Bell's British theatre
Subtitle: consisting of the most esteemed English plays
By: [compiled by John Bell]
Publisher: Printed for and under the direction of George Cawthorn, British Library, Strand
Published: 1797
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: English drama
Other titles: British theatre
Notes: Each play has separate title page and pagination, added engraved title page, and frontispiece.

Each of the 140 plays originally issued separately by either John Bell (1-106, 108, 111, 114, 118) or George Cawthorn (107, 109-110, 112-113, 115-117, 119-140) from 1791-1797; their original issue number is indicated in the contents notes by brackets. Cf. A bibliography in short-title catalog form of Bell's British theatre, 1791-1797 / compiled by William J. Cameron.

Each volume cataloged separately in the English short title catalogue.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. [1] Comus / John Milton. 1791. [12] The alchymist / Ben Jonson. 1791. [13] Love for love / William Congreve. 1791. [88] The rival queens / Nathaniel Lee. 1793; title: v. 2. [23] The Spanish fryar / John Dryden. 1791. [33] Boadicea / Richard Glover. 1791. [69] The minor / Samuel Foote. 1792. [74] The refusal / Colley Cibber. 1792; title: v. 3. [18] Cato / Joseph Addison. 1791. [9] Douglas / John Home. 1791. [7] The fair penitent / Nicholas Rowe. 1791. [26] Jane Shore / Nicholas Rowe. 1791. [72] The Roman father / William Whitehead. 1792; title: v. 4. [29] Every man in his humour / Ben Jonson. 1791. [37] The suspicious husband / Benjamin Hoadly. 1791. [54] The Grecian daughter / Arthur Murphy. 1792. [83] The choleric man / Richard Cumberland. 1793; title: v. 5. [46] Cleone / Robert Dodsley. 1792. [86] The discovery / Mrs. Frances Sheridan. 1792. [55] Isabella / Thomas Southerne. 1792. [75] She wou'd and she wou'd not / Colley Cibber. 1792; title: v. 6. [24] The distrest mother / Jean-Baptiste Racine. 1791. [25] The Earl of Essex / Henry Jones. 1791. [44] Medea / Richard Glover. 1792. [57] The gamesters / James Shirley and Charles Johnson. 1792. [84] The Battle of Hastings / Richard Cumberland. 1793; title: v. 7. [14] Love makes a man / Colley Cibber. 1791. [40] Alzira / François Marie Arouet de Voltaire. 1791. [79] The school for wives / Hugh Kelly. 1793. [81] The school for lovers / William Whitehead. 1793.; title: v. 8. [2] The maid of the mill / Isaac Bickerstaffe. 1791. [11] Rule a wife and have a wife / John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont. 1791. [31] The careless husband / Colley Cibber. 1791. [85] The revenge / Edward Young. 1792; title: v. 9. [16] The orphan / Thomas Otway. 1791. [41] The country lasses / Charles Johnson. 1792. [39] She stoops to conquer / Oliver Goldsmith. 1791. [27] Edward the Black Prince / William Shirley. 1791; title: v. 10. [22] The beaux stratagem / George Farquhar. 1791. [64] The gamester / Edward Moore. 1792. [76] The double gallant / Colley Cibber. 1792. [87] Theodosius / Nathaniel Lee. 1793; title: v. 11. [5] The beggar's opera / John Gay. 1791. [20] The chances / Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. 1791. [45] The miser / Henry Fielding. 1792. [66] The foundling / Edward Moore. 1792; title: v. 12. [35] A bold stroke for a wife / Mrs. Susanna Centlivre. 1791. [52] All in the wrong / Arthur Murphy. 1792. [68] The brothers / Richard Cumberland. 1792. [90] The siege of Damascus / John Hughes. 1793; title: v. 13. [4] Love in a village / Isaac Bickerstaff. 1791. [19] The country girl / William Wycherley. 1791. [28] The conscious lovers / Sir Richard Steele. 1791. [53] The recruiting officer. George Farquhar. 1792; title: v. 14. [42] The fair Quaker of Deal / Charles Shadwell. 1792. [51] Tancred and Sigismunda / James Thomson. 1792. [58] George Barnwell / George Lillo. 1792. [78] The clandestine marriage / George Colman and David Garrick. 1792.; title: v. 15. [6] Venice preserved / Thomas Otway. 1791. [36] Lady Jane Gray / Nicholas Rowe. 1791. [43] Oedipus / John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. 1791. [47] Ximena / Colley Cibber. 1792; title: v. 16. [15] The busy body / Mrs Susannah Centlivre. 1791. [48] All for love / John Dryden. 1792. [56] The constant couple / George Farquhar / 1792. [38] The Carmelite / Richard Cumberland. 1791; title: v. 17. [8] Zara / [Voltaire]. 1791. [50] The way to keep him / Arthur Murphy. 1792. [67] The good natured man / Oliver Goldsmith. 1792. [70] The Earl of Warwick / Thomas Francklin. 1792; title: v. 18. [30] Philaster / Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. 1791. [32] The provok'd husband / Sir John Vanbrugh and Colley Cibber. 1791. [80] The fashionable lover / Richard Cumberland. 1793. [82] The Countess of Salisbury / Hall Hartson. 1793; title: v. 19. [10] The mourning bride / William Congreve. 1791. [34] Oroonoko / Thomas Southerne. 1791. [59] The West Indian / Richard Cumberland. 1792. [89] King Charles I / William Havard. 1793; title: v. 20. [21] The tender husband / Sir Richard Steele. 1791; title: [63] The committee / Sir Robert Howard. 1792. [71] The natural son / Richard Cumberland. 1792. [73] The jealous wife / George Colman. 1792; title: v. 21. [3] The school for fathers / Isaac Bickerstaffe. 1791. [60] The hypocrite / Colley Cibber. 1792. [62] The wonder / Mrs. Susannah Centlivre. 1792. [65] Amphitryon / John Dryden. 1792.; title: v. 22. [17] The Albion queens / John Banks. 1791. [49] Tamerlane / Nicholas Rowe. 1792. [61] The city wives' confederacy / John Vanbrugh. 1792. [77] The drummer / Joseph Addison. 1792; title: v. 23. [129] The fatal curiousity / George Lillo. 1796. [95] Merope / François Marie Arouet de Voltaire. 1795. [105] Mahomet / François Marie Arouet de Voltaire. 1795. [106] Cymon / David Garrick. 1795. [122] The plain dealer / William Wycherley. 1796; title: v. 24. [101] The lady's last stake / Colley Cibber. 1795. [102] Cyrus / John Hoole. 1795. [103] Cleonice / John Hoole. 1795. [137] The orphan of China / Arthur Murphy. 1797; title: v. 25. [115] The gentle shepherd / Allan Ramsay. 1796. [116] The mistake / Sir John Vanbrugh. 1796. [117] The ambitious step-mother / Nicholas Rowe. 1795. [123] Irene / Samuel Johnson. 1796; title: v. 26. [93] Mariamne / Elijah Fenton. 1794. [100] Barbarossa / John Brown. 1795. [108] The relapse / Sir John Vanbrugh. 1795. [109] Eurydice / David Mallet. 1795; title: v. 27. [91] The provok'd wife / Sir John Vanbrugh. 1794. [94] The royal convert / Nicholas Rowe. 1795. [104] The man of the world / Charles Macklin. 1795. [92] The funeral / Sir Richard Steele. 1794; title: v. 28. [96] The double dealer / William Congreve. 1795. [97] The old batchelor / William Congreve. 1795. [98] Henry II / Thomas Hull. 1795. [128] Phaedra and Hippolitus / Edmund Smith. 1796.; title: v. 29. [126] Pericles, Prince of Tyre / William Shakespeare. 1796. [127] Busiris, King of Egypt / Edward Young. 1796. [140] Albina, Countess Raimond / Hannah Cowley. 1797. [131] The rehearsal / George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. 1796; title: v. 30. [99] False delicacy / Hugh Kelly. 1795. [111] A word to the wise / Hugh Kelly. 1795. [112] The school for rakes / Mrs. Elizabeth Griffith. 1795. [139] The brothers / Edward Young. 1797; title: v. 31. [110] Falstaff's wedding / William Kenrick. 1795. [130] Sir Harry Wildair / George Farquhar. 1796. [132] Caractacus / William Mason. 1796. [134] Lucius Junius Brutus / Nathaniel Lee. 1796; title: v. 32. [107] The inconstant / George Farquhar. 1795. [113] Edward and Eleanora / James Thomson. 1795. [118] The twin rivals / George Farquhar. 1795. [124] Gustavus Vasa / Henry Brooke. 1796; title: v. 33. [119] Bonduca / Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. 1796. [121] Zenobia / Arthur Murphy. 1796. [125] The way of the world / William Congreve. 1796. [136] The school for guardians / Arthur Murphy. 1797; title: v. 34. [114] Timanthes / John Hoole. 1795. [120] The chapter of accidents / Sophia Lee. 1796. [133] Elfrida / William Mason. 1796. [135] Samson Agonistes / John Milton. 1797. [138] Creusa, queen of Athens / William Whitehead. 1797.