Actors 3
Costume 1
Holman, J. G. (Joseph George), 1764-1817 1
Performing arts 10
Smith, William, 1730-1819 1
Theater 19
Abington, Mrs., (Frances Barton), 1737-1815 38
Abrams, Miss, fl. 1778 1
Actors 1334
Adams, Maude, 1872-1953 1
Addison, Laura, 1822-1852 2
Allen, Louis, fl. 1856 2
Allen, Viola, 1867-1948 1
Alsop, Frances, d. 1821 2
Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940 11
Angelis, Jefferson, 1859-1933 1
Artists 3
Arville, Camille 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 31
Baddeley, Sophia, 1745?-1786 4
Baker, Alexina Fisher, 1822-1887 1
Baker, Matilda, b. 1801 4
Bancroft, Marie, 1839-1921 2
Bannister, Elizabeth, 1757-1849 4
Bannister, John, 1760-1836 3
Barclay, Miss, fl. 1792 1
Barnes, Mary, 1780-1864 1
Barrett, Ann Jane, 1801-1853 1
Barrett, Mary 1
Barrow, Julia Bennett, b. 1824 2
Barry, Ann, 1734-1801 17
Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793 1
Barrymore, William, Mrs., 1783-1862 1
Barsanti, Jane, d. 1795 2
Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850 7
Bateman, Ellen Douglas, 1844-1936 1
Bateman, Kate Josephine, 1843-1917 2
Bellchambers, Miss 1
Bensley, Robert, 1742-1817 1
Berlioz, Harriet Smithson, 1800-1854 5
Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), b. 1791 4
Billington, Elizabeth, 1768-1818 24
Bindon, Emily Coote, ca. 1779-1832 1
Bishop, Miss 1
Bland, Mrs. (Maria Theresa Catherine), 1770-1838 6
Bloomfield, Mr. 1
Bolton, Mary, 1790-1830 3
Booth, Agnes, 1846-1910 1
Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863 3
Booth, Sarah, 1793-1867 6
Bowers, Elizabeth Crocker, 1830-1895 2
Boyce, Miss, fl. 1807 1
Breeches parts 39
Brereton, William, 1751-1787 1
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 2
Broadhurst, Miss, fl. 1773-1796 1
Brooks, Mrs., fl. 1786-1794 2
Broughton, Phyllis, 1861 or 2-1926 3
Brown, J., Mrs., d. 1823 3
Brunton, Anne, 1768-1808 27
Brunton, John, 1775-1848 2
Brunton, Louisa, ca. 1785-1860 8
Bulkley, Mary, 1748-1792 5
Bunn, Margaret Agnes, 1799-1883 12
Burke, Ione, fl. 1870 1
Burrell, Miss, b. 1795 1
Byrne, Eleanor, fl. 1817 3
Cald, Mary Carlton 2
Cameron, Violet, 1862-1919 1
Camp, Vincent, 1779-1839 1
Campbell, Ellen, fl. 1810 1
Campbell, Stella Patrick, b. 1886 1
Campion, Maria Ann, 1775 or 77-1803 1
Carew, Margaret Felicite Anne, b. 1799 7
Cargill, Ann, ca. 1759-1784 2
Carr, Louisa Maria, fl. 1821-1823 1
Carr, Mary, fl. 1856 2
Catley, Ann, 1745-1789 13
Cavendish, Ada, 1847-1895 1
Cawse, Harriet, ca. 1812-1889 3
Celeste, Madame (Celine), 1814-1882 4
Centlivre, Susannah, 1667?-1723 5
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
Chatterley, Louisa, 1797-1866 2
Cheer, Margaret, fl. 1767-1793 1
Cherry, Miss, fl. 1814 1
Chester, Eliza, b. 1799 8
Child Actors 1
Child actors 9
Cibber, Susannah Maria Arne, 1714-1766 10
Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1
Clarke, Annie M., 1845-1902 3
Claxton, Kate, 1848-1924 2
Clifford, Maria, 1794?-1850 1
Clifton, Josephine, 1813-1847 3
Clive, Mrs. (Catherine), 1711-1785 1
Coates, Emma Anne, fl. ca. 1830 1
Coghlan, Rose, 1851?-1932 5
Cole, Blanche, d. 1888 1
Collier, Constance, 1878-1955 1
Composers 24
Conner, Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes, d. 1863 2
Conway, Lillian, d. 1891 1
Cooper, Frances, 1819-1872 1
Cornelys, Teresa, 1723-1797 1
Costume 802
Cowell, Anna, b. 1824 1
Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924 14
Cramer, M. E., 1803-1868 1
Cramer, Miss, fl. 1828 1
Cross, Emily, d. 1884 2
Crossman, Henrietta, 1865-1944 1
Crouch, Anna Maria, 1763-1805 13
Cubitt, Marie Caroline, b. 1800 4
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876 12
Cushman, Susan, 1817-1857 1
Daly, Julia, 1833-1887 1
Dancers 47
Daniels, Alicia, d. 1826 1
Darley, Ellen, d. 1849 3
Davenport, Fanny Elizabeth Vining, 1829-1891 1
Davenport, Fanny, 1850-1898 5
Davis, Mary, fl. 1660-1698 1
Davison, Maria Rebecca, 1783-1858 12
Dean, Julia, 1830-1868 5
Denin, Kate, 1837-1907 1
Derickson, Marie 1
Dibdin, Ann, 1775-1828 2
Dimond, William Wyatt, d. 1812 1
Dodd, James William, 1740?-1796 1
Dramatists 33
Dreher, Virginia 2
Drew, John, 1853-1927 2
Drew, Louisa, 1820-1897 8
Drunzer, Mlle. 1
Dubellamy, Charles Clementine, d. 1793 2
Dubois, Camille, fl. 1875 1
Duff, Mary Ann, 1795-1857 1
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 1
Durand, Rosalie, 1829-1866 1
Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924 2
Edmiston, Miss, b. 1801 3
Edwin, Elizabeth Rebecca, ca. 1771-1854 7
Edwin, John, 1769?-1805 1
Egerton, Sarah, 1782-1847 5
Ellis, Clara, d. 1850 1
Elliston, Robert William, 1774-1831 2
Elphinstone, Emma Marian Maria, 1806 or 7- 1888 1
Elsworthy, Agnes, fl. 1850-1856 1
Entertainers 3
Esten, Harriet Pye, ca. 1765-1865 4
Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976 1
Farrell, Margaret, d. 1793 2
Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829 12
Farren, Ellen, 1848-1904 3
Farren, William, 1754-1795 3
Faucit, Harriet Elizabeth, 1789-1857 3
Fawcett, John, 1768 or 9-1837 1
Featherstone, Miss 1
Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760 6
Field, Miss 1
Fisher, Charles, 1816-1891 1
Fisher, Clara, 1811-1898 8
Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 1865-1932 3
Fitzfarren, Fanny, fl. 1859 1
Fitzwilliam, Fanny Elizabeth, 1801-1854 6
Fitzwilliam, Kathleen Mary, 1826-1894 1
Florence, Malvina (Pray) Littell 4
Florence, William Jermyn, 1831-1891 1
Foote, Maria, 1797?-1867 13
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777 1
Forde, Catherine Maria, b. 1805 3
Fortescue, May, 1862-1950 2
Fowler, Emily, 1849-1896 1
Fox, Della 1
Francis, Mrs., d. 1834 1
Gainsborough, Monta, fl. 1869-1878 1
Gannon, Mary, 1829-1868 1
Gardiner, Mrs., fl. 1763-1782 2
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 1
Gibbs, Maria, b. 1770 8
Gibbs, P., 1804-1854? 5
Gilbert, Anne (Hartley), 1821-1904 3
Gilbert, John Gibbs, 1810-1889 1
Gladstane, Mary, b. 1830 1
Glover, Julia, 1779-1850 12
Glover, Phillis Frances Agnes, 1807-1831 4
Goodall, Charlotte, 1765-1830 5
Green, Jane, d. 1791 2
Greville, Mrs., d. 1802 1
Hallande, Miss, d. 1832 1
Hammersley, Miss, fl. 1818-1824 1
Harlowe, Sarah, 1765-1852 2
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 2
Hill, Harriet, fl. ca. 1810-1819 2
Hill, Jane (Mrs. William E. Burton), d. 1863 1
Hilson, Ellen Augusta, 1801-1837 1
Holman, J. G. (Joseph George), 1764-1817 4
Honey, Laura Young 1
Honner, R., Mrs., b. 1812 2
Hood, Marion, d. 1912 1
Hopkins, Elizabeth, 1731-1801 1
Horn, Matilda, b. 1790 2
Howe, J. B. (J. Burdett), 1828-1908 1
Hughes, Annie, 1869-1954 1
Hughes, Elizabeth, fl. 1831 1
Hull, Thomas, 1728-1808 1
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 11
Irving, Isabel, 1871-1944 2
Irwin, May, 1862-1938 1
Janauschek, Francesca Romana Magdalena, 1830-1904 2
Johnston, H. (Henry Erskine), 1777-1845 1
Johnston, Nannette, b. 1782 2
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816 40
Josephs, Fanny, d. 1890 1
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868 4
Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880 11
Keeley, Mary Ann, 1806-1899 5
Keene, Laura, 1826-1873 9
Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916 3
Kelly, Frances Maria, 1790-1882 9
Kelly, Lydia, b. 1795 1
Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854 1
Kemble, Elizabeth, 1761-1836 1
Kemble, Elizabeth, 1763?-1841 5
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 20
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 6
Kemble, Marie Therese, 1774-1838 12
Kemble, Priscilla, 1758-1854 6
Kemble, Roger, 1721-1802 1
Kendal, Madge, 1849-1935 3
King, Thomas, 1730-1805 2
Knight, Edward, 1774-1826 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
Lee, Jennie, d. 1930 2
Leslie, Fannie, 1856-1935 1
Lessingham, Jane, 1739?-1783 6
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803 2
Lewes, Charles Lee, Mrs., fl. 1792 1
Lewis, James, 1837?-1896 6
Lewis, Mrs. Henry, d. 1855 1
Lewis, William Thomas, 1749-1811 4
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887 6
Linden, Marie, b.1862 1
Lingard, Alice, 1847-1897 2
Liston, John, 1776-1846 1
Liston, Sarah, ca. 1780-1854 8
Litchfield, Harriett, 1777-1854 8
Litton, Marie, 1847-1884 2
Logan, Eliza, 1829 or 30-1872 1
Lovell, Maria, 1803-1877 3
Lyons, Gretchen, fl. 1890 1
Macauley, Elizabeth Wright, 1785?-1837 5
Macklin, Maria, ca. 1733-1781 2
Mahon, Mrs., fl. 1781? 1
Mann, Eliza, d. 1874 1
Mannering, Mary, 1876-1953 1
Mansel, Eliza, fl. 1795-96? 3
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
Martyr, Margaret, d. 1807 12
Massey, Mrs. fl. 1778? 1
Massey, Mrs., fl. 1778? 1
Mather, Margaret, 1859-1898 1
Mathews, Anne, d. 1869 1
Matthews, Sarah Blanche, b. 1794 5
Mattocks, George, d. 1804 1
Mattocks, Isabella, 1746-1826 21
Measor, Adela, ca. 1860-1933 1
Mellon, Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans, 1777?-1837 13
Mellon, Sarah Jane, 1824-1909 3
Melmoth, Charlotte, 1749-1823 3
Mendum, Georgie Drew, ca. 1875-1957 1
Menken, Ada Isaacs, 1835-1868 2
Merry, Lydia Ellen, fl. 1816 2
Millett, Maude, 1867-1920 1
Mitchell, Maggie, 1837-1918 3
Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909 7
Montez, Lola, 1818-1861 1
Moore, Maggie, 1847-1926 1
Morris, Elizabeth, 1753-1826 1
Mountain, Rosemond, ca. 1768-1841 9
Munden, Joseph Shepherd, 1758-1832 8
Murray, Alma, 1854-1945 1
Murray, Charles, 1754-1821 2
Murray, Emma, d. 1843 2
Murray, Esther Jane, d. 1875 1
Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1790-1852 1
Neilson, Adelaide, 1848-1880 4
Nelson, Annette, fl. 1828-1837 2
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
O'Brien, William, d. 1815 1
O'Neill, Eliza, 1791-1872 13
Oates, Alice, 1849-1887 3
Oldfield, Anne, 1683-1730 9
Orger, Mary Ann, 1788-1849 5
Palmer, John, 1742?-1798 5
Palmer, Minnie, 1857 or 60-1936 2
Palmer, Robert, 1757-1805 2
Pantomime 1
Parrock, Eliza, b. 1806 1
Parsons, William, 1736-1795 1
Paton, Mary Ann, 1802-1864 9
Paul, Isabella, 1833-1879 1
Performing arts 246
Pictorial works 6
Pitt, Ann, 1720?-1799 1
Ponisi, Mme (Elizabeth), 1818-1899 1
Poole, Elizabeth, 1820-1906 1
Pope, Alexander, 1763-1835 9
Pope, Elizabeth, ca. 1740-1797 28
Pope, Elizabeth, ca. 1740-1797 1
Pope, Jane, 1742-1818 12
Pope, Susan, b. 1797 1
Potter, Cora Urquhart, 1857-1936 2
Povey, Mary Ann, 1804-1861 4
Powell, Mary Ann, 1761-1831 6
Prior, Louisa, 1830-1883 1
Provost, Mary, b. 1835 1
Quick, John, 1748-1831 2
Rachel, 1821?-1858 3
Rainforth, Elizabeth, 1814-1877 3
Rand, Rosa, fl. 1868 1
Rawlston, Zelma, d. 1915 1
Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916 40
Reinhold, Charles Frederick, 1737-1815 1
Rejane, 1856-1920 2
Ristori, Adelaide, 1822-1906 1
Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt, 1819-1870 4
Robertson, Agnes, 1833-1916 2
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 1
Rock, Mrs. (Edward Anthony), fl. 1785-1791 1
Royce, E.W. (Edward William), 1841-1926 1
Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922 4
Salzberg, Louisa Ann, b. 1812 5
Sefton, Marian, 1810-1895 1
Sharp, Elizabeth, b. 1756 3
Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann, 1754-1792 7
Shuter, Edward, 1728?-1776 2
Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844 7
Siddons, Henry, 1774-1815 3
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 64
Simmons, Samuel, ca. 1773-1819 1
Singers 265
Smith, Elizabeth, 1811 or 12-1887 1
Smith, O., 1786-1855 1
Smith, William, 1730-1819 2
Soldene, Emily, 1844?-1912 2
St. Ledger, Catherine M., fl. 1799-1802 1
Stephens, Catherine, 1794-1882 10
Stirling, Fanny, 1815-1895 6
Storace, Anna Selina, 1765-1817 4
Stuart, Ann, d. 1809 1
Suett, Richard, 1755-1805 1
Ternan, Mrs. (Thomas), 1802-1873 1
Terry, Edward O'Connor, 1844-1912 1
Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 10
Terry, Marion, 1856-1930 4
Theater 1324
Theatrical companies 1
Theatrical managers 113
Tree, Ann Maria, 1801-1862 6
Van Studdiford, Grace, 1873-1927 1
Vandenhoff, Charlotte Elizabeth, 1818-1860 1
Vaughan, Kate, ca. 1852-1903 1
Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi, 1797-1856 19
Vincent, J. R., Mrs., 1818-1887 3
Wallis, Tryphosa Jane, 1774-1848 5
Walstein, Eliza, d. 1833 2
Ware, Helen, 1877-1939 1
Warner, Mary Amelia, 1804-1854 2
Waylett, Harriet, 1798-1851 2
Wells, Mary Stephens, 1762-1829 4
West, Sarah, 1790-1876 6
Western, Lucille, 1843-1877 1
Weston, Lizzie, d. 1899 1
Wigan, Alfred, 1814-1878 1
Wigan, Leonora, 1805-1884 1
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 1
Williams, Barney, Mrs., 1828-1911 1
Wilson, Mary Anne, 1802-1867 7
Wilson, Richard, fl. 1774-1792 1
Woffington, Margaret, d. 1760 21
Women in the performing arts 255
Women in the theater 1343
Wood, John, Mrs., 1831-1915 3
Wood, Joseph, 1801-1890 1
Woodward, Henry, 1714-1777 2
Wrighten, Mary Ann, 1751?-1796 2
Wroughton, Richard, 1748-1822 5
Yates, Elizabeth, 1799-1860 9
Yates, Mrs. (Mary Ann), 1728-1784 32
Yates, Richard, 1706?-1796 1
Young, Charles Mayne, 1777-1856 2