modern standard drama
Subtitle: a collection of the most popular acting plays, with critical remarks, also the stage business, costumes, etc.
Publisher: Berford
Published: 1846
Place of publication: New York
Subjects: English drama -- Collecti
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Talfourd, T.N.  Ion; Milman, H.H.  Fazio: or, The Italian wife; Bulwer, Sir E.L.  The Lady of Lyons; Bulwer, Sir E.L. Richelieu; Knowles, J.S.  A tale of Mantua; Tobin, John.  The honey-moon; Sheridan, R.B.  The school for scandal; Bulwer, Sir E.L.  Money.  Vol. 2. Kotzebue, A.F.F. von.  The stranger; Lemon, Mark.   Grandfather Whitehead; Shakespeare, William.  Richard III, adapted by Colley Cibber; Lovell, George.  Love's sacrifice; Moore, Edward.  The gamester; Morton, Thomas. A cure for the heartache; Knowles, J.S.  The hunchback; [Dumanoir, P.F.P.] and Dennery, Adolphe.  Don Caesar de Bazan.  Vol. 3. Colman, George.  The poor gentleman; Shakespeare, William.  Hamlet; Payne, J.H. Charles the Second; Otway, Thomas.  Venice preserved; Sheridan, R.B. Pizarro; Knowles, J.S.  The love-chase; Shakespeare, William.  Othello; Morton, J.M.  Lend me five shillings.  Vol. 4. Knowles, J.S.  Virginius; White, James.  The king of the commons; Boucicault, Dion.  London Assurance; Jerrold, Douglas.  The rent-day; Shakespeare, William.  The two gentlemen of verona; Colman, George.  The jealous wife; Sheridan, R.B. The rivals; Bayly, T.H.  Perfection.  Vol. 5. Massinger, Philip.  A new way to pay old debts; Lovell, G.W.  Look before you leap; Shakespeare, William.  King John; Bernard, W.B.  The nervous man and the man of nerve; Banim, John.  Damon and Pythias; Colman, George.  The clandestine marriage; Knowles, J.S.  William Tell; Kemble, Mrs. Charles.  The day after the wedding.  Vol. 6. Morton, Thomas.  Speed the plough; Shakespeare, William.  Romeo and Juliet; White, James.  Feudal times; Planch©Øe, J.R.  Charles the XII; The bridal, adapted from The maid's tragedy, of Beaumont and Fletcher; Planch©Øe, J.R.  The follies of a night; Colman, George.  The iron chest; Planch©Øe , J.R.  Faint heart never won fair lady.  Vol. 7. Holcroft, Thomas.  The road to ruin; Shakespeare, William.  Macbeth; Bell, Robert.  Temper; Sheill, Richard.  Evadne; Maturin, Charles.  Bertram; Sheridan, R.B.  The Duenna;  Shakespeare, William.  Much ado about nothing; Sheridan, R.B.  The crit