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1.
An account of the English dramatick poets, or Some observations and remarks on the lives and

Creator:
Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692
Published / Created:
1691.
Call Number:
Osborn fpb38
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN: With J.M. Osborn's ms. notes from W. Oldys, T. Percy, G. Steevens, and E. Malone. (Osborn fpb38)
Publisher:
Printed by L.L. for G. West and H. Clements
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
English drama, Opera, and Theater
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An account of the English dramatick poets, or Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings, of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces, or opera's in the English tongue

2.
Charles Dibdin collection, 1794-1915 (bulk 1794-1824).

Creator:
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:
Gen Mss 959
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
279
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a b...
Description:
Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776).
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain., and England
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Anne, 1757-1835., Dibdin, Anne, approximately 1776-, Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814., Dibdin, E. Rimbault 1853-1941. (Edward Rimbault),, Freemantle, W. T. (William Thomas), Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827., and Sievier, Robert William, 1794-1865.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English, Composers, English drama, Engravers, Illustration of books, Manuscripts, Collectors and collecting, Music, Instructions and study, Songs, English, Theater, and Vocal music
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Charles Dibdin collection, 1794-1915 (bulk 1794-1824).

3.
Collection towards forming a history of the now obsolete office of the Master of the Revells, [1874].

Creator:
Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869
Call Number:
Osborn d1
Image Count:
366
Abstract:
Manuscript, in primarily one hand, of a collection of several hundred documents related to the office of the Master of the Revels, including printed matter, engravings, and handwritten notes. The volume contains historical information pertaining to t...
Description:
Partial finding aid available.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, and England
Subject (Name):
Buck, George, Sir, 1560-1622., Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869., Herbert, Henry, Sir, 1595-1673., Killigrew, Charles, 1655-1724 or 1725., and Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683.
Subject (Topic):
English drama, History, Royal households, Theater, Women authors, and Officials and employees
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Collection towards forming a history of the now obsolete office of the Master of the Revells, [1874].

4.
Engelische Comedien und Tragedien, das ist, Sehr Schöne herrliche und ausserlesene, geist- und

Published / Created:
MDCXXIV [1624]
Call Number:
Zg17 A13 624
Image Count:
780
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Engelische Comedien vnd Tragedien, das ist, Sehr Schöne herrliche vnd ausserlesene, geist- vnd veltliche Comedie vnd Tragedi Spiel, sampt dem Pickelhering
Description:
BEIN Zg17 A13 624: Bookplate: Curt und Emma von Faber du Faur. Armorial stamp: Fürstlich Stolberg. Bibliothek Wernigerode. Undeciphered inscription on blank leaf at end.
Publisher:
Gottfried Grosse
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):
Influence, German drama (Comedy), English drama, and German drama
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Engelische Comedien und Tragedien, das ist, Sehr Schöne herrliche und ausserlesene, geist- und veltliche Comedie und Tragedi Spiel, sampt dem Pickelhering : welche wegen ihrer artigen Inventionen, kurtzweilige[n] auch theils warhafftige[n] Geschicht haber, vo[n] den Englländern in Deutschland, an Königlichen Chur- und Fürstlichen Höfen, auch in vornehmen Reichs- See- und HandelStädten seynd agiret und gehalten worden, und zuvor nie im Druckt aussgangen ... allen der Comedi und Tragedi liebhabern, und andern zu lieb und gefallen, dergestalt in offenen Druckt gegeben, dass sie gar leicht darauss, Spielweiss widerumb angerichtet, und zur ergetzligkeit und Erquickung des Gemüths gehalten werden können

5.
Shakespeares tragedy of Macbeth, prepared for the stage / 1848

Creator:
Pitt, Charles Dibdin
Call Number:
Osborn d156
Image Count:
27
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a promptbook of Macbeth, written in an interleaved copy of a printed edition of the play. The handwritten notes provide stage directions; scene descriptions; and sound and lighting directions; as well as directions fo...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century, Pitt, Charles Dibdin., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Dramatic production, History, Stage history, English drama, Promptbooks, Stage fighting, Theater, and Production and direction
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shakespeares tragedy of Macbeth, prepared for the stage / 1848

6.
The confederacy a comedy : alter'd from Sr. John Vanbrugh, [late 18th century].

Call Number:
Osborn c218
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript adaptation of Vanbrugh's play of 1705, itself an adaptation of Flourent-Carton Dancourt's "Bourgoises a la mode" of 1692. The play is farcical representation of middle-class citizens attempting to act like nobility. A verse prologue states ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Dancourt, Florent Carton, 1661-1725., Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812., and Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726.
Subject (Topic):
Comedy, English drama, and Middle class families
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The confederacy a comedy : alter'd from Sr. John Vanbrugh, [late 18th century].

7.
Tragedie called Oedipus, [circa 1596-1603].

Call Number:
Eliz 294
Image Count:
168
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, corrected, containing the text of a school drama on the life of Oedipus. The text, mainly in fourteener couplets, draws heavily on Alexander Neville's verse translation of Seneca's Oedipus (1581), and a...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Subject (Name):
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606, Neville, Alexander, 1544-1614., Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607., Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D., and Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
Subject (Topic):
Influence, College and school drama, English, Endowed public schools (Great Britain), English drama, and English poetry
Found in:
Elizabethan Club > Tragedie called Oedipus, [circa 1596-1603].

8.
[Commonplace book], [ca. 1651-1653].

Creator:
W. S.
Call Number:
Osborn b230
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing about 43 entries including religious meditations; Biblical notes; religious poems and verse paraphrases on Biblical subjects; sermon extracts; a play titled "The Tragedye of Jepthas daughter;" a treati...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Campion, Edmund, Saint, 1540-1581.
Subject (Topic):
Dueling, English drama, English poetry, Medicine, Medicine, Popular, Meditations (Religious), Religious poetry, English, Sermons, English, Politics and government, and Religious life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1651-1653].