Early English Playbooks, 1594-1799 (Boston Public Library)

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A contention for honour and riches
A cure for a cuckold : a pleasant comedy, as it hath been several times acted with great applause :
A joviall crew, or, The merry beggars : presented in a comedie, at the Cock-pit in Drury-Lane, in the yeer 1641
A king and no king : acted at the Black-Fryers, by His Majesties Servants : and now the fifth time printed, according to the true copie
A new play called Canterburie his change of diot : which sheweth variety of wit and mirth : privately acted neare the palace-yard at Westminster
A pleasant comedie called vvily beguilde : the chief actors are these: a poor scholler, a rich fool, and a knave at a shift
A tragedy called All's lost by lvst
A tragi-comedy, called New-Market-Fayre, or, A Parliament out-cry of state-commodities, set to sale : the prologue sung by the cryer
A true widow : a comedy, acted by the Duke's Servants
A wife for a month : a tragi-comedy
Adrasta, or, The womans spleene, and loves conquest : a tragi-comedie : never acted
Albumazar : a comedy presented before the Kings Maiesty at Cambridge, by the Gentlemen of Trinity Colledge
Antony and Cleopatra : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Dukes Theatre
Beggars bush : a comedy
Blurt, Master-Constable, or, The Spaniard's night-walk : a comedy, as it hath been sundry times privately acted by the children of Paules
Bury-Fair : a comedy, as it is acted by His Majesty's Servants.
Caesar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander the Sixth : a tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre by Their Royal Highnesses Servants.
Cambyses king of Persia : a tragedy acted by His Highness the Duke of York's Servants
Canterburies amazement, or, The ghost of the yong fellow Thomas Bensted : who was drawne, hangd, and quartered by the meanes of the Bishop of Canterburie, who appeared to him in the tower since the Iesuites execution : with a discourse between the two heads on London Bridge, the one being Thomas Bensteeds, the other the late Iesuites
Changes, or, Love in a maze : a comedie : as it was presented at the Private House in Salisbury Court, by the Company of His Majesties Revels
Cinna's conspiracy : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants
Circe : a tragedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke of York's theatre
Constant maid : a comedy
Cupids reuenge : As it vvas often acted (with great aplause) by the Children of the Revels
Elfrid, or, The fair inconstant : a tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre Royal by Her Majesty's Servants : to which is added The walking statue, or, The devil in the wine-cellar : a farce
Five new playes, (viz.) : The madd couple well matcht : Novella : Court begger : City witt : Damoiselle
Fortune by land and sea : a tragi-comedy : as it was acted with great applause by the Queens Servants
Greenes Tu quoque, or, The cittie gallant : as it hath beene divers times acted by the Queenes Majesties Servants
Lamberts last game plaid : set out in a mock-comedy, betwixt John Lambert, Esq., Col. Cobbet, Young Haslerig, and Major Creed : at their lodgings in the Tovver with a merry conceited fellow, called Roger : together vvith a visitation of divers sisters of the phanatique crew
Lingua, or, The combat of the tongue, and the fiue sences, for superiority : a pleasant comoedy
Love and revenge : a tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre
Love at first sight : a comedy, acted at the New Theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields by Her Majesties Servants
Love for love : a comedy acted at the theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn Fields, by His Majesty's Servants
Love in a wood, or, St James's Park : a comedy as it is acted by Their Majesties Servants
Love's cure, or, The martial maid : a comedy
Lucius Junius Brutus : father of his country : a tragedy acted at the Duke's theater, by their Royal Highnesses Servants
Madam Fickle, or, The witty false one : a comedy : as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre
Madam Fickle, or, The witty false one : a comedy : as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre
Melanthe : fabula pastoralis acta cum Iacobus Magnae Brit. Franc. & Hiberniae Rex, Cantabrigiam suam nuper inviseret, ibidemq[ue] musarum, atque ciuis animi gratia dies quinque commoraretur : egerunt alumni Coll. San. et Indiuiduae Trinitatis
Mistris Parliament brought to bed of a monstrous childe of reformation : with her 7 years teeming, bitter pangs, and hard travaile, that she hath undergone in bringing forth her first-borne, (being a precious babe of grace) : with the cruelty of Mistris London her midwife and great affection of Mrs. Synod her nurse, Mrs. Schisme, Mrs. Priviledge, Mrs. Ordinance, Mrs. Universall Toleration, and Mrs. Leveller her gossips
Mistris Parliament presented in her bed : after the sore travaile and hard labour which she endured last weeke, in the birth of her monstrous off-spring, the childe of deformation : the hopefull fruit of her seven yeers teeming, and a most precious babe of grace : with the severall discourses between Mrs. Sedition, Mrs. Schisme, Mrs. Synod her dry-nurse, Mrs. Iealousie, and others her gossips
Mrs. Parliament, her invitation of Mrs. London, to a thanksgiving dinner : for the great and mighty victorie, which Mr. Horton obtained over Major Powell in Wales : their discourse, desires, designs, as you may heare from their owne mouthes : munday 29 of May, in the eight yeare of the reigne of our soveraigne lady Parliament
Oedipus : a tragedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre
Perseus and Andromeda : as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields : adorn'd with copper plates
Perseus and Andromeda : as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields : adorn'd with copper-plates
Phanatick play : the first part as it was presented before and by the Lord Fleetwood, Sir Arthur Hasilrig, Sir Henry Vane, the Lord Lambert, and others, last night, with master jester and master pudding
Philaster or, Love lies a bleeding : acted at the Globe, and Black-friers, by His Majesties Servants
Pompey the Great : a tragedy : as it was acted by the Servants of His Royal Highness the Duke of York
Psyche : a tragedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre
Romulus and Hersilia, or, The Sabine war : a tragedy acted at the Dukes Theatre
Rule a wife, and have a wife. : a comedy, as it is acted at the New Theatre, in Little Lincolns Inn-fields by His Majesty's Servants
Satyr to his muse
Sir Gyles Goose-Cappe knight : a comedy lately acted with great applause at the private House in Salisbury Court
Sir Gyles Goosecappe, knight : a comedie presented by the Chil. of the Chappell
Sir Patient Fancy : a comedy : as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre
St. Patrick for Ireland : the first part
The Duke of Millaine : a tragedy : as it hath beene often acted by His Majesties Servants, at the Black-Friers
The Dutch lover : a comedy, acted at the Dukes Theatre
The Hector of Germany, or, The Palsgraue, prime elector : a new play, an honourable history : as it hath beene publickly acted at the Red-Bull and at the Curtayne by a company of young-men of this citie
The Humorists : A Comedy. Acted By his Royal Highnesses Servants.
The Richmond Heiress, or, A Woman once in the Right : a comedy as it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by his Majesty's Servants
The ambitious slave, or, A generous revenge : a tragedy, acted at the Theatre Royal.
The amorous bigotte : with the second part of Tegue O Divelly : a comedy acted by Their Majesty's Servants
The amorous prince, or, The curious husband : a comedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness, the Duke of York's Theatre.
The antipodes : a comedie acted in the yeare 1638 by the Queenes Majesties Servants, at Salisbury Court in Fleet-Street
The argument of the pastorall of Florimene : with the discription of the scoenes and intermedij : presented by the Queenes Maiesties commandment before the Kings Maiesty in the hall at White-hall on S. Thomas day the 21 of December, M.DC.XXXV
The banditti, or, A ladies distress : a play, acted at the Theatre-Royall
The bird in a cage : a comedie, as it hath beene presented at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane
The bloodie banquet : a tragedie
The bond-man : an ancient storie : as it hath beene often acted with good allowance, at the Cock-pit in Drury-Lane by the most excellent princesse, the Lady Elizabeth Her Servants
The country-wife : a comedy acted at the Theatre-Royal
The devill and the parliament, or, The parliament and the Devill : a contestation between them for the precedencie
The double gallant, or, The sick lady's cure : a comedy as it is acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market
The elder brother : a comedy as it is now acted at the Theatre Royal, by His Majesties Servants
The emperor of the moon : a farce as it is acted by Their Majesties Servants at the Queens Theatre
The extravagant sheepherd : a pastorall comedie
The famous tragedie of King Charles I : basely butchered by those who are, omne nefas proni patare pudoris inanes crudeles, violenti, importunique tyranni mendaces, falsi, perversi, perfidiosi, foedifragi, falsis verbis infunda loquentes. In which is included, the several combinations and machinations that brought that incomparable prince to the block, the overtures hapning at the famous seige of Colchester, the tragicall fals of Sir Charls Lucas and Sir George Lisle, the just reward of the leveller Rainsborough, Hamilton and Bailies trecheries, in delivering the late Scottish army into the hands of Cromwell, and the designe the rebels have, to destroy the royal posterity
The fatal jealousie : a tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre
The fatal marriage, or, The innocent adultery : a play, acted at the Theatre Royal, by Their Majesties Servants
The fleire : as it hath beene often played in the Blacke-Fryers by the Children of the Revels
The fool turn'd critick : a comedy : as it was acted at the Theatre-Royall by His Majesties Servants
The gentleman dancing-master : a comedy : as it is acted by Their Majesties Servants
The ghost, or, The woman wears the breeches : a comedy written in the year MDCXL
The gratefull seruant : a comedie as it was lately presented with good applause at the Priuate House in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesties Servants
The grove, or, Love's paradice : an opera represented at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane
The harlot's progress, or, the ridotto al' fresco : a grotesque pantomime entertainment : as it is perform'd by His Majesty's Company of Comedians at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane / compos'd by Mr. Theophilus Cibber, comedian; the songs made (to old ballad tunes) by a friend
The history and fall of Caius Marius : a tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre Royal
The history of Timon of Athens, the man-hater : as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre. Made into a play
The humorous courtier : a comedy, as it hath been presented with good applause at the private house in Drury-Lane
The island princess : a tragi-comedy
The jovial crew, or, The merry beggars : a comic-opera: as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden
The kind keeper, or, Mr. Limberham : a comedy as it was acted at Duke's Theatre by His Royal Highnesses Servants
The lady of pleasure : a comedie, as it was acted by Her Majesties Servants, at the Private House in Drury Lane
The libertine : a tragedy acted by His Royal Highness's Servants
The libertine : a tragedy as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants
The libertine : a tragedy as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants
The maid the mistress : a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, by Her Majesty's Servants
The maides revenge : a tragedy : as it hath beene acted with good applause at the private house in Drury Lane, by Her Majesties Servants
The maids tragedy : as it hath been divers times acted at the Black-Friers, by the Kings Majesties Servants
The married beau, or, The curious impertinent : a comedy acted at the Theatre-Royal, by Their Majesties Servants
The miseries of inforst mariage : playd by His Maiesties Seruantes
The miseries of inforst mariage : playd by His Maiesties Seruantes
The miseries of inforst marriage : playd by His Maiesties seruants
The misery of civil-war : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre, by His Royal Highnesses Servants
The mock-marriage : a comedy, acted at the theatre in Dorset-Garden, by His Majesty's Servants
The noble sovldier, or, A contract broken, justly reveng'd : a tragedy
The northern lasse : a comoedy as it hath been acted with great applause, at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesties Servants
The orphan, or, The unhappy-marriage : a tragedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre
The plain-dealer : a comedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal/
The prophetess : a tragical history
The prophetess, or, The history of Dioclesian
The queen, or, The excellency of her sex : an excellent old play : found out by a person of honour, and given to the publisher, Alexander Goughe
The queenes exchange : a comedy acted with generall applause at the Black-Friers by His Majesties Servants
The rampant alderman, or, News from the Exchange : a farce
The rehearsal : as it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal
The scornefull ladie : a comedie, as it was now lately acted (with great applause) by the Kings Majesties seruants at the Blacke-Fryers
The scornfull lady : a comedy, as it was acted (with great applause) by the late Kings Majesties Servants, at the Blacke-Fryers
The scornfull lady : a comedy, as it was now lately acted (with great applause) by the Kings Majesties servants, at the Blacke-Fryers
The scovvrers : a comedy, acted by Their Majesties Servants
The second part of Crafty Crumvvell, or, Oliver in his glory as king : a trage commedie wherein is presented, the late treasonable undertakings, and proceedings, of the rebells, their murthering of Capt. Burley : with their underhand workings to betray their King
The second part of the tragi-comedy, called New-Market-fayre, or, Mrs. Parliaments new figaryes
The she-gallants : a comedy : as it is acted at the theatre in Little-Lincoln-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants
The sophister : a Comedy
The sparagus garden : a comedie acted in the yeare 1635 by the then Company of Revels, at Salisbury Court
The squire of Alsatia : a comedy, as it is acted by Their Majesty's Servants
The subjects joy for the Kings restoration : cheerfully made known in a sacred masque : gratefully made publique for His Sacred Majesty
The town-fopp, or, Sir Timothy Tawdrey : a comedy as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre
The tragedie of Claudius Tiberius Nero, Romes greatest tyrant : truly represented out of the purest records of those times
The tragedie of Mariam, the faire queene of Iewry
The tragedy of Nero : newly written
The tragedy of Nero : newly written
The virgin-martyr : a tragedie : as it hath been of late acted by His Majesties Servants with great applause
The volunteers, or, The stock-jobbers : a comedy, as it is acted by Their Majesties Servants at the Theatre Royal
The weakest goeth to the vvall : as it hath been sundry times plaid by the right honourable Earle of Oxenford, Lord Great Chamberlaine of England His Seruants
The woman-captain : a comedy acted by His Royal Highnesses Servants
The young king, or, the mistake : as 'tis acted at His Royal Highness the Dukes Theatre
The younger brother, or, The amorous jilt : a comedy, acted at the Theatre Royal, by His Majesty's Servants
Titus and Berenice : a tragedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre : with a farce called the Cheats of Scapin
Two new playes : viz. More dissemblers besides women : Women beware women
Tyrannick love, or, the royal martyr : a tragedy, as it is acted by His Majestiés Servants at the Theatre Royal
Wit at several weapons : a comedy
[The deserving favourite : as it was lately acted, first before the Kings Maiestie and since publikely at the Black-friers : by His Maiesies seruants

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