1760 22
Women 4
Women in the performing arts 256
Women in the theater 1324
Wood, John, Mrs., 1831-1915 3
Wood, Joseph, 1801-1890 1
Wood, William B. (William Burke), 1779-1861 3
Woodblocks 1
Woodward, Henry, 1714-1777 20
Wrench, Benjamin, 1778-1843 2
Wright, Edward Richard, 1813-1859 2
Wrighten, Mary Ann, 1751?-1796 2
Wroughton, Richard, 1748-1822 11
Wyatt, George H., d. 1860 1
Wyndham, Charles, 1837-1919 3
Yates, Elizabeth, 1799-1860 9
Yates, Frederick Henry, 1795-1842 2
Yates, Mrs. (Mary Ann), 1728-1784 32
Yates, Richard, 1706?-1796 8
Young, Charles Mayne, 1777-1856 17
Youth 1