APPENDIX II.
DATES OF FOREIGN POEMS AND NOVELS.
- Alex.
- = Alexandrine metre.
- b.v.
- = Blank verse.
- bks.
- = Books.
- d.m.
- = Divers metres.
- Ep.
- = Epic.
- Ep., H.M.
- = Epic in heroic metre.
- Ep., Hex.
- = Epic in hexameter verse.
- Es.
- = Essay or Essays.
- H.M.
- = Heroic metre.
- H.M., b.v.
- = Heroic metre in blank verse.
- H.M., rh.
- = Heroic metre in rhyme.
- Hex.
- = Hexameter verse.
- Nov.
- = [Prose] novel.
- p.
- = Poetry.
- pr.
- = Prose.
- pr. and v.
- = Prose and verse.
- pr. Ep.
- = Prose epic.
- rh.
- = Rhyme.
- Rom.
- = Romance.
- Rom. p.
- = Romance in poetry.
- Sp. m.
- = Spencerian metre.
- ter. rh.
- = Ternary rhymes.
- v.
- = Verse.
- 8 syl. v.
- = Octosyllabic verse.
Æsop, Fables, about B.C. 570. Greek pr.
Amadis of Gaul, begun by Vasco de Lobeira, 14th cent.;
finished by sundry hands, 15th cent. Old French pr.
Arabian Nights, first published in Paris, by Antony Galland, 1704-17. The best are Indian;
the sentimental love tales are Persian; the witty, comical ones are Arabic. Arabic pr. tales. Lane’s translation, 1841.
Argonauts (The), by Appolonius Rhodius, about B.C. 200 (4 bks.). Greek Ep., Hex.
Translated into English by Fawkes, 1780; and into English verse by Green, 1780; W. Preston, 1803. H.M., rh.
Chinese Tales, by Gueulette, 1723. French pr.
Chrestien de Troyes, the Chevalier au Lion, Chevalier de l’Epée, Sir Lancelot du Lac, in metrical French (before 1200).
Chronicles of Albericus Trium Fontium, 1242. Latin pr.
Cid (The), 1040-1099. The Spanish Chronicle of the Cid, 13th cent., first printed in 1541, and a second by Medina del Campo, in 1552. The Spanish Poem of the Cid dates from 1207, and 102 ballads on the Cid in Spanish were published in 1615.
Southey published an excellent English Chronicle in 1808.
Lockhart has rendered eight of them into English ballads;
and George Dennis has strung together, in prose and verse, a connected tale of the great Spanish hero, 1845.
(The Cid, in Spanish romance, occupies the same position as Arthur in English story, Charlemagne in French and Theodorick in German.)
Contes de Fees, by Claude Perrault, 1697. French pr. fairy tales.
Creation, or La Première Semaine, by Du Bartas, about 1570. French Ep., H.M.
English version by Joshua Sylvester, 1605.
Decameron, by Boccaccio, 1350. Italian pr. tales.
An English version by G. Standfast, and by many others.
Diable Boiteux, by Lesage, 1707. French pr. tale.
W. Coombe wrote an English imitation, called The Devil upon Two Sticks, 1790.
Divina Commedia, by Dantê: Inferno, 1300; Purgatory, 1308; Paradise, 1311. Italian Ep. poems.
English translations by Boyd, 1785;
Gary, 1814, b.v.;
Wright, 1833, triple rh.;
Caley, 1851-55, ter. rh.;
Pollock, 1854, b.v.;
Dayman, 1865;
Rossetti, 1865;
Longfellow, 1870;
Norton, 1892; etc.
Don Quixote, by Cervantes, pt. i., 1605; ii., 1615. Spanish Nov.
English versions by Shelton, 1612-20;
Motteux, 1719;
Jarvis, 1742;
Smollett, 1755;
Wilmot, 1774;
Duffield, 1881; etc. All in pr.
Dramatized by Durfey, 1694-96.
Fables, by Lafontaine, 1668. French; d.m.
Fairy Tales, by la comtesse D’Aunoy, 1682. French pr.
Gargantua, by Rabelais, 1533. French Nov.
English version by Urquhart and Motteux, 1653.
Gil Blas, by Lesage, bks, i.-iii., 1715; iv.-vi., 1724; vii.-xii., 1735. French Nov.
English version by Smollett, 1761; Procter, 1774; Smart, 1807; etc. All in pr.
Goblin Stories, by the brothers Grimm, 1812. German pr.
Goethe, 1749-1832 (German).
Achilliad (The), about 1800.
Farbenlehre, 1810.
Hermann and Dorothea, 1797. Poem.
Metamorphosis of Plants, 1790. Es.
Werther, 1774. Rom.
Wilhelm Meister, 1794. Rom.
(For dramatic pieces, see Appendix III.)
Gulistan (Garden of Roses), by Saadi, 13th cent. Persian p.
Henriade, by Voltaire, 1724 (10 chants). French Ep.; rh.
Herbelot (D’), Bibliothèque Orientale, an Oriental Miscellany, 1697. French pr.
Hitôpadêsa, an epitome of the Pancha Tantra, 5th cent. B.C. Hindû.
Homer, Iliad (24 bks.), composed in the prime of his life, about B.C. 962. Greek Ep. Hex.
Odyssey (24 bks.), composed in maturer age, about B.C. 927. Greek Ep., Hex.
These poems were first reduced to writing by Pisistratos, of Athens, B.C. 531.
English versions by Chapman, Il. 1598, Od. 1614;
Bryant, Il. 1870, Od. 1871.
The following have translated the Iliad only:
Hall, 1581; Tickell, bk. i. 1715; Macpherson,
1773; Morrice, 1809; Brandreth, 1846;
Barter, 1854; Newman, 1856; Wright, 1859;
Selwyn, 1865; Green, 1865; Simcox, 1865;
Dart, 1865; Herschel, 1866; Lord Derby,
1867; Merivale, 1869; Cordery, 1870; Newman,
1871. The following have translated
the Odyssey alone: Cary, 1823; Hayman,
1866; Musgrave, 1869; Edginton, 1869;
Wither, 1869; Merry, 1871.
Jerusalem Delivered, by Tasso, 1575. Italian Ep.
English version by Carew, 1594; Fairfax, 1600; Hoole, 1762.
Lokman, Fables, contemporary with David and Solomon. Arabian; d.m.
Lusiads (The), by Camoens, 1572 (in 10 bks.).
Portuguese Ep. English versions, “The
Lusiad,” by Fanshawe, 1655; Mickle, H.M.,
rh., 1775; “The Lusiads,” by Aubertin,
1878; R. F. Burton, 1880.
Messiah, by Klopstock, bks. i.-iii., 1748; iv.-xv.,
1771. German Ep., Hex. English version
in pr. by Collyer, 1763; Raffles, 1815. In
v. by Egestorff, 1821.
Metamorphoses, Ovid (in 15 bks.). Latin; about A.D. 6. Hex.
English version by Golding, 1565; Sandys, 1626;
Dr. Garth, assisted by Dryden, Congreve, Rowe and several others, 1716. H.M., rh.
Moral Tales, by Marmontel, 1761. French pr.
Niebelungen Lied, 1210 (in 39 adventures).
From Snorro Sturleson’s Edda. Old German
Ep. Transplanted into Germany by
the minnesingers. English version by Lettsom,
1850.
Oriental Tales, by comte de Caylus, 1740.
French pr.
Orlando Furioso, by Ariosto, 1516. Italian
Rom., p. English version by Harrington,
1591; Croker, 1755; W. S. Rose, 1823; and
an abridged version by Hoole, H.M., rh.,
1783.
Orlando Innamorato, by Bojardo, 1495 (in 3
bks., unfinished). Italian Rom.; p. Three
more books were added, in 1531, by Agostini;
and the whole was remodelled by
Berni. Translated by Tofte, 1598.
Pancha Tantra, a collection of Hindû fables,
6th cent. B.C. Hindû.
Pantagruel, Rabelais, 1545. French Nov.
English version by Urquhart and Motteux, 1653.
Paul and Virginia, by St. Pierre, 1788. French
tale; pr.
Phædrus, fables, about A.D. 25, chiefly from
Æsop. Latin v. In English v. by C.
Smart, 1765.
Pharsalia (The), by Lucan, about A.D. 60 (in
10 bks.). Latin Ep.; Hex. English version
by C. Marlowe; Gorge, 1614; May,
1627; Rowe, 1729; and a literal translation
by Riley, in Bohn’s series.
Pilpay, Fables, compiled from the Pancha Tantra
and other sources, 4th cent. B.C. Indian.
Pliny, Natural History, about A.D. 77. Latin
pr. English version by Dr. Holland, 1601;
Bostock, 1828; Riley, in Bohn’s series,
1855-57.
Plutarch, Parallel Lives, about A.D. 110-13.
Greek pr. English version by North,
1579; Langhorne, 1771; another by Dryden
and others, re-edited by Clough. All
in pr.
Reynard the Fox, 1498. German pr., by Heinrich von Alkmaar. An English version printed by Caxton, 1481.
Romance of the Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris, 13th cent. Continuation by Jean de Meung, 14th. cent. French Rom. p. English poetic version by Chaucer, in 8 syl. v., about 1360.
Telemachus, by Fénelon, 1700 (in 24 bks.).
French pr. Ep. English version by Dr.
Hawkesworth, 1810; pr.
Thebaid, by Statius, about A.D. 86 (in 12 bks.).
Latin Ep., Hex. An English version by
Lewis, 1767. Parts by Pope; Stephens,
1648; Howard, H.M., rh., etc.
Undine, by De la Motte Fouqué, 1813. An
English version was published by Routledge
and Sons, 1875.
Victor Hugo, 1802-1885. (French poet and novelist).
Autumn Leaves, 1832; p.
Last Days of a Condemned Criminal, 1829.
(For dramatic pieces, see APPENDIX III.)
Virgil, Æneid (in 12 bks.), B.C. 27-20. Latin
Ep., Hex. English version by Gawin,
1513; Lord Surrey 1553; Phaer and Twyne,
1558-73; Stanihurst, 1583; Ogilby, 1649;
Dryden, H.M., rh., 1697; Dr. Trapp, b.v.,
1731; Pitt and Warton, 1740; Kennedy,
1849; Singleton, “in rhythm,” 1855-59;
Conington, 1866; Morris, 1876; Cranch,
1872; etc. In literal pr. by Davidson, 1743;
Wheeler, 1852; etc.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS IN APPENDIX III.
- A.
- = Afterpiece.
- Alleg.Pl.
- = Allegorical play.
- B.
- = Burlesque.
- B.C.
- = Burlesque comedy.
- B.O.
- = Burlesque opera.
- B.T.
- = Burlesque tragedy.
- Bd.
- = Ballad.
- Bd.F.
- = Ballad farce.
- Bd.O.
- = Ballad opera.
- Bl.
- = Ballet.
- Blta.
- = Burletta.
- C.
- = Comedy.
- C.Bf.
- = Comédie bouffe.
- C.D.
- = Comic drama.
- C.H.
- = Comédie historique.
- C.O.
- = Comic opera.
- Cdta.
- = Comedietta or comedetta.
- Cl.C.
- = Classical comedy.
- Cl.Cdta.
- = Classical comedietta.
- Cl.D.
- = Classical drama.
- Cl.Pl.
- = Classical play.
- Cl.T.
- = Classical tragedy.
- Ct.E.
- = Court entertainment.
- Ct.S.
- = Court show.
- D.
- = Drama.
- D.Dia.
- = Dramatic dialogue.
- D.E.
- = Dramatic entertainment.
- D.Fab.
- = Dramatic fable.
- D.H.
- = Drama historique.
- D.Mon.
- = Dramatic monologue.
- D.N.
- = Dramatic novel.
- D.O.
- = Dramatic opera.
- D.Pc.
- = Dramatic piece.
- D.Pm.
- = Dramatic poem.
- D.R.
- = Dramatic romance.
- D.S.
- = Dramatic satire.
- D.Sk.
- = Dramatic skit.
- Dom.D.
- = Domestic drama.
- E.
- = Entertainment.
- Ex.
- = Extravaganza.
- F.
- = Farce.
- F.C.
- = Farce comedy.
- Fy.C.
- = Fairy comedy.
- Fy.P.
- = Fairy pastoral.
- G.E.Mel.S.
- = Grand Eastern melodramatic spectacle.
- G.O.R.
- = Grand operatic romance.
- H.C.
- = Historic comedy.
- H.D.
- = Historic drama.
- H.O.
- = Historic opera.
- H.Pc.
- = Historic piece.
- H.Pl.
- = Historic play.
- H.R.
- = Historic romance.
- H.T.
- = Historic tragedy.
- Hc.Pl.
- = Heroic play.
- Int.
- = Interlude.
- I.D.
- = Irish drama.
- L.D.
- = Lyrical drama.
- L.Pl.
- = Lyrical play.
- LowC.
- = Low comedy.
- M.
- = Masque.
- Mel.
- = Melodrama.
- Mel.O.
- = Melodramatic opera.
- Mel.R.
- = Melodramatic romance.
- Met.D.
- = Metrical drama.
- Mir.Pl.
- = Miracle play.
- Mo.
- = Morality.
- MockPl.
- = Mock play.
- MockT.
- = Mock tragedy.
- Mu.C.
- = Musical comedy.
- Mu.D.
- = Musical drama.
- Mu.E.
- = Musical entertainment.
- Mu.F.
- = Musical farce.
- Mu.Int.
- = Musical interlude.
- Mu.Pl.
- = Musical play.
- Mu.Sp.
- = Musical spectacle.
- Mu.Tr.
- = Musical trifle.
- Mys.
- = Mystery.
- Myt.C.
- = Mythological comedy.
- Myt.D.
- = Mythological drama.
- N.Blta.
- = Nautical burletta.
- N.C.O.
- = Nautical comic opera.
- N.C.Opta.
- = Nautical comic operetta.
- N.D.
- = Nautical drama.
- N.O.
- = Nautical opera.
- N.Pl.
- = Nautical play.
- O.
- = Opera.
- O.Bf.
- = Opera bouffe.
- O.Blta.
- = Operatic burletta.
- O.C.
- = Opera comique.
- O.D.
- = Operatic drama.
- O.E.
- = Operatic entertainment.
- O.Ex.
- = Operatic extravaganza.
- O.F.
- = Operatic farce.
- Op.C.
- = Operatic comedy.
- Opta.
- = Operetta.
- Or.
- = Oratorio.
- P.
- = Pastoral.
- P.C.
- = Pastoral comedy.
- P.O.
- = Pastoral opera.
- P.T.
- = Pastoral tragedy.
- P.T.C.
- = Pastoral tragi-comedy.
- Pl.
- = Play.
- Pn.
- = Pantomime.
- Pn.Bl.
- = Pantomimic ballet.
- Po.D.
- = Poetic drama.
- Pol.D.
- = Political drama.
- Pr.C.
- = Prize comedy.
- Pr.T.
- = Prize tragedy.
- Pt.C.
- = Petit comedy.
- Pt.Pc.
- = Petit piece.
- R.D.
- = Romantic drama.
- R.T.
- = Romantic tragedy.
- Rel.Pl.
- = Religious play.
- S.D.
- = Sacred drama.
- S.T.
- = Sacred tragedy.
- Sat.C.
- = Satiric comedy.
- Sat.D.
- = Satiric drama.
- Sen.D.
- = Sensational drama.
- Ser.
- = Serenata.
- Sol.
- = Solemnity.
- Sp.T.
- = Spasmodic tragedy.
- T.
- = Tragedy.
- T.C.
- = Tragi-comedy.
- T.C.P.
- = Tragi-comic pastoral.
- T.L.
- = Tragedie lyrique.
- T.O.
- = Tragedy-opera.
- V.
- = Vaudeville.
- *
- = Unknown.
- Etc.
- = With some other author or authors.
Notwithstanding the length of this list, there are some dramatic pieces very difficult to
classify.
APPENDIX III.
AUTHORS AND DATES OF DRAMAS AND OPERAS.
If any discrepancy is observed between the dates given in this list and those in the body of the book,
the dates here given are to be preferred. It must be borne in mind that the date of some plays is purely
conjectural, and can be assigned only approximately; and in not a few instances authorities differ.
- Abdelazer, or the Moor’s Revenge, 1677, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Abel, 18th cent., Alfieri. T.O.
- About Town, 1873, A. W. A’Beckett. C.
- Abraham’s Sacrifice, 1550, T. Beza (French). Rel.Pl. (translated by A. Golding, 1575).
- Abroad and at Home (1764-1817), Holman. C.O.
- Absalon, 1590, Peele. T.
- Absent Man (The), 1768, Bickerstaff. C.
- Accomplices (The), about 1790, Goethe. C.
- Acharnanians, B.C. 425, Aristophanes. C.
- Achille in Sciro, 1736, Metastasio. O.
- Achilles, 1732, Gay. O.
- Acis and Galatea, 1683, Camistron. O.
- Acis and Galatea, 1732, Gay. Ser.
- Adelaide, 1814, Sheil.
- Adelaide du Guesclin, 1734, Voltaire. T.
- Adelaide of Wulfingen, 1799. B. Thompson. T.
- Adelgitha, 1806, Lewis. Pl.
- Adelmorn, or The Outlaw, 1801, Lewis. D.
- Adelphi, or The Brothers, B.C. 160, Terence. C.
- Adherbal, 1687, Lagrange. T.
- Adopted Child, * Birch. Mu.D.
- Adrasta, or Woman’s Spleen, 1635, J. Jones. Pl.
- Adriano in Siria, 1731, Metastasio. O.
- Adrienne Lecouvreur, 1849, MM. Legouvé and Scribe. C.
- Adventures of Five Hours, 1663, Tuke. C.
- Ælla, posthumous, 1777, Chatterton. T.
- Æsop, 1697, Vanbrugh.
- Afflicted Father (The), 1745-1820, Hayley. D.
- Africaine (L’), 1865, Meyerbeer. O.
- Africans (The), 1808, Colman. Pl.
- After Dark, 1868, Boucicault.
- Agamemnon, B.C. 458, Æschylus. T. (Greek).
- Agamemnon (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin).
- Agamemnon, 1738, Thomson. T.
- Agamemnon, printed 1783, Alfieri. T.
- Agathocles, or The Sicilian Tyrant, 1676, R. Perrinchief. T.
- Agésilas, 1666, Corneille. T.
- Agis, 1758, Home. T.
- Agis (Agide), printed 1783, Alfieri. T.
- Aglaura, 1637, Sir J. Suckling. T.C.
- Agnes de Castro (1679-1749), Cockburn. D.
- Agnes de Vere, 1834, Buckstone. D.
- Agnese, about 1820, Paer. O.
- Agreeable Surprise, 1798, O’Keefe. C.
- Agrippina, 1771, T. Gray. T. (unfinished).
- Ah! que l’Amour est Agréable! 1862, Delaporte. C.
- Aïda, 1872, Verdi. O.
- Ajax, about B.C. 420, Sophocles. T. (Greek).
- Aladdin, 1824, Bishop. O.
- Alaham Mustapha, 1609, T. Grenville. T.
- Alarcos, 1839, Disraeli. T.
- Alarkas, 1802, F. C. Schlegel. T.
- Alarming Sacrifice, about 1849, Buckstone. F.
- Alarum for London, or the siege of Antwerp, 1602, Anon. T.
- Alasco, 1824, Shee. T.
- Alba, 1583, performed at Oxford before Albertus de Alasco, a Polish prince.
- Albertus Wallenstein, 1639, Glapthorne. T.
- Albovine, King of Lombardy, 1629, Sir W. Davenant. T.
- Albumazar, 1634, B. (a comedy).
- Albumazar, the Astronomer, 1614, Tomkis. C.
- Albyon Knight (The), 1565, Anon. Alleg.Pl.
- Alcazar (Battle of), 1594, Peele. T.
- Alceste, 1690, Lagrange. T.
- Alceste, 1747, Smollett. O.
- Alceste, 1769, Glück. O. (libretto by Calzabigi).
- Alcestis, B.C. 438, Euripides. T. (Greek).
- Alchemist (The), 1610, Jonson. C.
- Alcibiade, 1688, Campistron. T.
- Alcibiades, 1675, Otway. T.
- Alcida, 1588, Greene.
- Alessandro nell’ Indie, 1729, Metastasio. O.
- Alexander and Campaspê, etc., 1584, J. Lyly. Myt.D.
- Alexander and the King of Egypt, 1788, Anon. MockPl.
- Alexandre, 1665, Racine. T.
- Alexandrians (The), 1605, Lord Stirling. T.
- Alexina, 1866, Knowles. Pl.
- Alexius, or the Chaste Lover, 1639, Massinger. C.
- Alfonso, King of Castile, 1801, Lewis. H.Pl.
- Alfred, 1724, Arne or his pupil Burney. O.
- Alfred, 1778, Home. H.Pl.
- Alfred, or the Roast Beef of Old England, 1740, J. Thompson and Mallet. M.
- Alfred the Great at Athelney, 1876, Stratford de Redcliffe. T.
- Ali Baba, 1833, Cherubini. O.
- Aline Reine de Golconde, 1767, Sedaine. O.
- All Alive and Merry, 1737, S. Johnson. C.
- All Fools, 1605, Chapman. C.
- All for Fame, 1805, Cherry. C.
- All for Love, or The World Well Lost, 1668, Dryden. T.
- All for Money, 1578, Lupton. T.C.
- All in the Wrong, 1761, Murphy. C.
- All is Vanity, or the Cynic’s Defeat, * Alfred Thompson. Cl.Cdta.
- All’s Fair in Love, 19th cent., J. Brougham. D.Pc.
- All’s Lost by Lust, 1633, Rowley. T.
- All’s Well that Ends Well, 1598, Shakespeare. C.
- All the World’s a Stage, 1777, Jackman. F.
- Almahide and Hamet, 1804, Malkin. T.
- Almansor. (See “Conquest of Granada.”)
- Almeria, 1698, Handel. O.
- Almeyda, Queen of Granada, 1796, Miss Lee. T.
- Alonzo, 1773, Home. T.
- Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany, 1654, Capman. T.
- Alphonsus, King of Aragon, 1594, Greene. C.
- Alsatia (The Squire of), 1688, Shadwell. C.
- Alzire, 1736, Voltaire. T.
- Amadis de Grèce, 1704, Lamotte. O.
- Amant Difficile (L’), 1672-1731, Lamotte. C.
- Amant Jaloux (L’), 1778, Grétry. O.
- Amants Magnifiques, 1670, Molière. C.
- Amasis (1677-1758), Lagrange. T.
- Ambassadrice, 1837, Scribe. O.C.
- Amber Witch (The), 1861, Wallace. O.
- Ambitious Stepmother (The), 1698, Rowe. T.
- Ambitious Vengeance (1755-1798), Merry.
- Amboyna, 1673, Dryden.
- Amelia, 1732, H. Carey.
- Amelia, 1768, Cumberland.
- Amends for Ladies, 1611, Field. C.
- American Cousin (Our), 1858, Tom Taylor and Sothern. C.
- American Lady (An), 1874, H. J. Byron. C.
- Americans (The), about 1770, Arnold. O.
- Ami de la Maison, 1772, Marmontel. O.
- Amoroso, King of Little Britain, 1818, Planché. B.
- Amorous Bigot, 1690, Shadwell. C.
- Amorous Fantasms, 1660, Lower. T.C.
- Amorous Gallant (The), 1675, (from Corneille).
- Amorous Old Woman (The), 1674, Duffet. C.
- Amorous Orontus, or Love in Fashion, 1665, J. Bulteel. C.
- Amorous Prince (The), 1671, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Amorous Warre, 1648, Mayne. T.C.
- Amorous Widow (The), 1706, Betterton. C.
- Amour (L’) et l’Opinion (1781-1857), Brifaut. C.
- Amour Médecin, 1665, Molière. C.
- Amours de Diable, 1852, St. Georges. O.C.
- Amphitruo (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin).
- Amphitryon, 1668, Molière. C.
- Amphitryon, 1690, Dryden. C.
- Amphitryon, 1781, Sedaine. O.
- Amphitryon, 1782, Andrieux. C.
- Amy Robsart (1830-1877), Halliday.
- Amyntas or The Impossible Dowry, 1638, Randolph. Fy.P.
- Amyntas, 1698, Oldmixon. C.
- Anacreon, 1766, Sedaine. C.O.
- Anacreon, 1832, Cherubini. O.
- Anaximandre, 1782, Andrieux. C.
- Andrew of Hungary, 1839, Landor. T.
- Andria (The Woman of), B.C. 166, Terence. C.
- Andromachê, B.C. 417, Euripides. T.
- Andromana, or The Merchant’s Wife, 1660, Shirley. T.
- Andromaque, 1667, Racine. T.
- Andromaque, 1683, Campistron. T.
- Andronic, 1686, Campistron. T.
- Andronicus, or Heaven’s Late Revenge, 1661, Anon. T.
- Angelica, 1722, Metastasio. O.
- Anglais à Bordeaux (L’), 1763-72, Favart. O.C.
- Anglomane, 1752, Saurin. C.
- Animal Magnetism, 1785, Inchbald. F.
- Ann Blake, 1852, W. Marston. Pl.
- Anna Bolena, 1830, Donizetti. O.
- Anna Boleyn, about 1680, Banks. T.
- Anna Boleyn, 1877, Miss Dickinson. H.P.
- Anne Boleyn, 1826, Milman. D.Pm.
- Anne Boleyn, 1850, G. H. Boker. T.
- Anne Boleyn, 1876, T. Taylor.
- Annette et Lubin, 1763-72, C. N. Favart. O.C.
- Año Despues de la Boda, 1825, Gil y Zarate.
- Antidote (The), 1805, Alfieri. C.
- Antigonê, about B.C. 441, Sophocles. T.
- Antigone, 1631, May. Cl.D.
- Antigone, 1633, Rotrou. Cl.D.
- Antigone, 1756. Glück. O.
- Antigone, 1783, Alfieri. T.
- Antiochus et Cléopâtre, 1717, Deschamps. T.
- Antipodes (The), 1633, Brome. C.
- Antiquary (The), 1633, Marmion. C.
- Antonio and Mellida, 1602, Marston. T.
- Antonio and Vallia, 1660, Massinger.
- Antonio, or the Soldier’s Return, 1801, Godwin. T.
- Antonio’s Revenge, 1602, Marston. T.
- Antony, 1590, Lady Pembroke. T.
- Antony, 1831, Dumas. T.
- Antony and Cleopatra, 1608, Shakespeare. T.
- Anything for a Quiet Life, 1662, Middleton. C.
- Apocryphal Ladies (The), 1624-1673, Margaret, duchess of Newcastle. C.
- Apollo and Daphne, 1716, Hughes. M.
- Apollo Shroving, 1626, Hawkins. C.
- Apostate (The), 1817, Sheil. T.
- Appearance is Against Them, * Anon. F.
- Appius and Virginia, 1574, R. B----. Mo.
- Appius and Virginia, 1654, Webster. T. Revised by Betterton, 1679, and entitled The Roman Virgin, or The Unjust Judge.
- Appius and Virginia, 1705, Dennis. T.
- Apprentice (The), 1751 or 1756, Murphy. F.
- Arab (The), 1783, Cumberland. T.
- Arcades, 1636, Milton. M.
- Arcadia, 1640, Shirley. Pl. (based on Sidney’s Arcadia).
- Archipropheta, 1547, Grimbold. T. (Latin, John the Baptist).
- Arden of Feversham, 1592, Anon. H.T. (altered in 1739 by Lillo).
- Argalus and Parthenia, 1639, Glapthorne. Pl.
- Ariadne, 1721, D’Urfey. O.
- Ariane, 1672, T. Corneille. T.
- Ariodante and Ginevra, 1582, Anon. Pl. (founded on a story in Orlando Furioso, by Ariosto).
- Aristodemus, 1825, Monti. T. (rendered into French, 1854, by Duplissis).
- Aristomène, 1749, Marmontel. T.
- Armgart, 1874, “George Eliot.” D.Pm.
- Armida, 1774, Glück. O. (libretto by Calzabigi).
- Arminius, 1684, Campistron. T.
- Arminius, 1798, Murphy. T.
- Armourer (The), 1793, Cumberland. C.O.
- Armourer of Nantes, 1863, Balfe. O.
- Arrah na Pogue, 19th cent., Boucicault. I.D.
- Arraignment of Paris, 1584, Peele. Ct.S. or M.
- Art of Management, 1735, C. Clarke. D.Pc.
- Artaserse, before 1730, Metastasio. O.
- Artaxerxes, 1741, Glück. O.
- Artaxerxes, 1761, Arne. O. (from Metastasio).
- Artaxerxes, 1831, Dorn. O.
- Artémire, 1720, Voltaire. T.
- Arthur (King), 1691, Dryden. O. (music by Purcell).
- Arthur, King of England, 1598, Hathaway. Pl. (See “Misfortunes of Arthur.”)
- Artifice, 1721, Centlivre. C.
- As Cool as a Cucumber, 1851, W. B. Jerrold. F.
- As You Find it, 1703, Boyle. C.
- As You Like it, 1600, Shakespeare. C. (The quarry of this play was Lodge’s novel called Rosalynde, 1590.)
- Asdrubal, 1647, Jacob Montfleury. T.
- Asinaria, or The Ass Comedy (B.C. 254-184). Plautus. C. (Latin). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Assignation (The), 1672, Dryden. C.
- Assignation (The), 1807, Miss Lee. C.
- Assommoir (L’), 1878, Zola. D. (See “Drink.”)
- Astræa Appeased, 1797, Olivari (translated from Metastasio).
- At Home, 1818, C. Mathews. E.
- Atalanta in Calydon, 1864, Swinburne. D.Pm.
- Athalia, 1733, Handel. O.
- Athalia, 1844, Mendelssohn. O.
- Athalie, 1690, Racine. T. (translated by J. C. Knight, 1822).
- Atheist’s Tragedy (The), 1611, Tourneur. T.
- Athelwold, 1732, Hill. T.
- Athelwold, 1842, W. Smith. T.
- Athénais (1677-1758), Lagrange. T.
- Athenian Captive, 1838, Talfourd. Cl.Pl.
- Atonement, or Branded for Life, 1863, Muskerry. D. (Les Misérables of Victor Hugo dramatized).
- Attila, 1667, Corneille. T.
- Attila, 19th cent., Verdi. O.
- Attilio Regolo, 1740, Metastasio. O.
- Atys, 1780, Piccini. O.
- Auchindrane. (See “Ayrshire Tragedy.”)
- Auction of Pictures, 1748, Foote. F.
- Auction (The), 1757, T. Cibber. F.
- Augusto (L’), 1665, Amore. T.
- Aulularia (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin). Translated into blank verse by Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-1774.
- Aureliano in Palmira, 1814, Rossini. O.
- Aurengzebe, 1675, Dryden. He.Pl.
- Author (The), 1757, Foote. F.
- Author’s Farce (The), 1731, Fielding. F.
- Avant, Pendant et Aprés, before 1822, Scribe. V.
- Avare (L’), 1667, Molière. C. (indebted to the Aulularia of Plautus).
- Avocat Patelin (L’), 1706, De Brueys. F.
- (This was a reproduction of a comedy attributed to Blanchet, who died 1519; but Bouillet says it was more ancient still.)
- Ayrshire Tragedy, 1830, Sir W. Scott. T.
- Babes in the Wood, 1860, Tom Taylor. (Rob. Yarrington, in 1601, wrote Two Lamentable Tragedies, one of which was about a young child murdered in a wood by two ruffians by command of its uncle.)
- Bacchæ (B.C. 480-407), Euripides (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782; Buckley, pr., in Bohn’s library.
- Bacchides (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin, based on a Greek comedy by Menander.) Translated into blank verse by Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Bad Lovers, 1836, Coyne. C.
- Bague de Thérèse, 1861, Carmouche. C.
- Bajazet, 1672, Racine. T.
- Balder’s Död, 1773, Evald or Ewald. D.
- Ball (The), 1632, Chapman and Shirley. C.
- Ballo in Maschera (Un), 1861, Verdi. O.
- Banditti (The), 1686, D’Urfey. Pl.
- Banishment of Cicero (The), 1761, Cumberland. D.Pm.
- Banker’s Daughter (The), 1879, B. Howard. D.
- Bankrupt (The), 1776, Foote. F.
- Baptistes (1506-1582), G. Buchanan. T. (Latin).
- Barbarossa, 1755, Brown. T.
- Barbe Bleue, 1866, Offenbach. C.Bf.
- Barbier de Séville (Le), 1775, Beaumarchais. C.
- Barbiere di Siviglia, 1780, Paisiello. O.
- Barbiere di Siviglia, 1816, Rossini. O. (Sir H. Bishop altered it).
- Barmecides (Les), 1778, Laharpe. T.
- Barnwell. (See “George Barnwell.”)
- Barry (Mde. du), 1836, Ancelot. V.
- Bartholomew Fayre, 1614, Jonson. C.
- Bashful Lover, 1636, printed 1655, Massinger. C.
- Bashful Man (The), *-1857, Moncrieff. C.D.
- Basil (Count), 1798, printed in the “Series,” 1802, J. Baillie. T. (the passion of “love”).
- Basset Table, 1706, Centlivre. C.
- Bastard (The), 1652, C. Manuche. T.
- Bastien et Bastienne (1749-1806), Favart. O.C.
- Bath (The), 1701, D’Urfey. C.
- Battaile de Danes, 1851, Scribe and Legouvé. C.
- Battle of Alcazar, 1594, Peele. T.
- Battle of Hastings, 1778, Cumberland. T.
- Battle of Hermann (1776-1811), Kleist. H.D.
- Battle of Hexham, 1789, Colman. C.
- Battle of Sedgmoor, about 1675, duke of Buckingham. F.
- Bear-Hunters (1802-1879), Buckstone.
- Beatrice di Tenda, 1833, Bellini. O.
- Beau Brummel, 1858, W. B. Jerrold. C.
- Beau’s Duel, 1703, Centlivre. C.
- Beauty, 1616, Jonson. C.
- Beauty in a Trance, 1653, Ford. C.
- Beauty in Distress, 1698, Motteux. T.
- Beauty’s Triumph, 1676, Duffett. M.
- Beaux’ Stratagem, 1707, Farquhar. C.
- Becket. (See “Thomas à Becket.”)
- Beggar of Bethnal Green, 1834, Knowles. C. (See “Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green.”).
- Beggars’ Bush, 1622, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). Folio edition 1647. C.
- Beggar’s Opera, 1727, Gay. C.O. (music by Linley. Dr. Pepusch adapted music to this opera).
- Believe as you List, 1653, Massinger. C.
- Bélisaire, 1645, Rotrou. T.
- Belisarius (1757-1823), Kemble.
- Bellamere Earl of Carlisle, 1807. T.
- Bellamira, or The Mistress, 1687, Sedley. C.
- Bellamira, 1818, Sheil. C.
- Belle Arsène (La), 1775, Favart. O.C. (music by Monsigny).
- Belle Hélène (La), 1865, Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Belle’s Stratagem (The), 1780, Mrs. Cowley. C.
- Bells (The), 1874, Erckmann-Chatrian, adapted from The Polish Jew (q.v.).
- Belphegor, 1856, C. Webb, and L. Buckingham. D. (translated from the French of Dennery and Fournier).
- Belshazzar, 1822, Milman. D.Pm.
- Ben Nazir, 1827, Grattan. T.
- Benevolent Tar (The), * Cross. Mu.E.
- Benyowski, 1811, Kotzebue. (The English version is called The Virgin of the Sun.)
- Bérenice, 1670, Racine. T.(the hero and heroine meant for Louis XIV., and Henrietta of England).
- Bertram, 1816, Maturin. T.
- Bertrand et Raton, 1833, Scribe. C.
- Betrothal (The), 1852, G.H. Boker.
- Betsy, 1879, Burnard (from the French).
- Better Late than Never, before 1814, Andrews. C.
- Beverley, 1748, Saurin. D.
- Bianca, 1817, Ingemann. T.
- Bianca, 1859, Balfe. O.
- Bianca Visconti, 1843, Willis. T. (Greek).
- Bickerstaff’s Burying, 1710, Centlivre. C.
- Bijou Perdu, 1855, Adam. Pt. Pc. (libretto by Deforges).
- Billy Taylor (1802-1879), Buckstone.
- Bird in a Cage (The), 1633, Shirley. C.
- Birds (The), B.C. 409, Aristophanes. C. (Greek). Translated by Mitchell, 1820-22; Carey, 1824; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867.
- Biron’s Conspiracie, 1604, Chapman. T.
- Biron’s Tragedy, 1605, Chapman. T.
- Birth (1829-1871), Robertson. C.
- Birth of Jupiter, 1797, Olivari (translated from Metastasio).
- Birth of Merlin, 1662, Rowley. C.
- Birthday (The), 1801. C. (from Kotzebue).
- Biter (The), 1705, acted 1706, Rowe. C.
- Black and White, 19th cent., Collins. C.
- Black Domino, 1841, an English version of Scribe’s Le Domino Noir, 1737. O.C.
- Black-Eyed Susan, 1822, D. Jerrold. N.D.
- Black Horse (The), before 1620, Fletcher. Pl. (See “Palæmon and Arcyte.”)
- Black Prince, 1669, Lord Orrery. H.Pl.
- Black Sheep (1805-1868), Coyne.
- Blackness, 1616, Jonson. C.
- Blanche of Navarre, 1839, James. Pl.
- Blazing Comet (The), 1732, S. Johnson. C.
- Blighted Being (A), 1854, Tom Taylor.
- Blind Bargain (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Blind Beggar of Alexandria, 1559, Chapman. Pl.
- Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, 1592, acted 1600, Day. C. (See “Beggar of Bethnal Green.”)
- Blind Beggar of Bethnal [Bednal] Green (The), 1745, Dodsley. C.
- Blind Girl, 1801, Morton. C.
- Blind Lady (The), 1660, Howard. C.
- Bloodie Banquet (The), 1639, R. Davenport. T.
- Bloody Brother, 1639, Beaumont and Fletcher. T.
- Blot on the ’Scutcheon, 1843, R. Browning. T.
- Blue Beard, 1797, Sedaine. C.O. (music by Grétry); 1866.
- Blue Beard, 1798, Colman. Mu.Sp. (music by Kelly).
- Blue Beard, 1868, Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Blurt, Master Constable, 1602, Middleton. C.
- Boadicea, 1611, Fletcher. T.
- Boadicea, 1753, Glover. T.
- Bohemian Girl, 1844, Balfe. O. (burlesqued by H. J. Byron in The Bohemian Gyurl).
- Bohemians or Rogues of Paris, 1863, Stirling. D.
- Bohemienne, 1862, St. Georges. O.C.
- Boite d’Argent, 1858, Dumas fils. C.
- Bold Stroke for a Husband, 1782. Cowley. C.
- Bold Stroke for a Wife, 1717, Centlivre. C.
- Bombastes Furioso, 1790, Rhodes. F.
- Bon Fils, 1785, Florian. C.
- Bon Ménage, 1782, Florian. C.
- Bon Père, 1783, Florian. C.
- Bon Ton, 1760, Burgoyne. C.
- Bon Ton, 1776, Garrick. F.
- Bondman (The), 1624, Massinger and Field. T.
- Bondman (The), 1780, Cumberland.
- Bondman (The), 1846, Balfe. O.
- Bondman (The), or Love and Liberty, 1719, Betterton. C.
- Bonduca, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. T.
- Bonne Mère, 1784, Florian. C.
- Boots at the Swan, 1857, Selby, F. (Dickens’s tale dramatized).
- Borderers (The), 1795-96, Wordsworth. T.
- Bothwell, * Ware. T.
- Bothwell, 1874, Swinburne. T.
- Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670, Molière. C.
- Bourgeoises à-la-Mode, 1654, Dancourt. C.
- Bourse (La), 1856, Ponsard. F.
- Bow Bells, 1880, Mr. Byron. D.
- Box and Cox, * J. M. Morton. F.
- Box Lobby Challenge (The), 1794, Cumberland. C.
- Bradamante, 1580, Garnier. T.
- Braganza (The Duke of), 1775, Jephson. T.
- Bravo (The), 1833, Buckstone. Mel. (Cooper’s novel dramatized).
- Brazen Age (The), 1603, T. Heywood. C.
- Breach of Promise (1829-1871), Robertson. C.
- Brennoralt (1609-1641), Sir J. Suckling. T.
- Bride (The), 1640, Nabbes. C.
- Bride (The), 1808, Korner. C.
- Bride of Messina, 1803, Schiller. T.
- Bride’s Tragedy (The), 1822, Beddoes. T.
- Brides of Aragon (The), 1823, Beer. T.
- Brier Cliff, 1842, George Morris. D.
- Brigand (The), 1829, Planché.
- Brighton. (See “Saratoga.”)
- Bristowe Merchand (The), * Ford and Dekker.
- Britannia Triumphans, 1637, Davenant. M.
- Britannicus, 1669, Racine. T.
- British Enchanters (The), 1701, G. Granville. D.Pm.
- Briton (The), 1722, Philips. T.
- Broken Heart, 1633, Ford. T.
- Broken Hearts, 1876, Gilbert. T.C.
- Broker of Bogota (1803-1854), Bird. T.
- Brother and Sister, 1633, Ford. T.
- Brother Sam, 19th cent., Oxenford, Sothern and Buckstone. C.
- Brothers (The), 1652, Shirley. Pl.
- Brothers (The), 1728, Young. T.
- Brothers (The), 1769, Cumberland. C. (based on “The Little French Lawyer,” q.v. See “Adelphi”).
- Brutus, about 1690, Miss Bernard. T.
- Brutus, 1730, Voltaire. T.
- Brutus (Junius), 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Brutus (Junius), 1828, Andrieux. T.
- Brutus (Lucius Junius) 1679, Lee. T.
- Brutus (Lucius Junius), 1784, Duncombe. T.
- Brutus and Cassius (1764-1811), Chénier. T.
- (See “Conspiracy of Brutus.”)
- Brutus, or the Fall of Tarquin, 1820,1820, Payne. T.
- Bubbles of the Day, 1842, Jerrold. C.
- Buckingham, 1875, Wills. H.Pl.
- Buffoon (Sir Hercules), 1622-1681, Lacy. C
- Bull. (See “John Bull.”)
- Bury Fair, 1689, Shadwell. C.
- Busiris, 1719, Young. T.
- Bussy d’Ambois, 1607, Chapman. T.
- Bussy d’Ambois, 1691, D’Urfey. T.
- Busybody (The), 1708, Centlivre. C. (based on Dryden’s Sir Martin Marall, 1667.)
- By Royal Command, 19th cent., Stirling. C.O.
- Cabal and Love, 1783, Schiller. T.
- Cadi Dupé (Le), 1761, Monsigny. O.C.
- Cælina, or L’Enfant du Mystère, 1800, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. Mel.
- Cæsar and Pompey, 1631, Chapman. T.
- Cæsar and Pompey, or Cæsar’s Revenge, 1607.
- Cain, 1821, Byron. Mys.
- Caio Gracco, 1720, Leo. O. (See “Gracchus.”)
- Caius Gracchus, 1815, Knowles. H.T.
- Caius Gracchus, 1825, Monti. H.T. (rendered into French by Duplissis, 1854;
- and into English by Lord John Russell, 1830).
- Caius Marius, 1680, Otway. T. (This is Shakespeare’s Coriolanus reset.)
- Calandria (La), 1490, Bibbi. C. (the first Italian comedy).
- Calaynos, 1848, G. H. Boker. T.
- Caleb Quotem, * H. Lee.
- Calife de Bagdad, 1799, Boieldieu. O.
- Calisto, about 1679, Crowne. M.
- Calistus, 1530, Anon. T.C.
- Callisthène, 1780, Piron. T.
- Calypso, 1779, Cumberland.
- Calypso, 1803, Winter. O. (See “Gracchus.”)
- Calypso and Telemachus (1677-1720), Hughes. O.
- Camaraderie (La), 1837, Scribe. C.
- Cambises (King), 1569, Preston. T. (Referred to by Shakespeare, 1 Hen. IV., act ii. sc. 4.)
- Cambyses, 1671, Settle. T.
- Cameralzaman, 1848, James. Fy.C.
- Camma, 1661, T. Corneille. T.
- Camp (The), 1780, Sheridan. Mu.D.
- Campaigners (The), or Pleasant Adventures in Brussels, 1698, D’Urfey. C.
- Campaign, or Love in the East, 1783, Jephson. O.
- Campaspê. (See “Alexander and Campaspê,” “Cupid and Campaspê.”)
- Candidate (The) about 1781, Dent. F. (See “Rival Candidates.”)
- Caprices of a Lover (The), 1769, Goethe. C.
- Capricious Lovers (The), 1764, R. Lloyd. C.O. (from the Caprices d’Amour of Favart).
- Captain (The), 1613, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Captain Mario, 1577, Gosson. C.
- Captifs (Les), 1635, Rotrou. C. (imitated from the Captivi of Plautus).
- Captive (The), 1769, Bickerstaff.
- Captive (The), 1839, Lewis. Mel.
- Captives (The), 1723, J. Gay. T.
- Captivi (B.C. 254-184). Plautus. C. (Latin.) Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74. (See “Captifs.”)
- Captivity (The), 1728-1744, Goldsmith. Or.
- Capuchin (The), 1776, Foote.
- Caractacus, 1759, Mason. D.Pm.
- Caractacus, 1808, Bishop. Pn.Bl.
- Caravanne (La), 1783, Grétry. O.
- Card of Fancy, 1601, Greene. C.
- Cardinal (The), 1652, Shirley. D.
- Cardinal Beaton, 1823, Tennant. T.
- Careless Husband (The), 1704, Cibber. C.
- Careless Shepherdess, 1656, T. G[offe]. T.C.
- Carlos (Don), 1676, Otway. T.
- Carlos (Don), 1787, Schiller. T.
- Carmelite (The), 1785, Cumberland. T.
- Carnival (The), 1663, Porter. C.
- Carnival of Venice, 1781, Tickell. C.O.
- Cartesmunda, the Fair Nun of Winchester, 1655, Brewer. T.
- Case is Altered (The), 1609, Jonson. C.
- Casini (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin, based on a Greek comedy by Diphilos). Translated to blank verse by Messrs, Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Cassandre, 17th cent., Calprenède. T. (translated by Sir C. Cotterell, 1652).
- Cassandre (1677-1758), Lagrange. O.
- Cassius (1677-1758), Lagrange. T.
- Caste, 1867, Robertson. C.
- Castilian (The), 1853, Talfourd. T.
- Castle of Andalusia, 1798, O’Keefe. C.O.
- Castle of Sorento, * Heartwell. Mu.E.
- Castle of Perseverance (The). One of the oldest Morality plays in the language.
- Castle Spectre, 1797, Lewis. D.R.
- Castor and Pollux, 1700, Bernard. O.
- Catch Him Who Can, 1808, Hook.
- Caterino Conara, 1844, Donizetti. O.
- Catherine Douglas, 1843, Helps. T.
- Catherine Grey, 1837, Balfe. O.
- Catherine of Heilbronn (1776-1811), Kleist. C.
- Catiline, 1822, Croly. T.
- Catiline’s Conspiracy, 1611, Jonson. T.
- Catiline’s Conspiracy (1554-1623), Gosson. H.D.
- Cato, 1713, Addison. T.
- Caton d’Utique, 1715, Dechamps. O. (music by Vinci).
- Catone in Utica, 1726, Metastasio. T. (music by Leo.)
- Catspaw, 1850, Jerrold.
- Ce qui Plait aux Femmes, 1860, Ponsard. C.
- Cecchina (La), 1760, Piccini. O.
- Celestina. (See “Spanish Bawd.”).
- Cenci (The) 1819, Shelley. T.
- Cenerentola (La), 1817, Rossini. O.
- Chabot, Admiral of France, 1639, Chapman. T.
- Chaîne (Une), 1841, Scribe. C.
- Châlet (Le), 1834, Adam. O.C. (libretto by Scribe).
- Challenge for Beautie (A), 1606, Thomas Heywood. T.C.
- Chances (The), 1620 Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). C. (altered by the Duke of Buckingham, and then by Garrick, to a farce).
- Changeling (The), 1654, Middleton. T.
- Changement d’Uniforme, 1836, Dennery. D.
- Changes (The), 1633, Shirley. C.
- Chanson de Fortunio, 1861, Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Chaperon Rouge (Le), 1818, Boieldieu. O.
- Chapter of Accidents (The), 1780, Miss Lee. C.
- Charity, 1874, Gilbert. Pl.
- Charlatanisme (Le), before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Charles I., 1750, Havard. H.D.
- Charles I., 1828, E. Cobham Brewer. H.T.
- Charles I., 1830, Miss Mitford. H.D.
- Charles I., 1853 Gurney. H.Pl. (See “Cromwell.”)
- Charles I., 1872, Wills. H.Pl.
- Charles II., 1849, Macfarren. O.
- Charles II (1792-1852), Payne. D.
- Charles VI., 1841, Halévy. O. (libretto by Delavigne).
- Charles VII., 1831, Dumas. H.D.
- Charles IX., 1789, Chénier. H.D.
- Charles XII., 1826, Planché. H.D.
- Charles le Téméraire, 1814, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. D.
- Charlotte Corday, 1850, Ponsard. T.
- Chasse à St. Germain, 1860, Deslandes. D.
- Chaste Mayd in Cheapside (The), 1620, Middleton. C.
- Chastelard, 1865, Swinburne. T.
- Châtelet (Mde. du), about, 1834, Ancelot. V.
- Chatterbox (The), 1857, W. B. Jerrold. C.
- Cheats of Scapin, 1677, Otway. F. (from Molière’s Fourberies de Scapin, 1671. C.).
- Checkmate (1830-1877), Halliday.
- Chefe Promises of God unto Man, 1538, Bale. Mir.Pl.
- Chercheuse l’Ésprit (La), 1710-1792, Favart. O.C.
- Cheshire Comics, 1730, S. Johnson. C.
- Chester Mysteries (24). The oldest dramatic works in the language. Ascribed to R. Heyden, who died 1363.
- Chevalier à-la-Mode, 1652, Dancourt. C.
- Chien de Montargis (Le), 1814, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. D.
- Chiens du Mont St. Bernard, 1838, Antier. T.
- Child of Nature (1753-1821), Inchbald. D.
- Children of the Wood, 1815, Morton. C.
- Chivalry, 1873, R. Lee. Pl.
- Chloridia, 1630, Jonson. M.
- Choephori, B.C. 458, Æschylus. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1777; Buckley 1849, Plumptre, 1869.
- Choleric Man, 1775, Cumberland. C.
- Chosroes, 1649, Rotrou. T.
- Christabel, 1816, Coleridge. D.
- Christian Slave (The), 1855, Mrs. Beecher-Stowe. T. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin dramatized).
- Christian turned Turke (A), 1612, Dayborn. Pl.
- Christine, 1830, Dumas. H.Pl.
- Christine à Fontainebleau, 1829, Soulié. D.R.
- Christine en Suède, 1829, Brault. H.Pl.
- Christmas, 1616, Jephson.
- Christo Triumphante (De), 1551, J. Foxe. T. (Latin), translated, 1579.
- Christophe Colomb, 1815, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. D.
- Chronicle History of Leir, King of England 1578, Anon. H.Pl. (This was the quarry of Shakespeare’s King Lear.)
- Chrononhotonthologos, 1734, Carey. MockT.
- Cid (The), 1621, Guilhelm de Castro. T.
- Cid (The), 1636, Corneille. T. (an adaptation of the above; translated 1714, by J. Ozell; 1802, by a “Captain”).
- Cid (The), 1637, J. Rutter. T.C.
- Cid (The), or the Heroic Daughter, 1714, J. Ozell. T.
- Cinna, 1639, Corneille. D.H.
- Cinna’s Conspiracy, 1740, T. Cibber. T.
- Cinthia’s Revels. (See “Cynthia’s Revels.”)
- Cinthia’s Revenge, 1613, Stephens. C.
- Circassian’s Bride (The), 1809, Bishop. O.
- Circe, 1677, C. Davenant. T.
- Ciro Riconosciuto, 1739, Leo. O.
- Cistellaria, or The Casket Comedy (B.C. 254-184). Plautus. C. (Latin, adapted from a Greek play by Menander). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Citizen (The), 1761, Murphy. F.
- Citizen General (The), 1793, Goethe. C.
- City Heiress (The), 1682, Mrs. Behn. C.
- City Madam (The), 1659, Massinger. C.
- City Match, 1639, Mayne. C.
- City Nightcap (The), 1661, R. Davenport. T.C. (a dramatized version of the Curious Impertinent in “Don Quixote,” welded on a tale of the “Decameron,” day vii., nov. 7).
- City Politics, 1672, Crowne. C.
- City Ramble (The), 1712, Settle. C.
- City Witt (The), 1653, Brome. C.
- City of the Plague, 1816, Wilson. D.Pm.
- Civil Wars of Henry VI., 1724, T. Cibber. H.T.
- Clandestine Marriage, 1766, Colman the Elder and Garrick. C. (based on The False Concord, by Townley, 1760).
- Claracilla, 1641, Killigrew. T.C.
- Clari, the Maid of Milan, 1822, Payne. Mu.D. (music by Bishop).
- Clavijo, 1774, Goethe. D. (translated 1798).
- Clementina, 1774, Kelly. T.
- Clemenza di Tito, 1734, Metastasio. O. (music by Leo).
- Clemenza di Tito, 1754, Glück. O.
- Clemenza di Tito, 1791, Mozart. O.
- Cleomenes, 1692, Dryden and Sothern.
- Cleone, 1740, Dodsley. T.
- Cleonice, 1775, Hoole. T.
- Cleopatra, 1594, Daniel. T.
- Cleopatra, 1639, May. T.
- Cleopatra, 1773, acted 1775, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Cléopâtre, 1630, Mairet. T.
- Cléopâtre, 17th cent., Calprenède. T. (translated by R. Loveday, 1668).
- Cléopâtre, 1750, Marmontel. T.
- Cléopâtre, Captive, 1550, Jodelle. T.
- Clifford, 1817, Clifford. T.
- Clitandre, 1632, Corneille.
- Closerie des Genêts (La), 1846, Soulié. D.
- Clotilde, 1832, Soulié. T.
- Clouds (The), B.C., 423, Aristophanes. C. (Greek). Translated by Stanley, 1687; White, 1759; Cumberland, 1797; Mitchell, 1820-22; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867.
- Clytemnestra, 1823, Beer. T.
- Cobbler’s Prophecy (The), 1594, Wilson. D.
- Cocalus, B.C. 387, Aristophanes. C. (Translated by Mitchell, 1820-22; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867.)
- Cocu Imaginaire, 1660, Molière.
- Cœlum Britannicum, 1633, Carew. M.
- Coffee-house Politicians, 1732, Fielding. C.
- Colinette à la Cour (1774-1826), Grétry. O.
- Colleen Bawn, 1860, Boucicault. C.
- Columbus, 1798, Morton. H.PL
- Combat of Love and Friendship (The), 1654, Mead. C.
- Combat of the Tongue, 1607, Brewer. C. (Cromwell acted the part of Tactus in this play.)
- Comédienne (La), 1816, Andrieux. C.
- Comédiens (Les), 1819, Delavigne. C.
- Comedy of Errors, 1593, Shakespeare. C. (first mentioned 1598).
- Comical Gallant, 1702, Dennis. C. (This is The Merry Wives of Windsor, by Shakespeare, 1596, new set.)
- Comical Hash (The), 1625-1673, Margaret, duchess of Newcastle. C.
- Comical History of Don Quixote, in three parts, 1694-96, D’Urfey. C.
- Comical Lovers (The), 1671-1757, C. Cibber. C.
- Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub, 1664; Etherege. C.
- Commissary (The), 1765, Foote. F.
- Committee (The), 1670, Howard. C. (See “Honest Thieves.”)
- Common Conditions, 1576, * C.
- Commonwealth of Women (The), 1686, D’Urfey. T.C. (based on Fletcher’s Sea Voyage).
- Complaint of Rosamond (1562-1619), Daniel. T.
- Comte d’Ory (Le), 1828, Scribe. C.
- Comtesse d’Escarbagnas, 1672, Molière. C.
- Comus, 1634, Milton. M. (music by Lewes).
- Comus, 1738, Arne. O.
- Confederacy (The), 1705, Vanbrugh. C.
- Confederates (The), 1717, Jos. Gay. F.
- Confederates (The), about 1720, Breval. Sat.D.
- Conflict of Conscience, 1581, Woodes. Mo.
- Conquest of China, 1676, Settle. T.
- Conquest of Granada, 1672, Dryden. T.
- Conrad, 1772, Magnocavallo. Pr.T.
- Conscience, or The Bridal Night, 1823. Haynes.
- Conscious Lovers (The), 1722, Steele. C.
- Conseiller Rapporteur (Le), 1841, Delavigne. C.
- Conspiracy (The), 1638, H. Killigrew. T.
- Conspiracy (The), 1796, Jephson. T. (Metastasio’s Clemenza di Tito).
- Conspiracy of Brutus, 1691, Antoni. T. (See “Julius Cæsar.”)
- Conspiracy of the Pazzi, 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Constant Couple (The), 1700, Farquhar. C.
- Constant Maid (The), 1640, Shirley. C. (altered into Love will find out a Way, 1661).
- Contention (The), 1640, Shirley. C.
- Contention between Liberality and Prodigality, 1602 (?) Greene. Mo.
- Contention between the Houses of Lancaster and York, 1600. Anon. H.Pl. (Shakespeare’s part ii. of Henry VI., published 1623, is very like it indeed.)
- Contes de la Reine de Navarre (Les), 1850, Scribe and Legouvé.
- Contested Election (The), 1859, Tom Taylor.
- Contract (The), 1780, T. Franklin. C.
- Contrivances (The), 1715, Carey. Bd.F.
- Convict ( The), 1816, J. Wilson. D.Pm.
- Convivado de Piedra, 1626, Tirso de Molino, whose name was Tellez. C. (This is the original of all the Don Juans.)
- Cool as a Cucumber, 1851, W. B. Jerrold. F.
- Cophte (The Grand), 1792, Goethe. C.
- Coquette (The), 1706-1767, Molloy. C.
- Coquette du Village, 1715, Dufresny. C.
- Corésus et Callirhoe, 1696, Lafosse. T.
- Coriolan, 1781, Laharpe. T.
- Coriolanus, 1610, Shakespeare. T. (See “Invader of His Country.”)
- Coriolanus, 1723, founded on Haym’s drama of Cajo Marzio Coriolano, music by Attilo Ariosto.
- Coriolanus, 1749, Thomson. T.
- Cornelia, 1594, Kyd. T. (from Gander’s tragedy Cornélie).
- Cornélie, 1591, Garnier. T. (see above).
- Cornélie, 1768, Henault and Fusher. T.
- Cornette Jaune, 1864, Carmouche. C.
- Coronation (The), 1640, Shirley. C.
- Corsaire (The), 1856, Adam. B.
- Corsican Brothers, 1848, Boucicault. D.
- Corsicans, 1799. D. (from Kotzebue).
- Cosa Rara (La), 1786, Martini. O. (The English version is called The Siege of Belgrade.)
- Cosi Fan Tutte, 1788, Mozart. O.
- Cosmo de Medici, 1837, Horne. T.
- Costlie Whore (The), 1633, Anon. C.
- Count Egmont, 1788, Goethe. T.
- Count of Burgundy, 1798, Anne Plumtree. Pl. (from Kotzebue).
- Count of Narbonne, 1781, Jephson. T. (Walpole’s Castle of Otranto dramatized).
- Counterfeit Presentment. 1876, Howells. C.
- Counterfeits, 1677, Leanerd. C.
- Countess of Salisbury, 1767, Hartson. T.
- Country Attorney, 1793, Cumberland. C.
- Country Captain (The), 1649, duke of Newcastle. C.
- Country Girle (The), 1647, Brewer. C.
- Country Girl (The), 1716-1779, Garrick. C. (altered from The Country Wife).
- Country House, 1715, Vanbrugh. F.
- Country Innocence, 1677, Leanerd. C. (a plagiarismplagiarism of The Country Girle).
- Country Wake (The), 18th cent., Dogget. C.
- Country Wife, 1675, Wycherly. C. (largely borrowed from L’Ecole des Maris and L’Ecole des Femmes, by Molière, q.v.).
- Courageous Turk (Aurath I.), 1632, Goff. T.
- Courier of Lyons, 1852, Stirling. D.
- Couronne de Bluets, 1836, Houssaye.
- Court Beauties, 1835, Planché. C.
- Court Beggar (The), 1653, Brome. C.
- Court Secret (The), 1653, Shirley. C.
- Courtley Nice (Sir), 1685, Crowne. C.
- Courtly Masque (A), 1620, Middleton. M.
- Covent Garden, 1632, printed 1638, Nabbes. C.
- Covent Garden Weeded, 1653, Brome. C.
- Coventry Plays (The), in MS..[MS.**], 1468.
- Covivando de Piedro. (See “Convivado,” etc.)
- Coxcomb, 1612, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Cozeners (The), 1774, Foote. F.
- Creation (The), 1798, Haydn. Or.
- Creatures of Impulse, 19th cent., Gilbert.
- Creole (The), 1815-1874, C. S. Brooks. D.
- Creusa, 1754, Whitehead. T.
- Crispin Gentilhomme (1640-1685), Ant. J. Montfleury. C.
- Critic (The), 1779, Sheridan. F. (“Sir Fretful Plagiary” is meant for Cumberland.)
- Critique (La), 1662, Molière. C.
- Crochets du Père Martin (Les), 1858, Cormon and Grange. (This is the original of Oxenford’s Porter’s Knot, and Boucicault’s Daddy O’Dowd.)
- Crociato in Egitto (Il), 1825, Meyerbeer. O.
- Crœsus, 1604, Alexander, earl of Stirling. T.
- Crœsus, 1845, Richards. T.
- Cromwell (Lord), 1602, Anon. H.Pl.
- Cromwell, 1827, Victor Hugo. H.Pl. (See “Charles I.”)
- Cromwell, 1847, Richards. H.Pl.
- Cross Purposes, 1842, O’Brien. F.
- Crown Diamonds, 1842 (English version of Diamants de la Couronne, q.v.).
- Crowne for a Conqueror (A), 1639, E. Davenport. D.
- Cruel Brother (The), 1630, Davenant. T.
- Cruel Gift, 1707, Centlivre.
- Crutch and Toothpick, 1879, Sims. B.
- Cry (The), 1754, Mesd. Fielding and Collier. D.Fab.
- Cuck Queanes, etc., 1824, Percy. C.
- Cuculio, or the Hood (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Cunning Lovers (The), 1654, Brome. C.
- Cup (The), 1881, Tennyson. T.
- Cupid and Campaspê, 1583, Lyly. L.D.
- Cupid and Death, 1653, Shirley. M.
- Cupid and Psychê, 19th cent., Miller. L.D.
- Cupid in Waiting, 1871, W. B. Jerrold. C.
- Cupid’s Revenge, 1615, Beaumont and Fletcher. C. (The quarry of this play was Sidney’s Arcadia.)
- Cure for a Cuckold (A), 1661, Webster and Rowley. C.
- Cure for Romance, 1819, Thomson. C.
- Cure for the Heartache, 1811, Th. Morton. C.
- Cure of Saul, 1770, Arnold. O.
- Curfew (The), 1770-1804, Tobin. Pl.
- Custom of the Country, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. T.
- Cutter of Coleman Street, 1663, Cowley. C.
- Cyclops (B.C. 480-407), Euripides. Sat.D. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782; Shelley; with Buckley’s prose translation in Bohn’s series.
- Cymbeline, 1605, Shakespeare. T.
- Cymon (1716-1779), Garrick. D.R.
- Cymon and Iphigenia (1631-1701), Dryden.
- Cynthia and Cyrus, 1768, Hoole. T.
- Cynthia and Endymion, 1697, D’Urfey. D.O.
- Cynthia’s Revels, 1600, Jonson. Sat.C.
- Cyril’s Success, 19th cent., H. J. Byron.
- Cyrus the Great, 1696, Banks. T.
- Daddy O’Dowd, 19th cent., Boucicault. I.D. (See “Crochets du Père Martin.”)
- Daisy Farm (The), 1871, H. J. Byron. Dom.D.
- Dame Blanche (La), 1829, Boieldieu. O.C. (libretto by Scribe).
- Dame Médecin (La), 1640-1685, Ant. J. Montfleury. C.
- Dame Voilée, 1838, Balfe. O.
- Dame aux Camélias, 1848, Dumas fils. C.
- Dames Capitaines, (Les), 1857, Reber. O.
- Damoiselle, 1653, Brome. C.
- Damoiselle à Marier (La), before 1822, Scribe.
- Damoiselles à-la-Mode, 1667, Flecknoe. C.
- Damon and Pythias, 1571, R. Edwards. T. (See “Ferrex and Porrex.”)
- Damon and Pythias, 1825, Banim. Pl.
- Dancing Devils (The), 1724, E. Ward. C.
- Dan’l Druce, 1878, Gilbert. D.
- Daphne and Amintor, 1765, Bickerstaff.
- Daranes, 1743, Hill.
- Darius (King), 1565, Anon. Mir. Pl.
- Darius, 1603, published 1607, Lord Stirling. T.
- Dark Glen of Ballyfoill (The), 19th cent., Stirling. I.D.
- Daughter (The), 1836, Knowles. D.
- Daughter of St. Mark, 1844, Balfe. O.
- Daughter of the Isles, 1861, Leslie. O.
- Daughter of the Stars (The), 1815-1874, C. S. Brooks. D.
- Daughter to Marry (A), 1828, Planché. C.
- David (1724-1803), Klopstock. S.D.
- David, 1834, Neukomm. Or.
- David (King), 1874, Armstrong. T.
- David Garrick. (See “Garrick.”)
- Days of Jezebel (The), 1872, P. Bayne. H.D.
- Days of Yore, 1796, Cumberland. C.
- De Christo Triumphante, 1551, Foxe. S.D.
- De Montfort, 1798, Baillie. T.
- De Paris à Corbell, etc., 1854, Demolière. C.
- Deaf and Dumb, 1785, Holcroft. H.D.
- Death Fetch, 1830, Horne. D.
- Death of Adam (1724-1803), Klopstock. S.D.
- Death of Marlowe, 1838, Horne. T.
- Death of Nero, 1690, Pechantre. T.
- Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington, in two parts, 1601, Heywood. Pl. (See “Robin Hood.”) This play is by some attributed to Ant. Munday and Chettle.
- Death’s Jest-book, or the Fool’s Tragedy, 1850, Beddoes. D.
- Debates in the Police Friend, Herz. V.
- Debauchee (The), 1677, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Deborah, 1733, Handel. Or.
- Deformed Transformed, 1824, Byron. D. (founded partly on The Three Brothers, a novel, and partly on Goethe’s Faust).
- Dégel (Le), 1864, Sardou.
- Delinquent (The), 1765-1841, Reynolds. C.
- Demafoonte, 1719, Metastasio. O. (music by Leo).
- Demetrio, 1731, Metastasio. O. (music by Caldara).
- Demetrio, 1742, Glück. O.
- Démocrite, 1700, Régnard. C.
- Démophon, 1791, Cherubini. O.
- Dependant (The), 1798, Cumberland. C
- Dépit Amoreux, 1654, Molière. C.
- Der Freischütz, 1822, Weber. O. (libretto by Kind).
- Dervis (Le), 1811, Scribe. O.
- Desert Flower (The), 1863, Wallace. O.
- Desert Island (The), 1760, Murphy. D.Pc. (from Metastasio).
- Deserted Daughter, 1785, Holcroft. C. (altered into The Steward).
- Deserter (The), 1770, Dibdin. Mu.D. (from Le Déserteur).
- Déserteur (Le), 1769, Sedaine. C.O. (music by Monsigny).
- Destruction of Jerusalem, 1677, Crowne. T. (Milman wrote The Fall of Jerusalem, 1820. Cl.T.).
- Destruction of Troy (The), 1679, Banks. T.
- Deuce is in Him, 1763, Colman the Elder. F.
- Deux Amis (Les), 1770, Beaumarchais. D.
- Deux Aveugles (Les), 1855, Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Deux Billets (Les), 1779, Florian. C.
- Deux Hommes pour un Placard, 1860, Desarbres. F.
- Deux Journées, 1800, Cherubini. O.
- Deux Jumeaux de Bergame, 1781, Florian. C.
- Deux Papas Très-Bien, 1845, Labiche. C.
- Deux Précepteurs, before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Devil of a Wife (The), 1686, Jevon. C.
- Devil to Pay (The), 1731, Coffey. Bd.F.
- Devil upon Two Sticks, 1768, Foote. F.
- Devil’s an Ass (The), 1616, Jonson. C.
- Devil’s Charter, 1607, Barnes. T. (chief character Pope Alexander VI.).
- Devil’s Law-Case, 1613, Webster. C.
- Devil’s Opera (The), 1838, Macfarren. O.
- Devin du Village (Le), 1652, words and music by Rosseau. Opta.
- Diable à l’Ecole, 1842, Boulanger. C.O.
- Diable à Quartre (Le), 1756, Sedaine. C.O.
- Diamants de la Couronne (Les), 1841, Auber. O. (See “Crown Diamonds.”)
- Diane et Endymion, 1787, Piccini. O.
- Dido, 1734, Reed. T.
- Dido, 1783, Marmontel. O. (music by Piccini).
- Dido, Queen of Carthage, 1594, Marlowe and Nash. T.
- Dido and Æneas, 1657, Purcell. O.
- Dido and Æneas, 1727, D’Urfey. D.E.
- Didone Abbandonata, 1724, Metastasio. O. (music by Sarro and Vinci).
- Die Zauberflöte. (See “Zauberflöte.”)
- Dieu et la Bayadère, 1830, Scribe. O.
- Dinorah, 1859, Meyerbeer. O.
- Dioclesian, 1690, Purcell. O.
- Diogenes and His Lantern, 1849, Taylor. C.
- Dione, 1720, J. Gay. P.T.
- Dionysius, 1748, Marmontel. T. (Denys le Tyrant).
- Diplomate (Le), 1827, Delavigne and Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Disappointed Gallant (The), 1738, A. Thomson. Bd.O.
- Disappointment (The), 1684, Southerne. C.
- Discarded Son (The), 1854, Godfrey. C. (This is an English version of Un Fils de Famille; see “The Queen’s Shilling.”)
- Discontented Colonel, 1638, Suckling. C.
- Discovery (The), 1763, Mrs. Sheridan. C.
- Disobedient Child (The), 1575, Ingeland. Mo.
- Distrait (Le), 1697, Régnard. C.
- Distressed Mother (The), 1725, Philips. T. (Racine’s tragedy Andromaque Anglicized).
- Distressed Wife (The), 1743, J. Gay. C.
- Diversions of the Morning, 1747, Foote. F.
- Divine Olimpiade, 1719, Metastasio. O. (music by Leo).
- Divorce (The), 1805, Alfieri. C. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Djengis Khan ou La Conquête de la Chine, 1837, Anicet Bourgeois. T.
- Dr. Last in His Chariot, 1769, Foote and Bickerstaff. F. (based on Le Malade Imaginaire, by Molière, 1673).
- Dr. Magnus, 1864, Cormon. D.
- Dodypoll (Dr.), 1600, Lyly. Pl.
- Dog of Montargis, 1815. Mel. (an English version of the Chien de Montargis, of Guilbert de Pixérécourt). (There is another French drama, called Le Chien d’Aubry, on the same subject.)
- Doigts de Fee (Les), 1858, Scribe and Legouvé. O.C.
- Domino Noir (Le), 1837, Auber. O.C. (libretto by Scribe). (See “Black Domino.”)
- Don Cæsar de Bazan, 19th cent., Boucicault.
- Don Carlos, 1676, Otway. T.
- Don Carlos, 1787, Schiller. T. (translated by Calvert, 1836).
- Don Carlos, 1822, Lord J. Russell. T.
- Don Carlos, 1844, Michael Costa. O.
- Don Carlos, 1867, Verdi. O.
- Don Felix, 1714, Centlivre. C. (same as The Wonder).
- Don Garcia, 1785, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Don Giovanni, 1787, Mozart. O. (libretto by L. da Ponte). Sir H. Bishop recast this opera. (See “Giovanni” and “Convivado.”)
- Don Juan, 1665, Glück. O.
- Don Juan, 1665, Molière. C. (imitated from the “Convivado,” q.v.).
- Don Juan, 1673, Thomas Corneille. C. (from the Spanish comedy “Convivado,” q.v.).
- Don Juan, 1802, Kalkbrenner. O.
- Don Juan d’Autriche, 1835, Delavigne. C.
- Don Pasquale, 1843, Donizetti. O.
- Don Pédre, 1857, Cormon. D.
- Don Pedro, 1795, Cumberland. D.
- Don Pedro de Portugal, 1828, Gil y Zarate. D.
- Don Quixote, 1846, Macfarren. O.
- Don Quixote in England, 1736, Fielding. C.
- Don Sebastian, 1690, Dryden. T.
- Don Sebastiano, 1843, Donizetti. O.
- Donna Diana, 1864, W. Marston. C.
- Donna del Lago (La), 1821, Rossini. O.
- Doom of Devorgoil, 1829, Sir W. Scott. Pl.
- Dot., 19th cent., Boucicault.
- Double Dealer (The), 1694, Congreve. C.
- Double Deceit (The), 1736, W. Popple. C.
- Double Disguise (The), 1783, Murdoch. C.
- Double Falsehood, 1728, Theobald. T.
- Double Gallant, 1707, Cibber. C.
- Double Marriage, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Double Veuvage, 1701, Dufresny. C.
- Double or Quits, (See “Quitte,” etc.)
- Doubtful Heir (The), 1652, Shirley. C.
- Douglas, 1756, Home. T. (based on the tale of Gil Morice).
- Dowager (The), 1803-1878, C. J. Mathews.
- Dragon of Wantley, 1737, Carey. B.O. (Its sequel is called Margery, or The Dragoness).
- Dragons de la Reine, 1841, Decourcelle. C.
- Dragoons (The), 1879, Hersee. (This is an English version of Des Dragons de Villars, a comic opera by Maillart.)
- Drama of Exile, 1850, E. B. Browning.
- Dramatist (The), 1789, Reynolds, C.
- Drames du Cabaret, 1864, Dumanoir. D.
- Dream at Sea, before 1838, Buckstone. Mel.
- Dream of Scipio (The), 1797, Olivari. F. (from Metastasio).
- Dreams (1829-1871), Robertson. C.
- Drink, 1879, C. Reade. D. (from L’Assommoir, by M. Zola, 1878).
- Druid, or The Vision of Fingal, 1815, Thomson.
- Drummer (The), 1715, Addison. C. (founded on a tradition of Hurstmonceux House).
- Duchess de la Vallière, 1836, Lytton. T.
- Duchess of Guise, 1838, Flotow. O.
- Duchess of Malfy, 1623, Webster. T.
- Duenna (The), 1775, Sheridan. Op.C. (music by Linley).
- Duke of Braganza, 1785, Jephson. T.
- Duke of Guise, 1682, Dryden. T.
- Duke of Lerma, 1665, Sir Robert Howard.
- Duke of Millaine, 1623, Massinger. T.
- Duke’s Mistress, 1638, Shirley.
- Dulcamara, 1866, Gilbert. D.P.
- Dumb Knight, 1608, Machin. C.
- Dumb Lady, 1672, Lacy. C.
- Dundreary Married and Done for (Lord), 1859, H. J. Byron and Sothern. C. (See “Our American Cousin.”)
- Dupe (The), 1765, Mrs. Sheridan. C.
- Dupe. (See “Who’s the Dupe?”)
- Duplicity, 1781, Holcroft. C.
- Dutch Courtesan (The), 1605, Marston. C. (Revived in 1680, and called the Revenge. Revived again in 1746, and called The Vintner Tricked.)
- Dutch Lover (The), 1673, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Earl Godwin, 1796, Anne Yearsley. T.
- Earl of Essex (1610-1663), La Calprenède. T.
- Earl of Essex, 1678, Th. Corneille. T. (Essex).
- Earl of Essex, 1682, Banks. T.
- Earl of Essex, 1753, Jones. T.
- Earl of Essex, 1760, Brooke. T.
- Earl of Gowrie (1785-1862), White. Pl.
- Earl of Huntingdon. See (“Death of Robert ...”)
- Earl of Warwick, 1767, Dr. T. Franklin. T. (See “Warwick.”)
- Earl of Westmoreland, 1748, H. Brooke. T.
- East Indian, 1800, Lewis. C. (from Kotzebue).
- Eastward Hoe! 1605, Jonson, Chapman, etc. Sat.D. to ridicule the Scotch. (Revived by Tate, and called The Cuckold’s Haven, 1685. Revived again by Mrs. Lennox, and called Old City Manners, 1777.)
- Eccentric Love, 1799, Cumberland. C.
- Echo et Narcisse, 1778, Glück. O.
- Eclair. (See “L’Éclaire.”)
- Ecole. (See “L’École.”)
- Ecossaise (L’), 1764, Voltaire. C. (in which Fréron is gibbeted).
- Edgar, the English Monarch, 1677, Thomas Rymer. H.Pl.
- Edith (1740-1809), Downman. T.
- Edward I., 1593, Peele. H.Pl.
- Edward II., 1592, Marlowe. H.T. (Shakespeare’s Richard II. is in imitation of it, 1597).
- Edward IV., in two parts, 1600, Thomas Heywood. H.Pl.
- Edward and Leonora, 1739, Thomson. T.
- Edward the Black Prince, 1640, Shirley. H.T.
- Edwin (1678-1755), Jefferys. T.
- Edwin and Elgitha, 1795, Mad. D’Arblay. T.
- Edwin, the Banished Prince, 1784, Douglas. T.
- Edwin the Fair, 1843, Taylor. H.D.
- Egmont (Count), 1788, Goethe. T.
- Elavi, 1816, Bishop. O.
- Elder Brother, 1637, Fletcher. C.
- Election (The), 1774, Andrews. Int.
- Election of the Managers (The), 1784, G. Colman. D. Skit.
- Electra, about B.C. 439, Sophocles. T. (Greek). Translated by C. W[ase], 1649; L. Theobald, 1714; G. Adams, 1729; Potter, 1788; Dale, 1824; Plumptre, 1865.
- Electra, B.C. 413, Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782.
- Electra, 1714, Theobald. T.
- Elfrid, or The Fair Inconstant, 1710, Hill.
- Elfrida, 1752, acted 1753, Mason. T.
- Elfrida, 1856, Balfe. O.
- El Hyder, * Barrymore. G.E.Mel.S.
- Eli, 1855, M. Costa. Or.
- Elijah, 1846, Mendelssohn. Or.
- Elisa, 1794, Cherubini. O.
- Elisca (1741-1813), Grétry. O.
- Elixir d’Amour (L’), 1845, Donizetti. O.
- Eliza (1710-1778), Dr. Arne. Op.
- Ella Rosenberg, 1807, Kenney. C.
- Ellen Wareham, about 1834, Buckstone. D. (written for Mrs. Yates).
- Elmerick, 1739, Lillo. T.
- Eloisa, 1786, Reynolds. C.
- Elves (The), 1835, Heiberg. Fy.C.
- Elvira, 1760, Mallet. T.
- Emilia Galotti, 1772, Lessing. T.
- Emma, 19th cma di Resburgo, 1820, Meyerbeer. O.
- Empedocles on Etna, 1853, M. Arnold. D.Pm.
- Emperiques (Les), 1698, De Brueys. C.
- Emperor of the East, 1632, Massinger.
- Emperor of the Moon, 1687, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Empress of Morocco, 1673, Settle. T.
- Empress of Morocco, 1674, Duffett. T.
- En Avant les Chinois! 1858, Labiche. C.
- Enchanted Lovers (The), 1663, Lower. P.
- Enchantress (The), 1849, Balfe. O.
- Endimione, 1721, Metastasio. Mu.D.
- Endymion, the Man in the Moon, 1591, J. Lyly. Myt.D.
- Enfant du Peuple (Un), 1847, Labrousse. C.
- Enfants d’Edouard (Les), 1833, Delavigne. H.D.
- Engaged, 1877, Gilbert. F.C.
- England in the Days of Charles II., 1877, Wills. C.
- English Fleet (1739-1802), Arnold. Mu.D.
- English Gentleman (The), 19th cent., H. J. Byron. C.
- English Merchant, 1767, Colman. C.
- English Moor (The), 1653, Brome. C.
- English Rogue (The), 1668, Thompson. C.
- English Rogue (The), 1671, Head. Ex.
- English Princess, or Death of Richard III., 1667, Caryl. T.
- English Travellers (The), 1633, Th. Heywood. C.
- Englishman (An) in Paris, 1753, Foote. F.
- Englishman (An) returned from Paris, 1756, Foote. F.
- Englishmen for my Money, 1596, Haughton. C.
- Enrico di Borgogna, 1818, Donizetti. O.
- Enrico IV., 1834, Balfe. Op.
- Enseignement Mutuel, 1846, Nus. C.
- Envies de Mde. Godard, 1848, Carmouche. C.
- Ephesian Matron (The), 1769, Bickerstaff.
- Epicharis et Néron, 1793, Legouvé. T.
- Epicœne, or The Silent Woman, 1609, Jonson. C.
- Epidicus (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Epsom Wells, 1673, Shadwell. C.
- Erechtheus, 1876, Swinburne. T.
- Erigone (1677-1758), Lagrange. T.
- Erik (King), 1876, Gosse. T.
- Erik VII., 19th cent., Bojé. T.
- Eriphyle, 1732, Voltaire. T.
- Erminia, or The Chaste Lady, 1665, Flecknoe. T.C.
- Ernani [Hernani], 1830, Victor Hugo. R.T.
- Ernani, 1841, Verdi. O.
- Esclave de Camoëns, 1843, Flotow. O.
- Esmeralda, 1833, Victor Hugo. R.D. (An English version by H. J. Byron.)
- Esperidi (Gli Orti), 1722, Metastasio. O. (music by Porpora).
- Esprit de Contradiction, 1700, Dufresny. F.
- Essex. (See “Earl of Essex.”)
- Esther, 1689, Racine. S.T.
- Esther, 1720, Handel. Or.
- Estrella, 1865, Wallace. O. (left incomplete).
- Esule di Granada, 1823, Meyerbeer. O.
- Etéocle, 1799, Legouvé. T.
- Etoile de Nord (L’), 1854, Meyerbeer. O. (libretto by Scribe).
- Etoile de Seville (L’), 1842, Balfe. O.
- Etourdis (Les), 1788, Andrieux. C.
- Eugene Aram, 1873, W. G. Wills. D. (Lord Lytton’s novel dramatized).
- Eugénie, 1767, Beaumarchais. D.
- Eugenie, One Drama of a Trilogy (1749-1832). Goethe. T.
- Eumenides, B.C. 458, Æschylus. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1777; Buckley, 1849; Dalton, 1868; Plumptre, 1869.
- Eunuchus, or The Eunuch, B.C. 162, Terence. C (Latin). Translated by Bentley, 1726; Colman the Elder, 1765; Barry, 1857; etc.
- Euphosine et Coradin. 1790, Hoffmann. O.C. (music by Méhul).
- Euryanthe, 1825, Weber. O.
- Eurydice, 1731, Mallet. T.
- Evadne, or The Statue, 1819, Sheil (The Traitor, by Shirley, 1631, reset).
- Evasion de Marie Stuart, 1822, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. D.
- Evening’s Love (An), 1668, Dryden.
- Every Man (written in the reign of Edward IV.). Anon. Mo. (printed by Pynson).
- Every Man in His Humor, 1596, improved 1598, Jonson. C. (Garrick reset this comedy.)
- Every Man out of His Humor, 1599, Jonson. C.
- Every one has His Fault, 1794, Inchbald. C. (realized £700).
- Example (The), 1637, Shirley. C.
- Excommunicated Prince (The), 1679, Bedlow. T.
- Exiles of Siberia, 1789, Aude. D.
- Extravagant Shepherd (The), 1654. T.R. (from Corneille).
- Extremes, or Men of the Day, 1859, O’Rourke (i.e. E. Falconer).
- Ezechias, 1564, Udal. S.D.
- Ezio, 1728, Metastasio. O.
- Fabii (The), 1573, Anon. H.Pl.
- Facheux (Les), 1661, Molière. C.
- Faded Flowers, 1874, A. W. A’Beckett. C.
- Fair Anchoress of Pausilippo, 1640, Massinger. C.
- Fair Circassian (The), 1720, Dr. Croxall. D.Pm. (This is Solomon’s Song dramatized.)
- Fair Circassian (The), 1749-1814, S. J. Pratt. T.
- Fair Maid of the Exchange, 1607, Heywood.
- Fair Maid of the Inn, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Fair One with the Golden Locks (The), 1843, Planché.
- Fair Penitent (The), 1703, Rowe. T. (quarried from The Fatal Dowry by Massinger).
- Fair Quaker of Deal, 1617, Ch. Shadwell. C. (altered by Ed. Thompson).
- Fair Quarrel, 1617, Middleton and Rowley. C.
- Fair Rosamond. (See “Rosamond.”)
- Fair Rosamond, 1836, Barnett. H.O.
- Fairy Knight (The), 19th cent., Ford and Dekker.
- Faithful Friend, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Faithful Shepherdess, 1610, Fletcher. P. (in imitation of Il Pastor Fido, 1590, q.v.).
- Falcon (The), 1879, Tennyson. V. (in one act). (The story is from Boccaccio’s Decameron.)
- Fall of Jerusalem, 1820, Milman. D.Pm. (Crowne wrote, in 1680, The Destruction of Jerusalem. T.)
- Fall of Mortimer, 1731, Mortimer. H.Pl.
- Fall of Portugal, 1808, Dr. Wolcot (Peter Pindar). T.
- Fall of Robespierre, 1794, Coleridge. H.Pl.
- Fall of the Giants, 1745, Glück. O.
- False Alarms, 1807, Kenney. Opta. (music by King and Braham).
- False Concord, 1760, Townley. C. (See “Clandestine Marriage.”)
- False Count (The), 1682, Mrs. Behn. C.
- False Delicacy, 1763, Kelly. C.
- False Friend (1672-1726), Vanbrugh. C.
- False Impressions, 1796, Cumberland. C.
- False One (The), 1619, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). T. (That is Cleopatra and J. Cæsar.)
- False Shame, 1872, Marshall. C.
- Falstaff, 1838, Balfe. O.
- Falstaff’s Wedding, 1766, Mortimer. H.Pl.
- Famille Benoiton (La), 1865, Sardou. D.
- Famille Poisson (La), 1633-1690, Poisson. C.
- Famille Renneville (La), 1802, Demoliére. D.
- Famille au Temps de Luther (Une), 1836, Delavigne. T.
- Famille de Lusigny (La), 1830, Soulié. D.
- Family Honors, 1878, Marshall. Pl.
- Family Legend (The), 1810, Baillie. T.
- Family of Love (The), 1608, Middleton. C.
- Famous Victories of Henry V. (The), 1578, Anon. H.Pl. (This was the quarry of Shakepeare’s Henry V.)
- Fanatico per la Musica, 1799, Mayer. O.
- Fancies Chaste and Noble, 1638, Ford. T.C.
- Fancy’s Festival, 1657, Jordan. M.
- Fanisca, 1805, Cherubini. O.
- Farinelli, 1837, Barnett. O.
- Farm-House (The), 1757-1823, Kemble. F.
- Farmer (The), 1788, Shield. O.
- Farmer’s Wife (The), 1780, Dibdin, junior. C.O.
- Faro Table (The), 1770-1804, Tobin.
- Fashion, 1845, Mowatt. C.
- Fashionable Levites (1752-1820), Macnally. C.
- Fashionable Lover (The), 1772, Cumberland. C.
- Fast and Welcome, 1660, Massinger. C.
- Fata Morgana, 1838, Heiberg. Fy.C.
- Fatal Contract (The), 1653, Hemmings. T. (from the French).
- Fatal Curiosity, 1736, Lillo. T.
- Fatal Discovery, 1769, Home. T.
- Fatal Dowry, 1620, Massinger and Field. T. (See “Fair Penitent.”)
- Fatal Extravagance, 1721, Mitchell. T. (altered by Hill, in 1746).
- Fatal Falsehood, 1779, H. More. T.
- Fatal Friendship (1679-1749), Mrs. Cockburn. T.
- Fatal Love (1648-1724), Settle. T.
- Fatal Marriage, 1692, Southerne. T. (See “Isabella, or the Fatal Marriage.”)
- Fatal Vision, 1716, Hill. T.
- Fate of Villainy (The), 1730, T. Walker. T.
- Father Baptiste, 19th cent., Stirling. D.
- Father’s Revenge (A), 1783, earl of Carlisle. T.
- Faucon (Le), 1772, Sedaine. O.C. (music by Monsigny.)
- Faulkner, 1808, W. Godwin. T.
- Faussaires Anglaises (Les), 1833, Cormon. D.
- Fausse Magie (La), 1775, Marmontel. O. (music by Grétry).
- Faust, pt., i., 1798; ii., 1828; Goethe. T. or rather a dramatic poem. (English versions by Leveson-Gower, 1823; A. Hayward, 1833; J. S. Blackie, 1834; Anster, 1835; R. Talbot, 1835; J. Birch, 1839; J. Hills, 1840; L. Filmore, 1841; MacDonald, 1842; Gurney, 1843; C. H. Knox, 1847; Sir W. Scott, 1851; Grant, 1868; Martin, 1870; Taylor, 1871; B. Bernard; Scoones, Swanwicke; etc.)
- Faust and Marguerite, 1877, Boucicault.
- Faust e Margherito, Gounod. O.
- Faustus (Dr.), 1604, Marlowe. T.
- Favorita, 1843, Donizetti. O.
- Fazio, 1815, Milman. T.
- Fée Urgèle (La), 1749-1806, Favart. O.C.
- Feigned Courtezan (The), 1679, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Feinte par Amour (La), 1734-1780, Dorat. C.
- Félix, 1777, Sedaine. O.C. (music by Monsigny).
- Felix (Don). (See “The Wonder.”)
- Felton (John), 1852, Stirling. H.Pl.
- Female Academy (The), 1624-1673, Margaret, duchess of Newcastle. C.
- Female Dramatist, 1782, Colman. Mu.F.
- Female Officer (1757-1823), Kemble. F.
- Female Parricide (The), 1761, Crane. T.
- Female Prelate (The), 1680, Settle. T.
- Female Volunteer (The), 1801, Hallorom. D.
- Femme à Deux Maris (La), 1802, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. V.
- Femme Jalouse (La), 1726, Joly. C.
- Femme Juge et Partie (La), 1666, Montfleury. C. (reduced to three acts by Leroy, 1821).
- Femmes et le Mérite des Femmes, 1824, Antier. C.
- Femmes et le Secret, 1843, Déaddé. C.
- Femmes Savantes (Les), 1672, Moliére. C.
- Femmes Soldats (Les), 1809, Dartois. C.
- Femmes Terribles (Les), 1858, Dumanoir. D.
- Fénelon, 1793, Chénier. T. (An English version by Merry.)
- Fernande, 1868, Sardou. C. (adapted by S. Edwards).
- Ferrex and Porrex, 1561-62, Buckhurst. T. (called Gorboduc by Sir P. Sidney. The first three acts by Norton, the last two by Sackville Lord Buckhurst. First English tragedy). (See “Damon and Pythias” and “Ralph Roister Doister.”)
- Festin de Pierre. (See “Don Juan.”)
- Festus, 1839, Bailey. D.Pm.
- Feudal Times (1785-1862), White. Pl.
- Few (The), 1805, Alfieri. C.
- Fidèle Berger (Le), 1837, Adam. O.C.
- Fidelio, 1791, Beethoven. O.
- Fiesco, 1783, Schiller. T.
- Fiesco, 1850, H. Elliott. T.
- Fiesque, 1824, Ancelot. T. (a French version of the above).
- Figaro. (See “Mariage de ...” and “Nozze....”)
- Filippo II., 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Fille de Jephte, 1814, Meyerbeer. Or. (See “Jephte.”)
- Fille de l’Exile (La), 1819, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. D.
- Fille des Bois, 1800, Weber. O.
- Fille du Cid (La), 1840, Delavigne. T.
- Fille du Diable, 1860, Thiboust. D.
- Fille du Régiment, 1840, Donizetti. O.C.
- Fille du Tambour-Major, 1879, Offenbach. C.Bf.
- Filles de Marbre (Les), 1853, Barrière. D.
- Fils de Famille (Un), 1853, Bayard and Bieville. C. (See “The Discarded Son.”)
- Fils du Diable, 1860, Déaddé. D. (See “Fille du Diable.”)
- Fils Ingrats ou L’École des Pères, 1728, Piron. C.
- Fils Naturel, 1757, Diderot. C.
- Financier et le Savetier (Le), 1819-1880, Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Fine Companion (A), 1633, Marmion. Pl.
- Finestrina (La), 1805, Alfieri. C. (scene laid in hell), translated by C. Lloyd, 1815.
- Finta Giardiniera (La), 1774, Mozart. O.
- Fiole de Cagliostro (La), 1835, Brisebarre. D.
- Firmilian, 1854, T. P. Jones (i.e. Aytoun). Sp.T.
- First Floor (The), 1756-1818, Cobb. F.
- First Impressions, 1813, H. Smith. C.
- First Love, 1795, Cumberland. C.
- Flitch of Bacon, 1778, Dudley. Mu.F. (music by Shield).
- Flitting Day (The), 19th cent., Herz. D.
- Floating Island (The), 1655, Strode. T.C. (music by Lawes).
- Florinda, 1699, Handel. O.
- Flowers of the Forest, 1847, Buckstone. R.D.
- Flying Dutchman, about 1830, Fitzball. Mel.
- Flying Scud, 1866, Boucicault. D.
- Folies Amoureuses, 1704, Régnard. C.
- Follies of a Day (The), 1745-1809, Holcroft. C.
- Follies of the Night, 1842, Planché. C.
- Folly as it Flies (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Fond Husband (The), 1676, D’Urfey. C.
- Fontainbleau, 1798, O’Keefe. C.
- Fool made Wise, 1741, S. Johnson. C.O.
- Fool of Quality (1633-1690), Poisson. C.
- Fool turned Critic (The), 1678, D’Urfey. C.
- Fool would be a Favorite, 1657, Carlell. Pl.
- Fool’s Opera, 1731, Aston. O.
- Fool’s Preferment (The), 1688, D’Urfey. C. (Fletcher’s play The Two Noble Kinsmen. The songs are by Purcell.)
- Fool’s Revenge (The), 1859, Tom Taylor. H.D.
- Fopling Flutter (Sir), 1676, Etherege. C. (second title of The Man of Mode).
- Forced Marriage (The), 1770, Armstrong. T. (See “Mariage Forcé.”)
- Forest (The), 1616, B. Jonson.
- For Love or Money (1830-1877), Halliday. C.
- Forgery, 1832, Buckstone. Mel.
- Formosa, 19th cent., Boucicault.
- Fortresse du Danube (La), 1805, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. Mel.
- Fortunate Isles (The), 1626, B. Jonson. M.
- Fortunate Isles (The), 1840, Planché.
- Fortunatus (Old), or the Wishing-Cap, 1600, Dekker. C.
- Fortune by Land and Sea, 1655. Th. Heywood. T.C.
- Fortune’s Fool (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Fortune’s Frolic, about 1800, Allingham. F.
- Fortunes of Nigel, Sir W. Scott’s novel, 1822, dramatized by A. Halliday.
- Forza del Destino (La), 1869, Verdi. O.
- Foscari (IlIl due), 19th cent., Verdi. O.
- Foscari (The), 1826, Miss Mitford. H.T.
- Foscari (The Two) 1821, Byron. H.T.
- Foul Play, 19th cent., C. Reade and Boucicault.
- Foundling (The), 1748, E. Moore. C.
- Foundling of the Forest, * Dimond. Pl.
- Four Elements (The), before 1536, Rastell. Int.
- Four Fine Gallants, 1607, Middleton. C.
- Four P’s (Palmer, Pardoner, Poticary, Pedlar), 1530, printed 1569, J. Heywood. Int.
- Four Plays in One, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Four ’Prentices of London, 1632, Heywood. H.Pl.
- Four Sons of Aymon, 1843, Balfe. O.
- Fourberies de Scapin, 1671, Molière. C. (See “Cheats of Scapin.”)
- Fox. (See “Volpone.”)
- Fra Diavolo, 1830, Auber. O.C. (libretto by Scribe). (Fra Diavolo, by H. J. Byron.)
- Francesca da Rimini, 1816, Hunt. D.Pm.
- Francis I., 1830, F. A. Kemble. H.Pl.
- Francois I. à Madrid, 1826, Brifaut. T.
- Fredolpho, 1818, Maturin.
- Freethinker (The), 1774, Lessing. D.
- Freischütz (Der), 1822, Weber. O. (libretto by Kind).
- French Refugée (The), 1836, Mrs. S. C. Hall. Pl.
- Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, 1588, Greene. C. (first acted in 1591, first printed 1594).
- Friendship in Fashion, 1683, Otway. C.
- Frogs (The), B.C. 405, Aristophanes. C. (Greek). Translated by Dunster, 1812; Mitchell, 1820-22; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867.
- Frozen Deep (The), 1857, Wilkie Collins. D.
- Fugitive (The), 1758-1803, J. Richardson. C.
- Funeral, or Grief à-la-Mode, 1701, Steele. C.
- Gabrielle de Vergy, 1768, De Belloy. T. (This is the story of Raval de Courcy and the Dame de Fayel, whose history was written by G. A. Crapelet, and published in 1829.)
- Gageure Imprévue (La), 1772, Sedaine. C.
- Galant Jardinier, 1667, Dancourt. C.
- Galathea, 1592, J. Lyly. Pl.
- Gallant (The), 1765, O’Keefe. C.
- Gallants (The), 1696, G. Granville. C.
- Galotti. (See “Emilia Galotti.”)
- Game at Chesse, 1624, Middleton. C.
- Game of Life (The), 19th cent., J. Brougham. D.Pc.
- Game of Love (The), 19th cent., J. Brougham. D.Pc.
- Game of Speculation, 19th cent., Slingsby Laurence (i.e. G. H. Lewes). Adapted from Balzac’s Mercadet le Faiseur. (See “Speculation.”)
- Gamester (The), 1637, Shirley. C. (Altered by C. Johnson into The Wife’s Relief, 1711; The Gamesters, by Garrick, 1758; The Wife’s Stratagem, by J. Poole, 1827. It was founded on a tale by Malespini.)
- Gamester (The), 1709, Centlivre. T.
- Gamester (The), 1753, E. Moore. T.
- Gamesters (The), 1758, Garrick. C. (See above, “Gamester.”)
- Gammer Gurton’s Needle, 1551, Mr. S. Master of Arts (said to be Bishop Still; but he was under nine years of age at the date given. It was printed in 1575, when Still was 32. This was our second comedy). (See “Roister Doister” and “Mesogonus.”)
- Garçon de Ferme (Le), 1861, Brisebarre. D.
- Garrick (David), 1864, Robertson. C. (adapted from the French).
- Gay Deceivers, 1804, Colman. F.
- Gazza Ladra (La), 1817, Rossini. C.O.
- Gemma di Vergi, 1835, Donizetti. O.
- General (The), 1653, Shirley. T.C.
- Generous Conqueror, 1702, Higgons.
- Geneviève de Brabant, 1860, Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Gentle Shepherd, 1725, Ramsay. P. (altered by Tickell in 1786).
- Gentleman Cully (The), 1702, C. Johnson. Pl.
- Gentleman Dancing-Master, 1673, Wycherly. C.
- Gentleman Usher, 1606, Chapman. C.
- Gentleman of Alsatia (The), 1688, Shadwell. C. (sometimes called The Squire of Alsatia).
- Gentleman of Venice (A), 1655, Shirley. T.C.
- Genvière, before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- George Barnwell, 1730, Lillo. T.
- George Dandin, 1668, Molière. C.
- George-a-Green, 1599, Greene. C. (a ballad bearing the same title is amongst Greene’s Dramatic Works).
- Geta, 1687, Pechantre. T.
- Gibraltar, 1704, Dennis. D.
- Gil Blas, 1750, E. Moore. C.
- Gilded Age (The), 1874, Mark Twain and C. D. Warner. C.
- Giovanni (Don), 1787, Mozart. O. (libretto by L. da Ponte). (See “Don Juan.”)
- Giovanni in London (1687-1770), Moncrieff. O.Ex.
- Giovanni of Naples, 1839, Landor. (See “Don Giovanni.”)
- Giovanno-d’Arco, 1868, Verdi. O.
- Gipsies Metamorphosed (The), * B. Jonson. M.
- Gipsy Warning, 1838, Benedict. O.
- Gisipus, 1842, Griffin. T.
- Giralda, 1850, Adam. O.C.
- Girl’s Romance (A), 1879, Boucicault. D.
- Girls (The), 1879, H. J. Byron. C.
- Gisèle, 1841, Adam. B.
- Giulio Sabino, 1781, Sarti. O.
- Giulio Sabino, 1784, Cherubini. O. (a pupil of Sarti).
- Giuseppe, 1732, Metastasio. O.
- Giustino, 1712, Metastasio. T. (aged 14).
- Give a Dog a Bad Name, * J. M. Morton. C.
- Gladiateur, 1841, Altenheim. T.
- Gladiator (The), 1803-1854, Bird. T.
- Glass of Government (The), 1575, Gascoigne. T.C.
- Glencoe, 1839, Talfourd. T.
- Gli Orti Esperidi. (See “Orti....”)
- Goblins (The), 1636, Suckling. C.
- Godly Queen Hester, 1561, Anon. Mir.Pl.
- Goetz von Berlichengen, 1773, Goethe. H.D. (English versions by Rose d’Aguilar, 1795; Sir W. Scott, 1799.)
- Going to the Bad, 1858, Tom Taylor. C.
- Gold-Mine, or Miller of Grenoble, 1854, Stirling. D.
- Golden Age (The), 1611, Th. Heywood. C.
- Golden Branch (The), 1847, Planché.
- Golden Fleece (The), 1845, Planché.
- Golden Legend (The), 1851, Longfellow. D.Pm.
- Golden Pippin, 1765, O’Hara.
- Good-Natured Man (The), 1768, Goldsmith. C.
- Good Soldier (The), about 1680, from R. Poisson.
- Good for Nothing, 1851, Buckstone. C.D.
- Gorboduc. (See “Ferrex and Porrex.”)
- Gotham Election, 1715, Centlivre. C.
- Governor of Cyprus, 1703. Oldmixon.
- Gracchus, 1792, Chénier. T. (See “Caio Gracco.”)
- Gracchus (Caius), 1815, Knowles. H.T.
- Gracchus (Caius), 1825, Monti. H.T.
- Grand Duchesse de Gérolstein (La), 1867, Offenbach. O.
- Grasshopper (The), 1877, Hollingshead. C. (from the French).
- Grateful Fair (The), 1747, C. Smart. Pl.
- Grateful Servant, 1630, Shirley. Pl.
- Gray. (See “Grey.”)
- Great Casimir (The), 1879, Leigh. Mu.D. (music by Lecocq; from the French).
- Great City (The), 1830-1877, Halliday. C.
- Great-Duke of Florence, 1636, Massinger. C.
- Grecian Daughter, 1772, Murphy. T.
- Grecian Heroine (The), 1721, D’Urfey. O.
- Green Bushes, 1845, Buckstone. D.
- Green Domino, 1810, Korner. C.
- Green-Eyed Monster (The), 1828, Planché.
- Gregory VII., 1840, Horne. T.
- Grey (Lady Jane), 1638, Calprinède. T.
- Grey (Lady Jane), 1715, Rowe. T.
- Grey (Lady Jane), 1876, Tennyson. T.
- Grief à-la-Mode, 1702, Steele. C.
- Grim, the Collier of Croydon, 1662. C. by J. T.
- Griselda (1774-1839), Paer. O.
- Griselda, 1856, E. Arnold. D. (See “Patient Grissel.”)
- Griselda, 1873, M. E. Braddon. T.
- Grondeur (Le), 1691, De Brueys. C.
- Grotius (1761-1819), Kotzebue.
- Grotto on the Stream, 19th cent., Stirling. D.
- Grove (The), or Lovers’ Paradise, 1700, Oldmixon. C.
- Guardian (The), 1637, Massinger. C. (altered by Garrick in 1759).
- Guardian (The), 1650, Cowley. C.
- Guèbres, 1762, Voltaire. T.
- Gul’s Hornbook, 1609, Dekker. C.
- Gustave III., 1833, Scribe. O.
- Gustave, or Le Napolitain, 1825, Anicet Bourgeois. D.
- Gustavus Erikson (1679-1749), Mrs. Cockburn.
- Gustavus Vasa, 1733, Piron. T.
- Gustavus Vasa, 1739, Brooke. T.
- Gustavus Vasa, 1797, Kotzebue. T.
- Guy Mannering, 1816, Terry. Mu.Pl.--music by Bishop. (This is a dramatized version of Sir W. Scott’s novel so called, 1815.)
- H. (Mr.), 1806, C. Lamb. F.
- Habit de Cour, 1818, Antier. D.
- Haine d’Une Femme (La), before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Half-Pay Officer (1706-1767), Molloy. C.
- Halidon Hill, 1822, Sir W. Scott. A dramatic sketch in three acts.
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 1596, Shakespeare. T. (printed 1603).
- Hamlet Travestied, 1811, Poole. F.
- Hampstead Heath, 1706, Baker. C.
- Handsome Hernani, 1879, H. J. Byron. B.
- Hanging and Marriage, 1722, Carey. F.
- Hannibal and Scipio, 1635; acted in 1637. Nabbes. T.
- Happiest Day of My Life (The), 1802-1879, Buckstone.
- Happy Family (The), 1799, Thompson. Pl. (from Kotzebue).
- Happy Man (The), 1797-1868, Lover. O.
- Happy Pair, 1868, S. T. Smith. Cdta.
- Hard Struggle (A), 1858, W. Marston. Pl.
- Harlekin Patriot (The), 1772, Ewald. D.
- Harlot’s Progress (The), 1733, T. Cibber. Ex.
- Harold, 1876, Tennyson. H.Pm.
- Harry Gaylove (Sir), 1772, Miss Marshall. C.
- Hartford Bridge (1754-1829), Shield. Mu.F.
- Haunted Tower (The), 1793, Cobb. Mu.D. (music by Storace).
- Haydee, 1847, Auber. O.
- He Would if He Could, 1771, Bickerstaff. C.
- He’s Much to Blame, 1790, Holcroft. C.
- Heart and the World, 1847, W. Marston. Pl.
- Heart’s Delight (The), 1830-1877, Halliday. C.
- Heauton-timoroumenos, or The Self-Tormentor, B.C. 163, Terence. C. (Latin). Translated by Bentley, 1726; Colman the Elder, 1765; Barry, 1857; etc.
- Heaven and Earth, 1822, Byron. Mys.
- Hector, his Life and Death, 1614, Thomas Heywood. H.Pl.
- Hecuba, B.C. 423, Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782; Morgan, 1865; Giles, 1866.
- Hecyra, or The Stepmother, B.C. 165, Terence. C. (Latin).
- Translated by
- Bentley, 1726;
- Colman the Elder, 1765;
- Barry, 1857.
- Heir (The), 1622, May. C.
- Heir-at-Law (The), 1797, Colman. C. (See “Lord’s Warmingpan.”)
- Heir of Vironi, 1817, Pocock. Mu.D. (music by Whittaker).
- Heiress (The), 1786, Burgoyne. C.
- Helen and Paris, 1768, Glück. O. (libretto by Calzabigi).
- Helena, B.C. 412, Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782. Hellas, 1821, P. B. Shelley. L.D.
- Helping Hands, 1855, Tom Taylor. C.
- Helter Skelter, 1704, E. Ward. C.
- Helvellyn, 1864, Macfarren. O.
- Helvétius, 1802, Andrieux. C.
- Henri III., 1829, Dumas. H.D.
- Henri IV., 1725, Beckingham. H.D.
- Henri IV., 1834, Balfe. O. (Enrico IV.).
- Henri IV. en Famille, 1828, Deforges. D.
- Henriette the Forsaken, about 1835, Buckstone. C.
- Henriette Deschamps, 1863, Carré. D.
- Henry II., 1773, a drama produced by adding together the two subjoined.
- Henry II., King of England, with the death of Rosamond, 1693, ascribed both to Bancroft and to Mountford. H.T.
- Henry and Rosamond, 1749, Hawkins. H.T.
- Henry II., 1799, Ireland. H.D.
- Henry II., 1843, Helps. H.D.
- 1 Henry IV., 1598, Shakespeare. H.Pl. (printed 1598).
- 2 Henry IV., 1598, Shakespeare. H.Pl. (printed 1600).
- Henry IV. with ... Sir John Falstaff, 1700, Betterton. C. (the sequel in 1719).
- Henry V., 1599, Shakespeare. H.Pl. (printed 1600). (This play resembles an older one: The Famous Victories of Henry V.)
- Henry V., 1723, Hill. H.Pl.
- 1 Henry VI., 1592, Shakespeare. H.Pl. (alluded to by Nash, in Pierce Penniless, 1592).
- 2 Henry VI., 1594, Shakespeare. H.Pl.
- 3 Henry VI., 1595, Shakespeare. H.Pl.
- Henry VII., 1812, Chenevix. H.Pl.
- Henry VIII., 1601, Shakespeare. H.Pl. (Knight, 1613).
- Henry VIII., 1791, Chénier. D.H. (Henri VIII.).
- Heraclidæ, B.C. 421, Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782.
- Héraclides (Les), 1752, Marmontel. T.
- Heraclius, Emperor of the East, 1664, L. Carlell. T. (from Corneille).
- Hercule, 1643, Rotrou. Cl.T. (imitated from the Herculês Furens of Euripidês).
- Hercules Furens (B.C. 480-406), Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782.
- Hercules Furens (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin). Adapted by T. Heywood, 1561; T. Newton, 1581.
- Hercules Œtæus (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin). Adapted by J. Studley, 1587.
- Hernani. (See “Ernani” and “Handsome Hernani.”)
- Hero and Leander, 1669, Stapleton. T.
- Hero and Leander, 18th cent., Jackman. O.Blta.
- Hero of Romance (A), 1867, W. Marston (from the French).
- Herod and Antipas, 1622, Markham. T.
- Herod and Mariamne, 1673, Pordage. T.
- Heroic Love, 1686, G. Granville. T.
- Heroine of the Cave (1719-1777), Hiffernan. D.
- Herr Burckhurd and His Family, 1827, Herz. Dom.D.
- Hertford Bridge. (See “Hartford Bridge.”)
- Hey for Honesty, 1638, Randolph. C. (the Plutus of Aristophanes). Sir C. Wren performed in this play the character of Nœnias.
- Hic et Ubique, 1663, Head. C.
- Hick Scorner (*-*). Mo. (printed by Wynkyn de Worde).
- Hide Park. (See “Hyde.”)
- Hieronimo. (See “Jeronimo.”)
- High Life Above Stairs, 1776, Garrick. F.
- High Life Below Stairs, 1759, Townley. F.
- High-Mettled Racer (1771-1841), Dibdin. Mu.Tr.
- Highland Fair, 1729, Mitchell. Bd.O.
- Highland Reel, 1798, O’Keefe.
- Hinko, 1871, Wills. D.
- Hints for Husbands, 1806, Cumberland. C.
- Hippolyte et Aricie, 1732, Rameau. O.
- Hippolytus, B.C. 428, Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782; Fitzgerald, 1867; Williams, 1871.
- Hippolytus or Phædra (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin). Adapted in Alexandrine verse by J. Studley, 1581; translated by E. Prestwich, 1651. (See “Phædra.”)
- Hiren, the Faire Greek, 1584; Peele. C. (The title of this play is The Turkish Mahomet and....)
- His Last Legs (1808-1875), W. B. Bernard.
- Historical Register, 1738, Fielding. C.
- History of Madoc, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- History of Orlando Furioso, 1594, Greene. C.
- History of the Two Valiant Knights, Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes, 1599, Peele. T.
- Hit or Miss (1782-1835), Pocock. C.
- H.M.S. Pinafore, 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan. N.C.Opta.
- Hoffman, 1631, Chettle. T.
- Hog hath lost His Pearl (The), 1613, R. Tailor. C.
- Hollander (The), 1640, Glapthorne. C.
- Holland’s Leaguer, 1632, Marmion. C.
- Holofernes, 1554, Anon. T.
- Home (1829-1871), Robertson.
- Home for Home, 1879, Lee. V.
- Homme à Trois Visages (L’), 1801, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. V.
- Homo (*-1639), Atkinson. T. (Latin).
- Honest Cheats, 1836, Coyne. C.
- Honest Lawyer, 1616, S.S. C.
- Honest Man’s Fortune, 1613, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Honest Thieves (The), 1774-1826), Knight. F. (The Committee, C., reset).
- Honest Whore (The), 1602, Dekker. C. (published under the title of The Converted Courtezan, 1604).
- Honest Yorkshireman, 1736, Carey. F.
- Honeycombe (Polly), 1760, Colman. D.N.
- Honeymoon (The), 1804, Tobin. C.
- Honneur de Mamère, 1837, Boule.
- Honoria and Mammon, 1659, Shirley. Pl.
- Honorable Ambition, 1751, Holberg. C.
- Honorable Delinquent (1749-1811), Jovellanos. C.
- Honors and Tricks (1815-1874), C. S. Brooks. C.
- Hood. (See “Robin Hood.”)
- Hop o’ my Thumb, 1864, *. O.
- Hope of the Family (The), 1805-1868, Coyne.
- Horace, 1639, Corneille. T. (translated by Sir W. Lower, 1656; C. Cotton, 1671).
- Horatius, 1657, Sir W. Lower (from Corneille).
- Hotel (The), 1783, Jephson. Pl.
- House or the Home (The), 1859, Tom Taylor.
- Housekeeper (The), 1835, Jerrold. C.
- How She Loves Him! 1867, Boucicault, C.
- How to Grow Rich (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- How to Settle Accounts with your Laundress, 1847, Coyne.
- Huguenot (The), 1791-1851, Sheil.
- Huguenots (Les), 1833, Meyerbeer. O. (libretto by Scribe).
- Huitre et les Plaideurs (Le), 1769, Sedaine. O.C.
- Humor out of Breath, 1608, Day. C.
- Humorist (The), 1671, Shadwell. C.
- Humorous Courtier (The), 1640, Shirley. C.
- Humorous Dayes Myrth (An), 1599, Chapman. C.
- Humorous Lieutenant, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Humorous Lovers (The), 1677, duke of Newcastle. C.
- Humors of an Election (The), 1780, *. C.
- Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, 1725, Philips. T.
- Hunchback (The), 1831, Knowles. C.
- Hunting of Cupid (The), 1591, Peele. C.
- Hurlo-Thrumbo, 1729, S. Johnson. Ex.
- Huron (Le), 1769, Marmontel. O. (music by Grétry).
- Husband His Own Cuckold, before 1704, C. Dryden. C.
- Husband at Sight (1802-1879), Buckstone.
- Hussard de Feltheim, 1827, Dupenty.
- Hussites (The), 1761-1819, Kotzebue. D.
- Hyde Park, 1637, Shirley. C.
- Hymenæi, 1606, Jonson. \ M.
- Hymen’s Triumph, 1615, S. Daniel. P.T.
- Hypocrite (The), 1768, Bickerstaff. C. (This is The Nonjuror, 1717, modernized; and The Nonjuror is an English version of Moliére’s Tartuffe, 1664.)
- Hyrden af Tolosa. 19th cent., Ingemann.
- Hyren, the Fair Greek, 1584, Peele. C.
- Idle Business, or Man Who has no Time, 1750, Holberg. C.
- Idomeneo, 1781, Mozart. O.
- If I had a Thousand a Year (1764-1838), Morton. C.
- If it is not Good the Divel is in It, 1612, Day. C.
- Ifigenia in Aulide, 1788, Cherubini. O. (See “Iphigenia.”)
- Ignoramus, 1611, printed 1662, G. Ruggle. C. (Latin).
- Ildegerte, Queen of Norway, 1799, B. Thompson. Pl. (from Kotzebue).
- Ill Beginning has a Good End (An), 1613, Ford. C.
- Ill-Treated Il Trovatore, 1855, H. J. Byron. F.
- Illustrious Stranger (The), 1827, Kenney. Mel.
- Immanuel, 1853, Leslie. Or.
- Imperial Captives (1692-1750), Mottley. D.
- Imperial Tragedy (The), 1669, Sir W. Killigrew. T.
- Impertinent (The), 1750, Desmahis. F.
- Important de Cour (L’), 1693, De Brueys. C.
- Impostor (The), 1789, Cumberland. C.
- Impromptu de Campagne (L’), 1633-1690, R. Poisson. C.
- Impromptu de l’Hôtel de Condé, 1664, Montfleury. C. (written in rivalry of Molière’s Impromptu de Versailles).
- Impromptu de Versailles, 1663, Molière. C.
- In Quarantine, * Ware. C.
- Inconstant (The), 1703, Farquhar. C.
- Inconstant Lady (The), 16th cent., Wilson. C. (printed 1814).
- Indian Emperor, 1665, Dryden. He.Pl.
- Indian Queen (The), 1664, Dryden and Howard. He.Pl.
- Indians (The), 1770-1804. Tobin.
- Indians in England (The), 1761-1819, Kotzebue. D.
- Indiscret (L’), 1725, Voltaire. C.
- Inès de Castro, 1723, Lamotte. T.
- Inès de Cordue, 1696, Bernard. T.
- Inez de Castro, 1590, Ferreira. T.
- Inflexible Captive (The), 1774, H. More. T. (adapted from Metastasio’s Attilio Regolo).
- Ingranno Infelice, 1812, Rossini. O.
- Injured Princess (The), 1682, D’Urfey. T.C. (a version of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline).
- Inkle and Yarico, 1787, Colman. Mu.Pl.
- Innocent Usurper (The), 1694, Banks. T.
- Ino et Melicerte (1677-1758), Lagrange. T.
- Insatiate Countess (The), 1613, Marston. T.
- Insolvent (The), 1738, Hill.
- Institution of the Garter (The), 1742, West. D.Pm.
- Intrigue and Love, 1783, Schiller. T. (Kabale und Liebe).
- Intrigues of Versailles, 1797, D’Urfey. C.
- Intriguing Chambermaid, 1734, Fielding. F.
- Invader of His Country, 1705, Dennis. T. (This is Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, reset.)
- Invincibles (The), 1820, Morton. C.
- Invisible Prince (The), 1846, Planché.
- Ion (B.C. 480-406), Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782; Cooke, 1869.
- Ion, 1803, Schlegel. Cl.T.
- Ion, 1835, Talfourd. Cl.T.
- Ipermnestra, 1742, Glück. O.
- Ipermnestra, 1744, Metastasio (written in 9 days).
- Iphigenia, 1702, Dennis. T.
- Iphigenia at Tauris (B.C. 480-406), Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782.
- Iphigenia in Aulis (B.C. 480-406), Euripides. T. (Greek).
- Translated by
- Banister, 1780;
- Potter, 1781;
- Wodhull, 1782.
- Iphigenia in Aulis, 1776, Glück. O. (libretto by Calzabigi).
- Iphigenia in Tauris, 1779, Glück. O. (libretto by Calzabigi).
- Iphigenia in Tauris, 1786, Goethe. Cl.D. (translated by Taylor, 1793).
- Iphigenia in Tauris, 1792, Piccini. O.
- Iphigénie, 1637, Rotrou. Cl.D. (imitated from the Iphigenia of Euripidês).
- Iphigénie, 1674, Racine. Cl.D. (in imitation of Euripidês).
- Iphigénie (Sacrifice d’), 1861, Dennery. Cl.D.
- Irato (L’), 1807, Méhul. O.B.
- Irene, 1658, Swinhoe. T.
- Irene, 1737, Dr. Johnson. T.
- Irish Lion (The), 1802-1759, Buckstone.
- Irish Widow (The), 1757, Garrick. F.
- Irlandais (L’), ou L’Esprit National, 1831, Antier.
- Iron Age (The), in two parts, 1632, Thomas Heywood. C.
- Iron Chest, 1796, Colman. Mu.D. (music by Storace). A dramatic version of Godwin’s novel called Caleb Williams.
- Isaac Comnenus, 1827, H. Taylor.
- Isabella, or the Fatal Marriage, 1692, Southerne. T. (same as Fatal Marriage).
- Isabelle et Gertrude (1741-1813), Grétry. O.
- Isabelle, or Woman’s Life, about 1836, Buckstone. D.
- Island Princess, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Island Queens (The), 1684, Banks. T.
- Isle of Dogs, 1597, Nash. Sat.C.
- I[s]le of Guls, 1606, Day. C.
- Isle of Palms (The), 1812, Wilson.
- Israel in Egypt, 1738, Handel. Or.
- Issé, 1699, Lamotte. P.O.
- Issipile, 1732, Metastasio. O.
- Istamine, 1817, Victor Hugo. Cl.T.
- Italiana en Algeri, 1813, Rossini. O.
- It’s Never too Late to Mend, 1878, Reade. C. (the novel so called dramatized).
- Jack Drum’s Entertainment; 1601, Anon. C.
- Jacke Juggler, 1562, Anon. Int. (based on the Amphitruo of Plautus). (See “Amphitryon.”)
- Jaloux (Le), 1708, Dufresny. C.
- Jaloux Désabusé (Le), 1700, Campistron. C.
- James IV., 1594, Greene. H.Pl.
- Jamie and Bess, 1787, Shirrefs. C.
- Jane Grey (Lady). (See “Grey.”)
- Jane Shore, 1713, Rowe. T.
- Jane Shore, 1876, W. G. Wills. H.Pl.
- Janet Pride, 19th cent., Boucicault. Sen.D.
- Janetta, 1840, Auber. O.
- Jardinier (Le), 1771, Sedaine. O.C.
- Jason, 1799, Glover. T. (suppressed).
- Jealous Lovers (The), before 1630, Randolph. C.
- Jealous Wife (The), 1761, Colman the Elder. C. (suggested by Fielding’s Tom Jones).
- Jean Dacier, 1876, Lomon. T.
- Jean de Paris, 1812, Boieldieu. O.
- Jeannot et Colin, 1780, Florian. C.
- Jephte (Fille de), * Plessis Mornay.
- Jephte (Fille de), 1814, Meyerbeer. Or.
- Jephtha, 1546, Christopherson. T.
- Jephtha, 1554, Buchanan. T.
- Jephtha, 1751, Handel. Or.
- Jeronimo, 1588, Kyd. T.
- Jessy Lea, 1863, Macfarren. O.
- Jeune Henri, 1797, Méhul. O.C.
- Jeunesse de Luther, 1843, Carré. H.D.
- Jeunesse de Richelieu (La), 1833, Ancelot. V.
- Jew (The), 1795, Cumberland. C.
- Jew and Doctor (1771-1841), Dibdin. Mu.Tr.
- Jew of Malta (The Rich), 1586, printed 1633, Marlowe. T. (Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice in 1598. The two plays are evidently allied.)
- Jeweller of Amsterdam (The), 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Jewess (The), 1835, Balfe. O.
- Joan of Arc, 1801, Schiller. T. (Jungfrau von Orleans).
- Joan of Arc, 1839, Balfe. O.
- Joan of Arc, 1870, T. Taylor. H.D.
- Joan of Hedington, 1712, King. T.C.
- Joanna Montfaucon, 1799. D.R. (from Kotzebue).
- Joanna Montfaucon, 1808, Cumberland. D.R.
- Jocasta, 1566, Gascoigne and Kinwelmarsh. T. (from the Phœnissæ of Euripidês; one of our earliest dramas).
- John (King), 1596, Shakespeare. H.T. (first mentioned 1598). This play was suggested by that entitled The Troublesome Reign of King John. (See “Kynge Johan.”)
- John (King) and Matilda, 1655, Davenport. T.
- John Baliol, 1825, Tennant. H.D.
- John Bull, 1805, Colman. C.
- John Cockle at Court (Sir), 1737, Dodsley. F.
- John Felton, 1852, Stirling. H.Pl.
- John Jones (1802-1879), Buckstone. C.
- John Oldcastle (Sir), printed 1600, Munday and Drayton (printed in 1601, with the name of Shakespeare on the title-page, and contained in Pope’s edition of Shakespeare).
- John Street (1802-1879), Buckstone. C.
- John the Baptist, 1548, Grimbold. S.D.
- John Woodvil, 1801, Lamb. T.
- John-a-Kent, etc., 1595, Munday. C.
- John of Paris (1782-1835), Pocock. C.
- John of Procida, 1840, Knowles. T.
- Joseph, 1816, Méhul. Or.
- Joseph and His Brethren, 1747, J. Miller (music by Handel).
- Joseph and His Brethren, 1785, J. Platt. S.D.
- Joseph and His Brethren, 1802, Procter. S.D.
- Joseph and His Brethren, 1876, C. Wells. S.D.
- Joseph made known to His Brethren, by Mad. Genlis (translated by Holcroft, 1789).
- Joshua, 1747, Handel. Or.
- Joueur (Le), 1696, Régnard. C.
- Journée à Versailles, 1814, Duval.
- Journey to London. (See “Provoked Husband.”)
- Jovial Crew, 1656, Brome. C.
- Juan. (See “Don Juan.”)
- Jube, the Sane, time, Edward VI., Anon. S.D.
- Judas Iscariot, 1848, Horne. Mir.Pl.
- Judas Maccabæus, 1746, Handel. Or.
- Judith, 1764, Bickerstaff. Or. (music by Arne).
- Judith, 1857, Leslie. Or.
- Judge Not, or The Scales of Justice, 19th cent., Stirling. D.
- Jugement de Midas (1741-1813), Grétry. O.
- Jugglers (The), * Ware. D.
- Jugurtha, 1689, Pechantre. T.
- Jugurtha (1677-1758), Lagrange. T.
- Juif Errant (Le), 1799-1862, Halévy. O. (libretto by Scribe).
- Juive (La), 1835, Halévy. O. (libretto by Scribe).
- Julia Agrippina, Empress of Rome, 1639, May. H.D.
- Julia, or The Italian Lover, 1786, Jephson. T.
- Julian, 1823, Miss Mitford. T.
- Julian and Agnes, 1800, Sotheby.
- Juliana, 1671, Crowne. D.
- Julius Cæsar, 1601, printed 1623, earl of Stirling. H.T.
- Julius Cæsar, 1607, printed 1623, Shakespeare. H.T. (See “Conspiracy of Brutus.”)
- Junius Brutus, 1828, Andrieux. T. (See “Brutus.”)
- Jupiter, 1771, Sheridan and Halhed. Blta.
- Just Italian (The), 1630, Davenant.
- Killing no Murder, 1811, Hook.
- Kindheart’s Dream, 1592, Chettle. C.
- King Arthur, 1691, Purcell. O. (words by Dryden).
- King Charming, 1850, Planché.
- King Christmas, 1871, Planché.
- King David and Absalom, printed, 1599, Peele. S.D.
- King Réné’s Daughter, 19th cent., Herz. L.D. (an English version by Martin).
- King Sigurd, 19th cent., Bojé. T.
- King and No King, 1619, Fletcher. T.
- King and the Miller (1791-1852), Murray. F.
- King and the Miller of Mansfield, 1737, Dodsley. F. (See “Sir John Cockle at Court.”)
- King of the Alps, 1832, Buckstone (adapted from the German).
- King o’ Scots (1830-1877), Halliday.
- King’s Rival (The), 1817-1880, Tom Taylor, etc.
- Kinkvervankots-dor-sprakengotchdern (The Baron), 1781, Andrews. C.
- Kiolanthe, 1840, Balfe. O.
- Knavery in All Trades, 1664, Tatham. C.
- Knight of Malta, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Knight of the Burning Pestle, 1611, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Knights (The), B.C. 424, Aristophanes. C. (Greek). Translated by Mitchell, 1820-22; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867.
- Knights (The), 1754, Foote. F.
- Knights Conjuring ..., 1607, Day. C.
- Know Your Own Mind, 1777, Murphy. C.
- König Saul, 1839, Gutzikow. O. (See “Saul.”)
- Koranzzo’s Feast, 1811, Hayes. T.
- Kynge Johan, 1550, *. T. (See “John.”)
- Labyrinth (The), or Fatal Embarrassment, 1795. T. (from Corneille).
- La Perouse. (See “Perouse.”)
- Ladies’ Battle, 1851, Robertson. C. (from the French of Scribe and Legouvé, 1851).
- Ladies’ Privilege (The), 1640, Glapthorne. C.
- Lady Clancarty (1817-1880), T. Taylor.
- Lady Contemplation (1624-1673), Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. C.
- Lady Errant (The), 1651, Cartwright. C.
- Lady Jane Grey. (See “Grey.”)
- Lady of Lyons, 1838, Lord Lytton. C.
- Lady of Pleasure (The), 1637, Shirley. C.
- Lady of the Desert (The), 1859, Stirling. D.
- Lady of the Lake (The), 1830-1877, Halliday.
- Lady’s Frolic, before 1774, Love.
- Lady’s Last Stroke (The), 1703-1758, Theo. Cibber. C.
- Lady’s Revenge (The), 1734, W. Popple. C.
- Lady’s Trial (A), 1638, printed 1639, Ford. D.
- Lame Lover, 1770, Foote. F.
- Lancashire Witches (The), 1634, T. Heywood. C.
- Lancashire Witches (The), 1682, Shadwell. C.
- Laodamia, 1689, Miss Bernard. T.
- Lara, 1864, Cormon.
- Last Days of Pompeii, 1835, Buckstone. D. (Lord Lytton’s novel dramatized.)
- Last Year (1802-1879), Buckstone.
- Last of the Family (The), 1795, Cumberland. C.
- Late Murther of the Sonne upon the Mother (The), * Ford and Webster. T.
- Latude, 1834, Guilbert de Pixérécourt.
- Laugh When You Can (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Law of Java (The), 1822, Colman. Mu.D.
- Law of Lombardy (The), 1779, Jephson. T.
- Law Tricks, or Who Would Have Thought It? 1603, Day. C.
- Laws of Candy, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Leah, the Jewish Maiden, * Dr. Mosenthal. T.
- Leap in the Dark (A), 1850, Buckstone. Dom.D.
- Leap-Year, or The Ladies’ Privilege, 1850, Buckstone. C.
- Lear (King), 1605, Shakespeare. T. (printed 1608). This play was suggested by one called The Chronicle History of Leir, King of England, 1578.
- L’Éclair, (1799-1862), Halévy. O.C.
- L’École des Amants, 1718, July. C. (See “School for Lovers.”)
- L’École des Femmes, 1662, Molière. C. (See “School for Wives.”)
- L’École de Jaloux (1640-1685), A. J. Montfleury. C.
- L’École des Maris, 1661, Molière. C.
- L’École des Vieillards, 1823, Delavigne. C. (See “School”)
- Led Astray, 1873, Boucicault. C.
- Légataire Universel, 1708, Régnard. C.
- Legend of Florence, 1840, Hunt. D.R.
- L’Elisire d’Amour, 1832, Donizetti. O.
- Lend Me Five Shillings (1764-1838), Morton. F.
- Léonard, 1863, Brisebarre. D.
- Les 20,000 francs, 1832, Boule. D.
- Lesson for Ladies (1802-1879), Buckstone. C.
- Lethe, 1743, Garrick.
- L’Étoile de Seville, 1842, Balfe. O.
- L’Étourdi, 1653, Molière. C.
- Leucothe, 1756, Bickerstaff. C.
- Liar (The), 1762, Foote. F. (See “Menteur.”)
- Libertine (The), 1676, Shadwell. C.
- Liberty Asserted, 1704, Dennis. D.
- Life (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Life-Buoy (The), (1566-1638), Hoskins. D.
- Life-Drama (The), 1852, A. Smith. D.Pm.
- Light Heart (1574-1637), Jonson.
- Lighthouse (The), 1855, Wilkie Collins. D.
- Like will to Like, 1568, Fulwel. Int.
- L’Ile du Prince Touton, 1854, Dennery.
- Lily of Killarney, 1862, Benedict. O.
- Lily of the Desert (The), 1859, Stirling. R.D.
- Limherham, 1679, Dryden.
- Linda di Chamourni, 1842, Donizetti. O.
- Lindamira, 1805, Foote.
- Lingua, or The Five Senses, 1580, printed 1607, Brewer. Alleg.Pl. (Cromwell, on one occasion, acted the part of Tactus.)
- Lionel and Clarissa, 1768, Bickerstaff. O. (music by Dibdin).
- Little Em’ly (1830-1877), Halliday.
- Little French Lawyer, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Little Rebel (The), 1805-1868, Coyne.
- Little Red Riding-Hood (1817-1880), Taylor.
- Little Toddlekins (1803-1878), C. T. Mathews.
- Loan of a Lover, (The), 1833, Planché. V.
- Lock and Key (1755-1834), Hoare (music by Shield).
- Locrine, 1595, Tylney. T.
- Lodoiska, 1791, Kemble. Mu.D. (music by Storace).
- Lodoiska, 1800, Mayer. Mu.D.
- Lodowick Sforza, 1628, Gomersall. T.
- Lohengrin, 1848, Wagner. O.
- Lombardi, 1843, Verdi. O.
- London Assurance, 1841, Boucicault. C.
- London Florentine (The), 1602, Chettle and Heywood. Pl.
- London Prodigal (The), 1605 (ascribed by some to Shakespeare).
- Long Strike, 19th cent., Boucicault. D.
- Longer Thou Livest the More Foole Thou Art (time, Queen Elizabeth), Wager. C.
- Looking-Glasse for London, etc., 1594, Greene and Lodge. T.C. (The Looking-Glass is Nineveh.)
- Lord Cromwell, 1602, Anon. H.Pl. (See “Cromwell.”)
- Lord Dacre, * Mrs. Gore.
- Lord Dundreary Married and Done For, 1859, H. J. Byron and Sothern. C.
- Lord of the Manor, before 1833, C. Dibdin, junior. C.O. (altered from Burgoyne, 1783; music by Jackson).
- Lord of the Manor, 1783, Burgoyne. C.
- Lord’s Warmingpan (The), 1825 (same as Colman’s Heir-at-Law).
- Lorenzo (1755-1798), Merry. T.
- Lost Lady (The), 1639, Berkeley. T.C.
- Lost at Sea, 19th cent., Boucicault. D.
- Louis IX., 1819, Ancelot. T.
- Louis XI., 1832, Delavigne. H.D. (An English version in 1846 by Boucicault).
- Louise de Lignerolles, 1838, Legouvé. D.
- Love, 1840, Knowles. D.
- Love-Chase (The), 1837, Knowles. C.
- Love Crowns the End, 1657, Tatham. T.C.
- Love Laughs at Locksmiths, 1803, Colman. F.
- Love, Law and Physic (1772-1849), Kenney. C.
- Love Makes a Man, 1700, Cibber. C.
- Love-Riddelig, 1816, Ingemann. D.
- Love Tricks, 1667, Shirley. C. (originally called The Schoole of Complement, 1631).
- Love Triumphant, 1694, Dryden. C.
- Love à-la-Mode, 1759, Macklin. C.
- Love and a Bottle, 1698, Farquhar. C.
- Love and Fortune, 1859, Planché. C.
- Love and Friendship, 1666, Killigrew. Pl.
- Love and Honor, 1649, Davenant. C.
- Love and Police, 19th cent., Herz. V.
- Love and Revenge, 1675, Settle. T.
- Love and War, 1658, Meriton. T.
- Love and War, 1792, Jephson. F.
- Love at First Sight (1730-1805), King. C.
- Love at a Loss (1679-1749), Mrs. Cockburn. C.
- Love at a Venture, 1706, Centlivre. C.
- Love for Love, 1695, Congreve. C.
- Love for Money, or The Boarding School, 1691, D’Urfey. C.
- Love in a Blaze, 1800, Atkinson. C.
- Love in a Camp, 1798, O’Keefe. C.
- Love in a Forest, 1721, C. Johnson. C. (based on Shakespeare’s As You Like It).
- Love in a Hurry, 1709, Aston. C.
- Love in a Maze, 1844, Boucicault. C.
- Love in a Riddle (1671-1757), C. Cibber. C.
- Love in a Tub, 1664, Etherege. C.
- Love in a Veil, 1718, Savage. C.
- Love in a Village, 1762, Bickerstaff. O.F. (music by Arne). Based on Johnson’s Village Opera.
- Love in a Wood, 1672, Wycherly. C.
- Love in a Wood (1686-1744), G. Jacob. C.
- Love in Several Masques, 1728, Fielding. C.
- Love in the City, 1767, Bickerstaff. C. (See “The Romp.”)
- Love of Arcadia, 1860, Miss Braddon. Cdta.
- Love of King David, etc., 1599, Peele. S.D.
- Love will find out the Way, 1661, by T. B. (Shirley’s Constant Maid reset). C.
- Love’s Contrivances, 1703, Centlivre. C.
- Love’s Cruelty, 1640, Shirley. T.
- Love’s Cure, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Love’s Disguises, 1838, Knowles. C.
- Love’s Dominion, 1654, Flecknoe. D.
- Love’s Kingdom. 1664, Flecknoe. P.T.C. (same as “Love’s Dominion,” slightly altered).
- Love’s Labor’s Lost, 1594, Shakespeare. C. (printed 1598).
- Love’s Last Shift, 1695, Cibber. C.
- Love’s Metamorphosis, 1601, J. Lyly. Myt.D.
- Love’s Mistress, 1636, Heywood. C.
- Love’s Pilgrimage, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Love’s Riddle, 1638, A. Cowley. P.C.
- Love’s Sacrifice, 1633, Ford. T. (It resembles Shakespeare’s Othello.)
- Love’s Stroke of Genius, 19th cent., Herz. V.
- Love’s Triumph, 1630, Johnson. M.
- Love’s Triumph, 1860, Wallace. O.
- Love’s Victorie, 1653, Shirley. Pl.
- Love’s Victory, 1658, Chamberlayne. T.C.
- Loves of Arcadia (The), 1860, Miss Braddon. Cdta.
- Lover (The), 1730, T. Cibber. C.
- Lover Lost (The), 1696, Mrs. Manley. C.
- Lover’s Melancholy (The), 1628, Ford. T. (This play contains the exquisite description of a contest of song between a musician and a nightingale).
- Lovers’ Progress, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Lovers’ Quarrels (1730-1805), King. Int. (See “Mistake.”)
- Lovers’ Vows, 1800, Inchbald. Pl. (Kotzebue’s play, 1798, Anglicized).
- Lover’s Watch (The), 1686, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Lovesick Court (The), 1653, Brome. C.
- Lovesick King (The), 1655, Brewer. C.
- Loyal Brother (The), 1682, Southerne. T.
- Loyal Subject, 1618, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). Based on Heywood’s Royal King and Loyal Subject.
- L.S.D., 1872, A. W. A’Beckett. C.
- Lucia di Lammermoor, 1835, Donizetti. O.
- Lucidi (I), 1539, Angelo. C.
- Lucio Silla, 1773, Mozart. O.
- Lucius, 1717, Mrs. Manley. T.
- Lucius Junius Brutus. (See “Brutus.”)
- Lucky Chance (The), 1687, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Lucretia Borgia, 1831, Victor Hugo. R.T.
- Lucrezia di Borgia, 1834, Donizetti. O.
- Lucretius, 19th cent., Tennyson. D.Mon.
- Luisa Miller, 19th cent., Verdi. O.
- Luke, the Laborer, 1828, Buckstone. Mel.
- Luria, 19th cent., R. Browning. T.
- Lurline, 1860, Wallace. O.
- Lust’s Dominion, 1593, Marlowe. T. (finished by Dekker, 1617).
- Lusty Juventus (time, Henry VIII.), Anon. Mo.
- Lying Lover (The), 1704, Steele. C.
- Lying Valet, 1740, Garrick. F.
- Lysistrata, B.C. 411, Aristophanes. C. (Greek). Translated by Mitchell, 1820-22; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867.
- Ma Tante Aurore, 1802, Boieldieu. O.
- Macbeth, 1606, Shakespeare. T. (music by Lock, 1672).
- Macbeth, 19th cent., Verdi. O.
- Mad as a Hatter, 1863, Marshall. F.
- Mad Couple well matched, 1653, Brome. C.
- Mad Lover, 1617, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616).
- Mad Lover, 1637, Massinger.
- Mad Lovers (The), 1732, S. Johnson. C.
- Mad World, 1608, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Mad World, My Masters, 1608, Middleton. C.
- Madam Fickle, 1677, D’Urfey. C.
- Madame Diogène, etc., 1854, Desarbres. C.
- Madame Favart, 1878, Offenbach. C.O.
- Madame Du Barry, 1836, Ancelot. V.
- Madame du Châtelet, about 1834, Ancelot. V.
- Madcap Prince (A), 1874, *.
- Maestro di Capella, 1797, Dellamaria.
- Magician no Conjuror (1755-1798), Merry. C.
- Magicienne (La), 1799-1860, Halévy. O.
- Magnetic Lady, 1632, Jonson. C.
- Magnifique (Le), 1672-1731, Lamotte. C.
- Magnifycence (time, Henry VII.), Skelton. Mo.
- Mahomet, 1738, Voltaire. T. (done into English by Miller, 1740).
- Maid Marian (The), 1822, Bishop. O. (libretto by Planché).
- Maid and the Magpie, 1792-1852, Payne. C.
- Maid in the Mill, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher, or Rowley and Fletcher. C.
- Maid of Artois, 1836, Balfe. O.
- Maid of Bath, 1771, Foote. F.
- Maid of Honor, 1632, Massinger. T.C.
- Maid of Honor, 1847, Balfe. O.
- Maid of Lockling, 1801, W. Richardson. L.D.
- Maid of Mariendorpt, 1838, Knowles. D.
- Maid of Milan (Clari, the), 1822, Payne. Mu.D. (music by Bishop).
- Maid of Orleans, 1801, Schiller. T. (See “Joan of Arc.”)
- Maid of Saxony, 1842, George Morris. O.
- Maid of the Mill, 1765, Bickerstaff. O.F. (music by Arnold). (See “Maid in the Mill.”)
- Maid of the Oaks (The), 1779, Burgoyne. D.E.
- Maid’s Metamorphoses. (See “Maydes Metamorphoses.”)
- Maid’s Revenge (The), 1639, Shirley. T.
- Maid’s Tragedy, 1610, Beaumont and Fletcher. T. (Waller altered the fifth act.)
- Maids and Bachelors (1768-1850), Skeffington. C.
- Maids as They Are, etc., 1797, Inchbald. C.
- Maiden Queen (The), 1667, Dryden. H.Pl.
- Maidenhead. (See “Maydenhead.”)
- Maire du Palais (Le), 1823, Ancelot. T.
- Maître en Droit (Le), 1760, Monsigny. O.C.
- Malade Imaginaire (Le), 1673, Molière. C. (See “Dr. Last in His Chariot,” and “Robert, the Invalid.”)
- Malati and Madhava, 8th cent., Bhavabhouti. R.T. (translated by Wilson in his Indian Theatre).
- Malcontent (The), 1604, Marston and Webster. T.C.
- Male Coquette, 1758, Garrick. F.
- Mamilia, 1593, Greene.
- Man Bewitched, 1710, Centlivre. C.
- Man o’ Airlee, 1866, Wills. Pl.
- Man of Honor, 19th cent., Boucicault. C.
- Man of Mode (The), 1676, Etherege. C.
- Man of the World, 1764, Macklin. C. (Its original title was The Freeborn Scotchman.)
- Man’s the Master (The), 1668, Davenant. C.
- Management (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Manfred, 1817, Byron. T.
- Manfredi, 1825, Monti. T. (A version in French, by Duplissis, 1854.)
- Maniac (The), 1810, Bishop. O.
- Mankind (time, Henry VI.), Hynghus. Mo.
- Manlius Capitolinus, 1684, Lafosse. T. (imitated from Otway’s Venice Preserved).
- Manteau (Le), 1826, Andrieux. C.
- Mantuan Revels, 1812, Chenevix. C.
- Manuel, 1817, Maturin. T.
- Maometto Secundo, 1822, Rossini. O.
- Marciano, or The Discovery, 1663, Clerke. T.C.
- Maréchal Ferrent (Le), 1726-1795, Philidor. O.C.
- Maréchaux de l’Empire (Les), 1856, Anicet Bourgeois. D.
- Margaret of Anjou (1727-1812), Jerningham. T.
- Margery, or The Dragoness, 1738, Carey. F. (sequel to The Dragon, q.v.).
- Margherita d’Anjou, 1822, Meyerbeer. O. (See “Margaret....”)
- Marguerite d’Anjou, 1810, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. D.
- Mari dans du Coton, 1862, Thiboust. C.
- Mari Impromptu, 1836, Duval. C.
- Mari Retrouve, 1662, Dancourt. C.
- Mari qui Lance sa Femme, 1864, Deslande or Labiche (it is attributed to both). C.
- Maria Padilla, 1838, Ancelot. T.
- Maria Stuarda, 1785, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815). (See “Mary Stuart.”)
- Maria Stuart, 1800, Schiller. T. (See “Mary Queen of Scots,” “Mary Stuart,” etc.).
- Mariage Fait et Rompu, 1721, Dufresny. C.
- Mariage Forcé, 1664, Molière. C. (See “Forced Marriage.”)
- Mariage Infantin (Le), before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Mariage d’Argent (Le), 1827, Scribe. C.
- Mariage de Figaro, 1784, Beaumarchais. C. (See “Nozze....”)
- Mariage de Rien (Le), 1640-1685, Ant. J. Montfleury. C.
- Mariages Samnites (Les), 1741-1813, Grétry. O.
- Mariamne, 1623, Hardy. T.
- Mariamne, 1640, P. T. L’Ermite. T.
- Mariamne, 1724, Voltaire. T.
- Marian, the Faire Queen of Jewry, 1613, Lady Elizabeth Carew. T.
- Marian, 1788, Miss Brooke. Pl.
- Marian (1754-1829), Shield. O.
- Marianne, 1718, Fenton. T.
- Marie de Brabant, 1825, Ancelot. D.Pm.
- Marino Faliero, 1821, Byron. T.
- Marino Faliero, 1829, Delavigne. T.
- Marino Faliero, 1835, Donizetti. O.
- Marion Delorme, 1829, Victor Hugo. R.D.
- Maritana (a mosaic, by Wallace, of Ruy Bias and Notre Dame), 1845. O.
- Marius, 1791, Arnault. T.
- Marius (Caius), 1680, Otway. T.
- Marius and Sylla, 1594, Lodge. H.Pl.
- Marmaduke Maxwell (Sir), 1827, Cunningham. C.
- Marplot, 1711, Centlivre. C.
- Marquis Caporal, 1864, Sejour. D.
- Marquis d’Argencourt, 1857, Dupenty. D.
- Marquis de Kénilis, 1879, Lomon.
- Marriage à-la-Mode, 1672, Dryden. C.
- Marriage-Hater Matched, 1692, D’Urfey. C.
- Marriage Night (The), 1664, H. Carey, Lord Falkland. T.
- Marriage of Witte and Science (The), about 1559, Anon. Mo.
- Married for Money (1803-1878), C. J. Mathews.
- Married in Haste, 19th cent., H. J. Byron.
- Married Libertine (The), 1761, Macklin. F.
- Married Life, 1834, Buckstone. C.
- Married Man (The), 1789, Inchbald. C.
- Martha, 1858, Flotow. O.
- Martyr of Antioch, 1821, Milman. T.
- Martyrs (Les), 1840, Donizetti. O. (from Corneille’s Polyeucte).
- [Mary] Queen of Scots, 1684, Banks. T.
- Mary Queen of Scots, 1807, Grahame. T.
- Mary Queen o’ Scots, 1874, Wills. H.Pl.
- Mary (Queen), 1877, Tennyson. T.
- Mary Stuart, 1840, Haynes. T.
- Mary Stuart, 1881, Swinburne. T. (See “Maria ...” and “Evasion de....”)
- Mary Tudor, 1833, Victor Hugo. T.
- Mary Tudor, 1847, Vere. T.
- Mary Tudor, 1876, Miss Dickinson. H.Pl.
- Masaniello, 1814, Ingemann. T.
- Masaniello, about 1820, Carafa. O.
- Masaniello, 1828, Auber. O. (libretto by Scribe). Often called La Muette de Portici. (See “Massaniello.”)
- Masks and Faces (1817-1880), Tom Taylor. C.
- Masnadieri (I), 1847, Verdi. O.
- Masque (The), 1612, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Masque de Velours, 1860, Delaporte. D.
- Masque of Calisto, 1676, Crowne. M.
- Masque of Heroes, 1619, Middleton. M.
- Massacre of Paris, 1590, Marlowe. T.
- Massacre of Paris, 1690, Lee. T.
- Massacre de Syrie, 1860, Sejour. T.
- Massaniello, 1699, D’Urfey. T. (Originally two plays, but compressed into one by T. Walker, in 1700.)
- Massaniello, 1829, Kenney. (See “Masaniello.”)
- Match at Midnight, 1633, Rowley. C.
- Match for a Widow (A), 1787, Atkinson. C.
- Match mee in London, 1631, Day. T.C.
- Matilda, 1775, T. Franklin. T.
- Matilda of Hungary, 1847, Wallace. O.
- Matrimonial Troubles, (1624-1673), Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. Pt. i. C. Pt. ii. T.
- Matrimonio Segreto (Il), 1793, Cimarosa. O.
- Matrimony, 1804, Kenney. C.
- Maud, 1855, Tennyson. D.Pm.
- Maures d’Espagne (Les), 1804, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. D.
- Maximian, 1800, Lady S. Burrell. T. (from Corneille).
- May Day, 1611, Chapman. C.
- May Queen (1802-1879), Buckstone.
- Maydenhead Well Lost (A), 1634, Heywood. C.
- Maydes Metamorphoses, 1600, J. Lyly. Myt.D.
- Mayor of Garratt, 1763, Foote. F.
- Mayor of Quinborough, 1661, Middleton. C.
- Meadows of St. Gervaise (The), * Ware. F.C. (translated from the French).
- Measure for Measure, 1603, Shakespeare. C. (based on Promos and Cassandra, 1578, by Whetstone; acted at Whitehall, 1604).
- Medea, B.C. 431, Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782; Morgan, 1865; Giles, 1865; Lee, 1867; Webster, 1868; Williams, 1871.
- Medea (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin). Adapted by J. Studley, 1566; translated by E. Sherburne, 1648.
- Medea, 1761, Glover. T.
- Medea, 1795, Cherubini. O.
- Medea, about 1820, Mayer. O.
- Médecin Malgré Lui, 1666, Molière. C. (See “Mock Doctor.”)
- Médecins (Les), 1863, Nus. D.
- Médée, 1635, Corneille. T.
- Médée, 1695, Longpierre. T.
- Médée, 1853, Legouvé. T.
- Médus, 1739, Deschamps. T.
- Méduse (1677-1758), Lagrange. O.
- Mélanie, 1770, Laharpe. T.
- Melanthe, 1614, printed 1615, Brookes. P.
- Méléagre (1677-1758), Lagrange. T.
- Mélicerte, 1666, Molière. C.
- Mélite, 1629, Corneille. C. (translated 1776).
- Memorable Maske of the Two Hon. Inns-of-Court (The), 1614, Chapman. M.
- Menæchmi, or The Brothers Menæchmus who were Exactly Alike (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74. It was translated by W. W[arner] in 1595, and furnished Shakespeare with the scheme, etc., of his Comedy of Errors. (See below.)
- Ménage en Ville, 1864, Barrière. Pl.
- Ménechmes, 1637, Rotrou. C. (imitated from the Menæchi of Plautus).
- Ménechmes (Les), 1705, Régnard. C.
- Menteur, 1642, Corneille. C. (See “Liar.”)
- Mercator, or The Merchant (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin, adapted from a Greek play by Philemon). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Merchant Pirate, 19th cent., Stirling. D.
- Merchant of Bruges, before 1830, Kinnaird. Pl. (altered from Beaumont and Fletcher).
- Merchant of Venice, 1598, Shakespeare. D. (See “Jew of Malta.”)
- Mercurius Britannicus, 1641, Braithwait. T.C. (From the French.)
- Mère Coupable (La), 1792, Beaumarchais. D.
- Méridien, 1852, Deslandes. D.
- Merlin in Love, 1759, Hill. C.
- Mérope, 1713, Maffei. T.
- Mérope, 1738, Voltaire. T.
- Merope, 1749, Jefferys or Hill (ascribed to both). T.
- Merope, 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Merope, 1858, Matthew Arnold. Cl.T.
- Merry Devil of Edmonton (The), 1608, Brewer. C.
- Merry Play between Johan ..., Tyb. ... and Johan, the Prester, 1533, Heywood. C.
- Merry Wives of Windsor, 1596, Shakespeare. C. (printed 1602). (See “Comical Gallant.”)
- Mery Play between the Pardoner and the Frere (A), 1533, J. Heywood. C.
- Mesogonus, 1560, Thomas Rychardes. C. (only four acts extant).
- Messalina, 1640, Richards. T.
- Messiah (The), 1741, Handel. Or. (libretto by Jennens).
- Metamorphosed Gypsies (1574-1637). Jonson. C.
- Métamorphoses de l’Amour, 19th cent., Brohan. C. (See “Love’s Metamorphoses.”)
- Metamorphosis of Pygmalion’s Image, 1598, Marston. C.
- Métromanie ou Le Poete, 1738, Piron. C. (said to be the best comedy in the French language).
- Michaelmas Term, 1607, Middleton.
- Michael et Cristine, before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Microcosmus, 1637, Nabbes. M.
- Midas, 1592, J. Lyly. Myt.D.
- Midas, 1764, O’Hara. Blta.
- Midas (Jugement de), 1741-1813, Grétry. O.
- Midnight Hour (The), 1793, Inchbald. Pt.C.
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1592, Shakespeare. Fy.C. (printed 1600).
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1843, Mendelssohn.
- Milês (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Milkmaid (The), 1771-1841, Dibdin. Mu.D.
- Miller and His Men, 1813, Pocock. Mel. (music by Bishop).
- Miller of Mansfield (The), 1737, Dodsley. D.E. (The second part is Sir John Cockle at Court.)
- Mind, Will and Understanding (time, Henry VI.), Anon. Mo. (In MS. only.)
- Minerva’s Sacrifice, 1653, Massinger.
- Mines de Pologne (Les), 1803, Guilbert de Pixérécourt.
- Minister (The), 1797, Lewis. T. (adapted from Schiller).
- Minna von Barnhelm, 1767, Lessing. C.
- Minor (The), 1760, Foote. F.
- Mirandola, 1821, Procter. T.
- Mirra, 1783, Alfieri (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Mirror. (See “Myrrour.”)
- Mirza, 17th cent., R. Baron. T.
- Misanthrope, 1666, Molière. C.
- Misanthropy and Repentance, 1797, Kotzebue. D. (called in English The Stranger).
- Miser (The), 1672, Shadwell. (See below.)
- Miser (The), 1732, Fielding. C. (from L’Avare, by Molière, 1667).
- Misérables (Les), 1864, Hugo, junior. D. (his father’s novel dramatized).
- Misfortunes of Arthur, 1587, Hughes. T.
- Misogonist (The), 1780, Lessing. D.
- Misogonus, 1560, printed 1577, Rychardes. C. (one of our earliest plays).
- Miss Sarah Samson, 1755, Lessing. T. (music by Mendelssohn and Nicolay).
- Miss in Her Teens, 1747, Garrick. F.
- Mistake (The), 1672-1726, Vanbrugh. C. (altered by King into Lovers’ Quarrels).
- Mistakes (The), or The Happy Resentment, 1758, Lord Hyde. C.
- Mithridate, 1673, Racine. T. (imitated from Euripidês).
- Mithridate, 1770, Mozart. O.
- Mithridates, 1674, Lee. T.
- Mock Doctor (The), 1732, Fielding. F. (This is Le Médecin Malgré Lui of Molière, 1666, converted into a farce.)
- Mock Officer (The), 1733, T. Cibber. C.
- Mock Tempest (The), 1675, Duffett. C.
- Modern Antiques, 1798, O’Keefe. C.
- Modern Husband (The), 1735, Fielding. C.
- Modern Prophet, 1709, D’Urfey. C.
- Mœurs de Temps (Les), 1750, Saurin. C.
- Mogul Tale (The), 1785, Inchbald. F.
- Moise in Egitto, 1818, Rossini. O.
- Mon Gigot et Mon Gendre, 1861, Antier.
- Monastère Abandonna, 1816, Guilbert de Pixérécourt.
- Money, 1840, Lytton. C.
- Money in an Asse, 1668, Jordan. C.
- Mons. D’Olive, 1606, Chapman. C.
- Mons. le Duc, 1869, Val Prinsep. Pl.
- Mons. Ragout, about 1669, Lacy. C.
- Mons. Thomas, 1619, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). C.
- Mons. Tonson, 1767, Moncrieff or Taylor (attributed to both). F.
- Montargis. (See “Chien.”)
- Montezuma, 1772, Sacchini. O.
- Montezuma, 1878, Verdi. O.
- Montfort (De), 1798, Baillie. T. (the passion of “hate”).
- Montoni, 1820, Sheil.
- Montrose (1782-1835), Pocock.
- Monument of Honor (The), 1624, Webster.
- Moonstone (The), 1877, Wilkie Collins (his novel dramatized).
- Morando, 1584, Greene.
- More Dissemblers besides Women, 1657, Middleton. C.
- More Ways than One, 1785, Mrs. Cowley. C.
- Mort d’Abel, 1792, Legouvé. T. (imitated from Gesser and Klopstock).
- Mort de Calas, 1791, Chénier. T.
- Mort de Henri IV., 1806, Legouvé. T.
- Mostellaria, or The Haunted House (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74; and imitated by Regnard, Addison and others.
- Mother Bombie, 1594, J. Lyly. Ct.E.
- Mother Goose (1771-1841), Dibdin. Pn.
- Mother Pantom (1771-1841), Dibdin. C.
- Mother Shipton (no date), about 1670, Thompson. C.
- Mount Sinai, 1831, Neukomm. Or.
- Mountain Sylph (The), 1834, Barnett. O.
- Mountaineers (The), 1793, Colman. C.
- Mourning Bride, 1697, Congreve. T.
- Mousquetaires (Les), 19th cent., Halévy. O.C.
- M.P., 1870, T. W. Robertson. C.
- M.P., or The Blue Stocking, 1811, Moore. Mu.C.
- Mucedorus (no date)(no date), about 1590, Greene. F.
- Much Ado about Nothing, 1600, Shakespeare. C.
- Muet (Le), 1691, De Brueys. C.
- Muette de la Fôret, 1828, Antier.
- Muette de Portici (La). (See “Masaniello.”)
- Mulberry Garden (The), 1668, Sedley. Pl.
- Murderous Michael, 1578, Anon. T.
- Muse in Livery, 1732, Dodsley. C.
- Muses in Mourning, 1749, Hill. C.
- Muses’ Looking-Glass (The), 1638, Randolph. C.
- Mustapha, 1609, F. Greville, Lord Brooke. T.
- Mustapha, 1739, Mallet. Pl.
- Mutius Scævola, 1801, Ireland. H.D.
- Mutual Deception, 1795, Atkinson. C. (altered by Colman into Tit for Tat).
- My Awful Dad (1803-1878), C. J. Mathews.
- My Grandmother and Other Fairies (1755-1834), Hoare.
- My Lord and My Lady, 1861, Planché.
- My Spouse and I (1771-1841), Dibdin. O.F.
- My Wife’s Daughter (1805-1868), Coyne.
- My Wife’s Mother (1803-1878), C. J. Mathews.
- Myrrha, 1783, Alfieri. T. (Translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Mystères d’Udolphe (Les), 1798, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. Mel.
- Mysterious Husband (The), 1783, Cumberland. C.
- Mysterious Mother, 1768, Walpole. T.
- Naaman, 1864, Costa. Or.
- Nabob (The), 1772, Foote. F.
- Nabob (The), 1879, Burnard (an English version of Les Trente Millions de Gladiateurs, by Labiche and Gille).
- Nabucco, 1842, Verdi. O.
- Nabucodonosor, 19th cent., Verdi. O.
- Nancy, 1739, Carey.
- Nanine, 1749, Voltaire. C.
- Narbonne. (See “Count of Narbonne.”)
- Nathan the Wise, 1778, Lessing. D.
- Nations (Les), 1851, Banville. O.
- Native Land, 1823, Bishop. O.
- Natural Daughter (The), 1792, Goethe. C.
- Natural Son (The), 1786, Cumberland. C. (See “Fils Natural.”)
- Natural Son (The), 1799, Anne Plumtree. Pl. (from Kotzebue).
- Nature, 1490, H. Medwell. Int.
- Naufragium Joculare, 1638, Cowley. C. (translated by C. Johnson, and called Fortune in her Wits, 1705).
- Neck or Nothing, 1766, Garrick or King (ascribed to both). F.
- Ne’er-do-Weel (The), 1878, Gilbert. C.
- Negro Slaves, 1796. H.Pc. (from Kotzebue).
- Nell (1830-1877), Halliday. C.
- Nell Gwynne, 1832, Jerrold. C.
- Nero, 1675, Lee. T.
- Nerone, 1700, Handel. O.
- Nervous Man, 19th cent., B. Bernard. C.
- Nest of Ninnies (A), 1608, Armyn. C.
- Never too Late, 1590, Greene. C.
- Never too Late to Mend (It’s), 1878, Reade. C.
- New Academy (The), 1653, Brome. C.
- New Droll (A), 1660, Jordan. M.
- New Hippocrates (The), 1761, Hiffernan. D.
- New Inn (The), 1630, Jonson. C.
- New Men and Old Acres (1817-1880), T. Taylor. C.
- New Peerage (The), 1830, Miss Lee. C.
- New Tricke to Cheat the Divell, 1639, R. Davenport. C.
- New Way to Pay Old Debts, 1625, printed 1633, Massinger. C.
- New Wonder, a Woman Never Vext, 1532, Rowley. C.
- Nice Firm (A), 19th cent., Tom Taylor.
- Nice Valour, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Nice Wanton (The), 1560, Anon. Mo.
- Nicholas Flam, 19th cent., Buckstone.
- Nicholas Nickleby (1830-1877), Halliday (C. Dickens’s novel dramatized).
- Nicodemus (time, Edward III.), Anon. Mir.Pl. (founded on chap. xvi. of the “Gospel of Nicodemus”).
- Nicomède, 1670, P. Corneille. T.C.
- Nicomedes, 1671, J. Dancer. T.C. (from the Nicomède of Corneille).
- Niebelungen, 1850, Wagner. O.
- Night Walkers, 1633, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Night Watcher (The), * Körner. C.
- Nine Points of the Law, 1859, Tom Taylor.
- Ninette à la Cour (1710-1792), Favart. O.C.
- Ninus II., 1814, Brifant. T.
- No Cure no Pay, 1794, H. Rowe. Mu.F.
- No Song no Supper, 1790, Hoare. Mu.E. (music by Storace).
- No Wit like Woman’s 1657, Greene or Middleton. C.
- Noah’s Flood, 1679, Ecclestone. Or.
- Noble Choice, 1653, Massinger.
- Noble Gentleman, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Noble Heart (The), 1850, Lewes. T.
- Noble Ingratitude, 1659, Lower. P.T.
- Nobleman (The), 17th., cent., Tourneur. T.C. (The Manuscript of this play was destroyed by the cook of Mr. Warburton, the Somerset herald).
- Nobody and Somebody, 1606, Trundell. C.
- Noces de Gamache, 1827, Mendelssohn. O.
- Nonjuror (The), 1717, Cibber. C. (from Molière’s Tartuffe). (See “Hypocrite.”)
- Nonne Sanglante, 1854, Delavigne. O. (music by Gounod).
- Norma, 1831, Bellini. O. (libretto by Romani).
- Northern Lass (The), 1632, Brome. C.
- Northward Hoe! 1607, Dekker.
- Not so Bad as we Seem, 1851, Lord Lytton. C.
- Not such a Fool as he Looks, 1869, H. J. Byron.
- Notaire Obligeant, 1650, Dancourt. C.
- Note of Hand, or Trip to Newmarket, 1777, Cumberland. C.
- Notoriety (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Notre Dame, 19th cent., Victor Hugo. D.
- Nouveau Pourceaugnac, before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Nouveau Seigneur du Village, 1813, Boieldieu. O.
- Novella, 1653, Brome. C.
- Nozze di Figaro, 1786, Mozart. O. (See “Mariage de Figaro.”) Sir H. Bishop altered this opera.
- Nuit Blanche (Une), 19th cent., Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Nuit de Noël (La), 1848, Reber. O.
- Nuits Terribles, 1821, St. Georges. O.C
- Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis, 1654, Howell. M. and C.
- Oberon, 1616, Jonson. C.
- Oberon, 1626, Weber. O. (libretto by Planché).
- Oberto di Bonifazio, 1839, Verdi. O.
- Obstinate Lady (The), 1657, Cokaine. C.
- Octavia (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin). Adapted by T. Nuce, 1566; acted 1581.
- Octavia, 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815). (See “Virtuous Octavia.”)
- Octavius (1761-1819), Kotzebue. H.D.
- Octoroon, 1861, Boucicault. D.
- Oden (1756-1829), Lèopold. T.
- Odette, 1832, Déaddé. D.
- O’Dowd (The), 1880, Boucicault (a version like “The Porter’s Knot” of Les Crochets du Père by Cormon and Grange).
- Œdipe, 1659, Corneille. T.
- Œdipe, 1718, Voltaire. T.
- Œdipe, 1781, Sacchini. O.
- Œdipe Rol, 1798, Chénier. T.
- Œdipe à Colone, 1796, Chénier. T.
- Œdipe chez Admète, 1778, Ducis. T.
- Œdipus (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin). Adapted by A. Nevyle, 1560.
- Œdipus, 1679, Dryden and Lee. T.
- Œdipus at Colonus, about B.C. 407, Sophocles. T. (Greek). Translated by G. Adams, 1729; Potter, 1788; Dale, 1824; Plumptre, 1865.
- Œdipus Tyrannus, about B.C. 425, Sophocles. T. (Greek). Translated by L. Theobald, 1715; G. Adams, 1729; Potter, 1788; G. S. Clarke, 1791; Dale, 1824; F. H. Doyle, 1849; Plumptre, 1865.
- Œdipus Tyrannus, etc., 1820, P. B. Shelley. T.
- Œnone, 1804, Kalkbrenner. O.
- Œuvres du Démon (Les), 1854, Boule. D.
- Old Bachelor, 1693, Congreve. C.
- Old City Manners, 1777, Mrs Lennox. C. (This is Eastward Hoe reset.)
- Old Couple, before 1641, May. C.
- Old Fortunatus. (See “Fortunatus.”)
- Old Heads and Young Hearts, 1843, Boucicault. C.
- Old Law (The), 1599, printed 1656, Middleton and Rowley. C. (altered by Massinger).
- Old Maid (The), 1761, Murphy. F.
- Old Maids, 1841, Knowles. C.
- Old Martin’s Trials, 19th cent., Stirling. Dom.D.
- Old Mode (The) and the New, 1709, D’Urfey. C.
- Old Sailors, 1874, H. J. Byron. C.
- Old Troop, 1672, Lacy. C.
- Old Wives’ Tale, 1590, Peele. C. (Milton’s Comus is indebted to this comedy.)
- Oldcastle (Sir John), 1600, Munday and Drayton. T. (one of the “spurious plays” of Shakespeare).
- Olimpiade, 1719, Leo. O.
- Olive (D’). (See “Mons. D’Olive.”)
- Olivia, 1878, W. G. Wills. C.
- Ollanta, 1871, Markham. D.
- Olympiade, 1761, Piccini. O.
- Olympic Revels, 1831, Planché.
- Olympie, 1800, Kalkbrenner. O.
- Olympie, 1820, Brifaut. O. (music by Spontini).
- Omba, 1853, Bigsby. D.R.
- Oncle Valet, 1798, Dellamaria. O.C.
- Ondine, 1816, Hoffmann. O.
- On Bail, 1877, Gilbert.
- On Strike, 1873, A. W. A’Beckett.
- One, or a Monarchy, 1805, Alfieri. C. Translated by C. Lloyd, 1815.
- One o’clock, or The Wood Demon, 1811, Lewis. G.O.R.
- One Snowy Night, * Ware. C.
- Opera Comique, 1799, Dellamaria. O.C.
- Opera di Camera of Jessy Lea, 1863, Macfarren. O.
- Opportunity (The), 1640, Shirley. C.
- Oraloosa (1803-1854), Bird. T.
- Orators (The), 1762, Foote. F.
- Ordeal by Touch (The), 1872, R. Lee. D.
- Order of the Garter (The), 1742, West. D.Pm.
- Ordinary (The), 1647, printed 1651, Cartwright. C.
- Oreste, 1750, Voltaire. T.
- Oreste et Pylade, 1695, Lagrange. T.
- Orestes, B.C. 408, Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Banister, 1780; Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782.
- Orestês, 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd. 1815).
- Orestes, 1802, Sotheby. T.
- Orestes, 1871, Warren. Met.D.
- Orfeo, 1483, Poliziano. (See “Orpheus.”)
- Orfeo, 1764, Glück. O. (libretto by Calzabigi).
- Orientales (Les), 1828, V. Hugo. R.D.
- Originaux (Les), 1693, Lamotte.
- Orlandino, 1526, Folengo. B.
- Orlando Furioso, 1594, Greene. (See “Bombastes Furioso.”)
- Ormasdes (1612-1690), Henry Killigrew.
- Oronooko, 1696, Southerne. T. (Mrs. Behn’s novel dramatized).
- Orphan (The), 1680, Otway. T.
- Orphan of China (The), 1761, Murphy. T. (Voltaire’s L’Orphelin de la Chine).
- Orphan of the Frozen Sea, 1856, Stirling. N.D.
- Orphée (1677-1758), Lagrange. O.
- Orphée aux Enfers, 1858, Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Orphelin de la Chine (L’), 1760, Voltaire. T.
- Orpheus and Eurydice, 1705, Dennis. T. (See “Orfeo.”)
- Orpheus and Eurydice (1730-1805), King.
- Orti Esperidi (Gli), 1722, Metastasio. O. (music by Porpora).
- Oscar and Malvina (1754-1829), Shield. O.
- Osmond the Great Turk, 1657, Carlell. Pl.
- Otello, 1816, Rossini. O.
- Othello, 1602, Shakespeare. T.
- Otho the Great (1796-1821), Keats and Brown. T.
- Othon, 1664, Corneille. T.
- Oulita, the Serf, 1858, Helps. Pl.
- Our American Cousin, 1858, Tom Taylor. C. (It was greatly altered by Sothern.)
- Our Boys, 1878, H. J. Byron. C.
- Our Clerks, 1852, Tom Taylor. C.
- Our Mary Anne (1802-1879), Buckstone. C.
- Our New Governess (1815-1874), C. S. Brooks. D.
- Ours, 1866, Robertson. C.
- Ours et la Pacha (Les), before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Outtara-Rama-Tscheritra, 8th cent., Bhavabhouti. Myt.D. (translated by Wilson in his Indian Theatre).
- Overland Route, 1860, Tom Taylor. C.
- Ovin, 1662, Cockaine. T.
- Padlock (The), 1768, Bickerstaff. O.F.
- Page (The), 1765-1841, Reynolds. C.
- Page of Plymouth (time, Queen Elizabeth). Anon. T.
- Palace of Truth, 1870, Gilbert. Fy.C.
- Palamon and Arcyte, 1566, Edwards. C.
- Palestine (1775-1847), Crotch. Or.
- Pallantus and Eudora, 1653, T. Killigrew. T. (same as The Conspiracy).
- Pamela, 1742, Love. C.
- Pammachius, 1544, Anon. C. (Latin).
- Pandora, 1664, Sir W. Killigrew. Pl.
- Panel (The), 1757-1823, Kemble. (This is Bickerstaff’s comedy of ’Tis Well ’tis no Worse, reset.)
- Pan’s Anniversary, 1625, B. Jonson. M.
- Panurge, 1785, Grétry. O.
- Papal Tyranny, 1745, Cibber. T.
- Paracelsus, 1836, R. Browning. D.Pm.
- Parasitaster, or The Fawn, 1606, Marston. C.
- Paria (Le), 1821, Delavigne. T.
- Paria (The), 1826, Beer. T. (the above in English).
- Paride e Elena, 1770, Glück. O. (libretto by Calzabigi).
- Paris et Londres, 1827, Dartois. C.
- Parisien (Le), 1838, Delaporte. C.
- Parisina, 1833, Donizetti. O.
- Parliament of Love, 1625, Massinger. C.
- Parolle et Izidora (1703-1758), Theo. Cibber. C.
- Parson’s Wedding (The), 1663, Killigrew. C.
- Parted (1799-1838), Reeve. C.
- Pasquale (Don), 1843, Donizetti. O.
- Pasquin, 1736, Fielding. C.
- Passionate Lovers (The), 1655, Carlell. T.C.
- Passions (Plays of the), 1798-1812, J. Baillie. C. and T.
- Past Ten o’clock (1771-1841), Th. Dibdin. F.
- Pastorale Comique, 1666, Molière.
- Pastor Fido (Il), 1590, Guarini. P. (See “Faithful Shepherdess.”)
- Pathomachia, or The Battle of the Affections, 1630, Constable. D.
- Patient Grizzell, 1603, Chettle and Dekker. C.
- Patrician and Parvenu (The), 1835, Poole. C.
- Patrician’s Daughter, 1841, W. Marston. T.
- Patriot (The), 1784, Charles Hamilton. T.
- Patron (The), 1764, Foote. F.
- Patter v. Clatter (1803-1878), C. J. Mathews.
- Pattie and Peggie, 1730, Th. Cibber. Bd.O. (Allan Ramsay’s Gentle Shepherd reset.)
- Paul, 1836, Mendelssohn. Or.
- Paul Lafarge, 1870, Boucicault.
- Paul Pry, 1825, Poole. F.
- Paul and Virginia (1756-1818), Cobb. Mu.E.
- Paul and Virginia (1755-1837), Favieres. T.
- Paul and Virginia (1768-1844), Mazzhingi. O.
- Pauline, 1841, Labrousse. C.
- Payable on Demand (1817-1880), Tom Taylor.
- Peace, B.C. 419, Aristophanes. C. (Greek). Translated by Mitchell, 1820-22; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867.
- Pédre (Don), 1857, Cormon. D.
- Pedro de Portugal (Don), 1828, Gily Zarate. D.
- Peep Behind the Curtain, 1767 (ascribed to Garrick and to King). F.
- Pelayo (1749-1811), Jovellanos. T.
- Pèlerin Blanc (Le), 1811, Guilbert de Pixérécourt.
- Pélopides, 1763, Voltaire. T.
- Pénélope, 1785, Marmontel. O.
- Percy, 1777, Hannah More. T.
- Père de Famille, 1758, Diderot. C.
- Pericles Prince of Tyre, 1609, Shakespeare. T.
- Perjured Husband, 1700, Centlivre. C.
- Perkin Warbeck, 1634, Ford. H.D.
- Perle Noire, 1862, Sardou.
- Perouse (La), 1799, B. Thompson. D.
- Perplexed Couple (The), 1706-1767, Molloy. C.
- Perplexed Lovers, 1712, Centlivre. C.
- Perplexities (The), 1767, Hull. C. (The Adventures of Five Hours, 1663, reset.)
- Persa, or The Persian (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin).
- Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Persian Prince (The), 1682, Southerne. T.
- Persian Princess (The) 1711, Theobald. T.
- Persians (The), B.C. 472, Æschylus. T. (Greek). Translated by otter, 1777; Buckley, 1849; Plumptre, 1869.
- Pertharite, 1693, Corneille. T.
- Peter and Paul (1788-1841), Hook.
- Pewterer (The), 1747, Holbery. B.C.
- Phædra and Hippolytus, 1708, E. Smith. T.
- Phaeton, 1597, Daniel or Dekker. T.
- Pharamond, 17th cent., Calprenède. T. (translated by Phillips, 1677).
- Pharamond, 1736, Cahusac. T.
- Phèdre, 1677, Racine. T.
- Phèdre et Hippolyte, 1677, Pradon. T.
- Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding, 1620, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). T.
- Philenzo and Hippolyta, 1653, Massinger.
- Philip II., 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Philip von Artevelde, 1834, H. Taylor. D.Pm.
- Phillippe II., (1764-1881), Chénier. D.
- Phillis of Seyros, 1655, Shirley. Pl.
- Philoctète, 1783, Laharpe. T.
- Philoctetes, about B.C. 415, Sophocles. T. (Greek). Translated by T. Sheridan, 1725; G. Adams, 1729; Potter, 1788; Dale, 1824; Plumptre, 1865.
- Philoctetes, 1871, Warren. Met.D.
- Philosophe sans le Savoir (Le), 1765, Sedaine. C.
- Philosopher’s Stone (The), 1850, Tom Taylor.
- Philotas, 1597, acted 1607, Daniel. T.
- Philtre (Le), 1830, Scribe. O.
- Phœnisssæ (B.C. 480-406), Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Banister, 1780; Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782; Morgan, 1805; Giles, 1865. (See “Thebais.”)
- Phœnix (The), 1607, Middleton.
- Phœnix in Her Flames (The), 1639, Lower. T.
- Phormio, B.C. 162, Terence. C. (Latin). Translated by Bentley, 1726; Colman the Elder, 1765; Barry, 1857; etc.
- Phrenologist, 1835, Coyne. C.
- Phrontisterion, or Oxford in the Nineteenth Century, 1852, Mansel. D. (unfinished).
- Phrosine et Mélidor, 1794, Méhul. O.C.
- Physic Lies a-Bleeding, 1697, Th. Brown. C.
- Piccolino, 1875, Guiraud. O. (libretto by Sardou).
- Picture (The), 1630, Massinger. T.C.
- Pierce Penniless (Supplication of) 1592, Nash.
- Pierre et Catherine, 1829, St. Georges.
- Pierre le Grand, 1854, Meyerbeer. O.
- Piety in Pattens, 1773, Foote. F.
- Pilgrim (The), 1621, Fletcher.
- Pilot (The), 19th cent., Fitzball. N.Blta.
- Pinafore (H.M.S.), 1878, Gilbert and Sullivan. N.C.Opta.
- Pinner of Wakefield, 1560-1592, R. Greene. C.
- Piperman’s Predicaments, * Ware. F.
- Pippa Passes, 1842, R. Browning. D.
- Pirata (Il), 1806-1835, Bellini. O.
- Pirate (The), 1792-1851, Davenport. Pl.
- Pirates (1763-1796), Storace. Mu.D.
- Piso’s Conspiracy, 1676, Lee. T. (same as Nero).
- Pizarro, 1799, Sheridan. T. (from Kotzebue’s drama The Spaniard in Peru, 1797).
- Plaideurs (Les), 1668, Racine. C. (imitated from the Wasps of Aristophanês).
- Plain Dealer, 1677, Wycherly. C.
- Plain Dealer (The), 1766, Bickerstaff. C.
- Platonic Love, 1707, Centlivre. C.
- Platonic Lovers, 1636, Davenant. T.C.
- Play (1829-1871), Robertson. C.
- Play betwene the Pardoner and the Frere, printed 1533, J. Heywood. Int.
- Play called the Four P’s (The), printed 1569, J. Heywood. Pl.
- Play of Love (The), 1533, Heywood. Int.
- Play of the Wether (The), 1533, Heywood. Int.
- Plot and No Plot (A), 1697, Dennis. C.
- Plot and Passion, 1852, Tom Taylor, etc.
- Plotting Sisters (The), 1676, D’Urfey. C.
- Plus Beau Jour de la Vie (Le), before 1822. Scribe. Pl.Pc.
- Plutus, B.C. 408, Aristophanês. C. (Greek). Translated by Randolph, 1651; Fielding and Young, 1812; Mitchell, 1820-22; Cunningham, 1826; Rudd, 1857.
- Pœrulus (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin).
- Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-1774.
- Poetaster (The), 1601, Jonson. Sat.C.
- Poets (The), 1774, Alfieri. F. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Polidoro, 1788, Bandettini.
- Polinice, 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by C. Lloyd, 1815).
- Polish Jew (The), * Ware. D. (altered into The Bells, 1874).
- Politician (The), 1655, Shirley. T.
- Politician Cheated (The), 1663, Greene. C.
- Polly Honeycombe, 1760, Colman. D.N.
- Polyeucte, 1640, Corneille. T.
- Polyxène, 1686, Lafosse. T.
- Pompée, 1592, Garnier. T.
- Pompée, 1641, Corneille. T.
- Pompey, 1663, Mrs. C. Philips. T.
- Pompey the Great, 1595, Kyd. T. (translated from the Pompée of Garnier).
- Pompey the Great, 1664, E. Waller. T.
- Pompey the Great (1705-1773), never printed, S. Johnson. T.
- Poor Gentleman (The), 1802, Colman. C.
- Poor Jack (1802-1879), Buckstone. C.
- Poor Man’s Comfort (The), 1655, Daborn. D.
- Poor Soldier (The), 1798, O’Keefe. O. (music by Shield).
- Pope als Metaphysiker, 1754, Lessing (music by Mendelssohn).
- Pope Joan. (See “Female Prelate.”)
- Popping the Question (1802-1879), Buckstone. C.
- Popularité, 1838, Delavigne. C.
- Porter’s Knot (The), 1858, Oxenford. D. (Like O’Dowd, it is an adaptation of Les Crochets du Père, by Cormon and Grangé.)
- Postillon de Lonjumeau (Le), 1836. Adam. O.C.
- Poulet et Poulette, 1878, Hervé. B.O.
- Pourceaugnac (Mons.), 1669, Molière. C.
- Pragmatical Jesuit New-Leven’d (The), 1657, Carpenter. C.
- Precieuses Ridicules, 1659, Molière. C.
- Premier Jour de Bonheur (Le), 1868, Auber. O.
- Presence (1624-1678), Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. C.
- Presented at Court, 1848, Coyne. C.
- Presumptive Evidence (1802-1879), Buckstone.
- Pretty Esmeralda and Captain Phœbus of Ours, 1879, H. J. Byron. B.
- Pride shall have a Fall, 1825, Croly. C.
- Priestess (The), 1855, Sargent.
- Prince Deukalion, 1879, B. Taylor. D.
- Prince Dorus, 1850, Tom Taylor.
- Prince of Homburg (1776-1811), Kleist. D.
- Princess (The), 19th cent., Gilbert. D.
- Princess of Cleves, 1689, Lee.
- Princesse Aurélie (Le), 1828, Delavigne. C.
- Princesse d’Elide, 1664, Molière. C.
- Princesse de Navarre, 1743, Voltaire. O.
- Princesse de Navarre, 1747, Rameau. O.
- Princesse de Trébizonde, 1870, Offenbach. O.
- Prisoner of State, 1847, Stirling. D.
- Prisoner of War, 1837, Jerrold. C.
- Prisoners (The), 1641, Killigrew. T.C.
- Prisonnier (Le), 1796, Dellamaria. O.C.
- Procureur Arbitre (Le), 1633-1690, Poisson. C.
- Prodigal Son (The), 1739-1802, Arnold. O. (music by Sullivan).
- Profligate (The), 1820, G. W. Taylor. C.
- Prometheus Bound, B.C. 460, Æschylus. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1777; Buckley, 1849; Webster, 1866; Plumptre, 1869; Lang, 1870.
- Prometheus Bound, 1838, E. Browning. T.
- Prometheus Unbound, 1821, Shelley. L.D.
- Promos and Cassandra, 1578, Whetstone. C.
- Prôneurs (Les) or La Tartuffe Littéraire (1734-1780), Dorat. Sat.D.
- Proof, 1878, Burnard (an English version of Une Cause Célèbre).
- Prophet (The), 1874, B. Taylor. T.
- Prophète (Le), 1849, Meyerbeer. O. (libretto by Scribe).
- Prophetess (The), 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Prophetess (The), or History of Dioclesian, 1690. Betterton.
- Proserpina, 1804, Winter. O.
- Proserpine, 1801, Paisiello. O.
- Protecteur (Le), 1781-1857, Brifaut. C.
- Provoked Husband, 1726, Vanbrugh. C. (left unfinished by Vanbrugh, and called The Journey to London. Cibber finished the play, and changed the name).
- Provoked Wife, 1697, Vanbrugh. C.
- Provost of Bruges, 1836, Knowles. T.
- Pseudolus, or The Cheat (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Psyché, 1671, Molière. C.
- Psyché, 1675, Shadwell.
- Psyché Debauched, 1678.
- Public Wooing (1624-1673), Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. C.
- Pulchérie, 1672, Corneille.
- Puritan Maid (The), 1602, Middleton. Pl. (lost).
- Puritan (The), or The Widow of Watling Street, 1607, W[entworth] S[mith].
- Puritani (I), 1834, Bellini. O.
- Puritan’s Daughter, 1861, Balfe. O.
- Purse (The), or The Benevolent Tar, * Cross. Mu.E.
- Pygmalion, 1748, Rameau. O.
- Pygmalion, 1809, Cherubini. O.
- Pygmalion and Galatea, 1871, Gilbert. Myt.D.
- Pyrame et Thisbé (1632-1698), Pradon. T.
- Pyrame et Thisbé (1677-1758), Lagrange. O.
- Pyrrhus, King of Egypt, 1695, Hopkins. T.
- Q.E.D., 1871, Marshall. Cdta.
- Quaker (The), 1777, Dibdin. C.O.
- Quaker’s Opera (The), 1728, Th. Walker.
- Quarantine (The), * Ware. C.
- Queen and Concubine (The), 1653, Brome. D.
- Queen Elizabeth’s Troubles, in two parts, 1606-1609, Thomas Heywood. H.Pl.
- Queen Juta of Denmark, 19th cent., Bojé. T.
- Queen Mab, 1760, Burney. O.
- Queen Mary [of England], 1875, Tennyson. T.
- Queen Mother (The), 1861, Swinburne. T.
- Queen of Arragon, 1635, Habington. T.C.
- Queen of Corinth, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Queen of Scots (The), 1684, Banks. T.
- Queens, 1616, Jonson.
- Queen’s Arcadia (The), 1606, Daniel. P.T.
- Queen’s Shilling (The), 1879, Godfrey. C. (an English version of Un Fils de Famille; see also “The Discarded Son”).
- Queer subject (The), 1837, Coyne. C.
- Qui Femme a, Guerre a, about 1830, Brohan. C.
- Quintus Fabius, 1573, Anon. H.Pl.
- Quip for an Upstart Courtier (A), 1592, Greene. C.
- Quitte ou Double, about 1830, Brohan. C. (The English adaptation is Double or Quits.)
- Rabages, 1872, Sardou. C.
- Rage (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Raging Turk (The), 1631, Goffe. T. (Bajazet II.).
- Ragout. (See “Mons. Ragout.”)
- Raising the Wind, 1803, Kenney. F.
- Rake and His Pupil (The), 1834, Buckstone. C.
- Ralph Roister Doister, 1534, Udal (the first English comedy). (See “Gammer Gurton’s Needle” and “Mesogonus.”)
- Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks, 1611, Barry. C.
- Rambling Justice, 1677, Leanerd. C.
- Rambling Lady (1659-1746), Southerne. C.
- Rape of Lucrece (The), 1608, Th. Heywood. T.
- Rapparee (The), or The Treaty of Limerick, 1870, Boucicault.
- Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune (The), 1580, Anon. Pl.
- Re Teodoro, 1785, Paisiello. O.
- Rebecca (1830-1877), Halliday. D.
- Rebellion (The), 1640, Rawlins. T.
- Rebellion Defeated, or The Fall of Desmond, 16th cent., Cutts. T.
- Rebels (The), 1749-1832, Goethe. C.
- Recess (The), 1785, Miss Lee.
- Réconciliation Normande, 1719, Dufresny. C.
- Reconciliation, or The Two Brothers, 1799, C. (from Kotzebue).
- Recruiting Officer (The), 1706, Farquhar. C.
- Recruiting Sergeant, 1770, Bickerstaff. Mu.E.
- Reculer pour Mieux Sauter, 1854, Dartois. C.
- Red Cross Knight, 1794, Holman.
- Red Mask (The), 1834, Planché.
- Regent (Le), 1831, Ancelot. V.
- Regicide (The), 1747, acted 1749, Smollett. T.
- Register Office (The), 1723-1787, Reed. F.
- Regolo (Attilio), 1740, Metastasio. O.
- Regular Fix (1764-1838), Morton. C.
- Régulus (1632-1698), Pradon. T.
- Régulus (1734-1780), C. J. Dorat. T.
- Regulus, 1774, Mrs. H. More. T.
- Rehearsal (The), 1671, Duke of Buckingham. B.
- Reinald (1789-1862), Ingemann.
- Reine de Chypre (La), 1799-1862, Halévy. O.
- Reine de Golconde. (See “Aline,” etc.)
- Reine de Saba, 1862, Gounod. O. (libretto by Curré).
- Relapse (The), 1697, Vanbrugh. C.
- Religious (1624-1673), Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. T.C.
- Remorse, 1797, acted 1813, Coleridge. T.
- Rencontre (The), 1827, Planché.
- Rendezvous Bourgeois (Les), 1794, Hoffman. O.C. (music by Méhul).
- Renegado (The), 1624, Massinger. T.C.
- Rent Day, 1830, Jerrold. C.
- Reprisals, or The Tars of Old England, 1757, Smollett. F.
- Rescued, 1879, Boucicault. Sen.D.
- Retaliation (1752-1820), Macnally. F.
- Retour de Napoléon, 1841, Sejour. D.
- Retribution, 1856, Bennett and Taylor. H.P.
- Return from Parnassus (The), 1606, Anon. Pl.
- Return of the Druses, 1865, R. Browning. T.
- Revenge (The), 1680, Anon. C. (This is the Dutch Courtezan revived.)
- Revenge (The), 1721, Young. T.
- Revenge, or a Match at Newgate, 1680, Betterton.
- Revenge for Honor, 1654, Chapman. T.
- Revenge of Bussy d’Amboise, 1613, Chapman. T.
- Revenger’s Tragedie (The), 1607, Tourneur. T.
- Revers de la Medaille (Le), 1861, Demolière. C.
- Review (The), or Wags of Windsor, 1798, Colman. F.
- Rewards of Vertue (The), 1661, Fountaine. C. (altered by Shadwell, and called The Royal Shepherdess, 1669).
- Rich Jew of Malta, 1586, Marlowe. T.
- Rich and Poor, 1812, Lewis. C.O.
- Richard Cœur de Lion, 1781, Sedaine. O. (music by Grétry).
- Richard Cœur de Lion, 1782, Burgoyne. H.R. (the above Anglicized).
- Richard Cœur de Lion (1752-1820), Macnally. O.
- Richard Cœur de Lion (1830-1877), Halliday. H.D.
- Richard Cœur de Lion, 1863, Benedict. O.
- Richard I., 1728, Sewell. T.
- Richard II., 1597, Shakespeare. H.D.
- Richard III., 1597, Shakespeare. H.T.
- Richard, Duke of York, 1595, Marlowe. T.
- Richelieu, 1839, Lord Lytton. H.Pl.
- Richelieu (La Jeunesse de), 1833, Ancelot. V.
- Richmond Heiress (The), 1693, D’Urfey. C.
- Rienzi, 1828, Miss Mitford. T.
- Rienzi, 1841, Wagner, O. (libretto by Jackson).
- Right Woman (A), 1615, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Rightful Heir (The), 1868, Lord Lytton. T. (same as The Sea Captain).
- Rigoletto, 1852, Verdi. O. (libretto from Victor Hugo).
- Rimini (Francesca di), 1819, Pellico. T.
- Rinaldo, 1711, Hill. O. (music by Handel; this was the first piece he set to music).
- Rinaldo and Armida, 1699, Dennis. D.
- Riquet, 1836, Planché.
- Rival Candidates, 1774, Dudley. Mu.Int.
- Rival Friends (The), 1632, Hausted. C.
- Rival Kings (The), 1677, Banks.
- Rival Ladies, 1663, Dryden. C.
- Rival Modes, 1726, Moore. C.
- Rival Queens, 1677, Lee.
- Rivals (The), 1668, Davenant. C.
- Rivals (The), 1775, Sheridan. C.
- Rivals (The), 1830, Balfe. O. (I Rivali).
- Road to Ruin, 1792, Holcroft. C.
- Roaring Girl (The), 1611, Middleton. C. (i.e. Moll Cutpurse).
- Rob Roy, 1832, Flotow. O.
- Rob Roy MacGregor (1782-1835), Pocock. O.D. (from Sir W. Scott’s novel).
- Robbers (The), 1781, Schiller. T.
- Robbers of Calabria, * Lane. D. (adapted).
- Robert le Diable, 1831, Meyerbeer O. (libretto by Scribe).
- Robert the Invalid, 1870, C. Reade. C. (a version of Molière’s Le Malade Imaginaire).
- Robin Hood, pt. i., 1597, Munday. D.
- Robin Hood, pt. ii., 1598, Chettle. D.
- Robin Hood, 1741, Dr. Arne and Burney. O.
- Robin Hood, 1787, O’Keefe. O. (music by Shield).
- Robin Hood (1752-1820), Macnally. C.O. (See “Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington.”)
- Robin Hood, 1860, Macfarren. O.
- Robin des Bois, 1824, Weber. O.
- Robinson Crusoé, 1805, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. V.
- Robinson Crusoe, 1806, Pocock (the above in English).
- Rock of Rome, 1849, Knowles. H.Pl.
- Roderigo, 1706, Handel. O.
- Rodogune, 1646, Corneille. T.
- Rodogune, or The Rival Brothers, 1765, Aspinwall. T. (from T. Corneille).
- Rodolphe, before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Roef-Krage, 1770, Ewald. D.
- Roi Fainéant (Le), 1830, Ancelot. T.
- Roi d’Yvetot (Le), 1842, Adam. O.C.
- Roi et le Fermier, 1762, Sedaine. O.C. (music by Monsigny).
- Roland, 1778, Piccini. O.
- Roland for an Oliver, 1819, Th. Morton. C.
- Rolla, 1798, Kotzebue. T.
- Rolla, 1799, Lewis. T. (from the above).
- Rollo, 1639, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Roman (The), 1850, S. Dobell. D.Pm.
- Roman Actor (The), 1629, Massinger.
- Roman Brother (The), 19th cent., Heraud. T.
- Roman Comique (Le), 1861, Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Roman Empress (A), 1622-1706, Joyner. D.
- Roman Father (The), 1750, Whitehead. T. (based on the Horace of Corneille).
- Roman Revenge, 1753, Hill.
- Roman d’Une Heure, or La Folle Gageure, 1803, Hoffmann. C.
- Roman Virgin (The), or The Unjust Judge, 1679, Betterton. T. (the tale of Virginius).
- Romance and Reality, J. Brougham. D.Pc.
- Romance for an Hour, 1771, Kelly. C.
- Rome Sauvée, 1752, Voltaire. T.
- Romeo and Juliet, 1595, Shakespeare. T.
- Romeo et Juliette, 1828, Soulié. T.
- Romildare Constanza, 1819, Meyerbeer. O.
- Romp (The), * Anon. C.O. (altered from Bickerstaff’s Love in the City).
- Rosalinda, 1762, Lockman. Mu.D.
- Rosamond, 1706, Addison. O. (music by Arne).
- Rosamond, 1861, Swinburne. Po.D.
- Rosamond (Fair), 1879, Tennyson. T.
- Rosamond (The Fair), 1812, Korner. T.
- Rosamond the Fair, 1836, Barnett. H.O.
- Rose (The), 1710-1778, Arne. C.O. (from the French).
- Rose Blanche (La), et la Rose Rouge, 1809, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. D. (See “Two Roses.”)
- Rose de St. Fleur (La), Offenbach. O.Bf.
- Rose et Colas, 1764, Sedaine. O.C.
- Rose of Arragon, 1842, Knowles. D.
- Rose of Castille, 1857, Balfe. O.
- Rosière de Salency (La), 1774, Grétry. O.
- Rosière et Norrice, 1842, Barrière. D.
- Rosina, 1782, Miss Brooke. Pl.
- Rosina, 1783, Shield. O.
- Rosmonda, 1525, Rucelleri. T.
- Rosmunda, 1783, Alfieri. T. (based on Bandello’s novel).
- Rosmunda, 1840, Gil y Zarate. (See “Henry” and “Complaint.”)
- Rösten i Oerken, 1815, Ingemann.
- Rough Diamond (1802-1879), Buckstone. Cdta.
- Roundheads (The), 1682, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Rover (The), 1677, Mrs. Behn; pt. ii., 1681. C.
- Roving (The), 17th cent., Middleton. C.
- Roxana, 1592, Alabaster. T. (Latin).
- Roxana, 1772, Magnocavallo. T. (a prize play).
- Royal Captive (The), 1745, J. Maxwell. T.
- Royal Combat, 17th cent., Ford and Dekker.
- Royal Command (By), 19th cent., Stirling. C.O.
- Royal Convert, 1708, Rowe. T. (i.e., Rodogune).
- Royal Garland, 1768, Bickerstaff.
- Royal King and Loyal Subject (The), 1737, Th. Heywood. T.C.
- Royal Martyr (The), 1669, Dryden. T.
- Royal Master (The), 1638, Shirley. C.
- Royal Mischief, 1696, Mrs. Manley.
- Royal Mistress (The), 1696, Mrs. Manley.
- Royal Shepherd (The), 1764, R. Holt. O. (from Metastasio).
- Royal Shepherdess, 1669, Shadwell. C. (This is Fountaine’s comedy The Rewards of Vertue, 1661, altered.)
- Royal Slave (The), 1637, Cartwright. T.C.
- Royalist (The), 1682, D’Urfey. C.
- Rubans d’Ivonne, 1850, Thiboust.
- Rudens, or The Rope (B.C. 154-184), Plautus. C. (Latin, adapted from a Greek play by Diphulos). Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Rugantio, 1805, Lewis. Mel.
- Ruines de Babylone (Les), 1819, Guilbert de Pixérécourt.
- Ruines de Vaudemont, 1845, Boule.
- Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, 1624, Beaumont and Fletcher. C. (altered by Garrick).
- Rump (The), 1660, Tatham. C.
- Runaway (The) 1776, Mrs. Cowley. C.
- Runnimede, 1783, J. Logan. T.
- Rural Felicity, 1834, Buckstone. C.
- Ruy Blas, 1840, Victor Hugo. R.D.
- Sabots de la Marquis, 1854, Boulanger. O.C.
- Sackfull of News (The), 1557, Anon. Pl.
- Sacrifice d’Iphigénie, 1861, Dennery. T.
- Sad One (The), 1609-1641, Suckling. T.
- Sad Shepherd (The), left at death unfinished, 1637, Jonson. P.
- Sailor’s Daughter (The), 1800, Cumberland. C.
- St. Clement’s Eve, 1862, Sir H. Taylor. D.
- St. Genest, 1641, Rotrou. T.
- St. Patrick for Ireland, 1640, Shirley. C.
- St. Patrick’s Day, 1775, Sheridan. F.
- St. Peter, 1866, Benedict. Or.
- Saint’s Tragedy, 1846, Kingsley. D.Pm.
- Salmacida Spolia, 1639, Davenant. M.
- Salvator, 19th cent., Herault. T.
- Samor, 1818, Milman.
- Samson, 1742, Handel. Or.
- Samson Agonistes, 1671, Milton. D.Pm.
- Sappho, 1850, Gounod. O.
- Sappho and Phao, 1591, J. Lyly. Myt.D.
- Saratoga, 1874, Marshall (brought out in London under the title of Brighton).
- Sardanapalus, 1821, Byron. T.
- Satanella, 1858, Balfe. O.
- Satiro-mastix, 1602, Dekker. Sat.C.
- Saucy Valets (1730-1805), King.
- Saul, 1738, Handel. Or.
- Saul, 1739, Hill. T.
- Saul, 1782, Alfieri. T.
- Saul, 1801, Kalkbrenner. Or.
- Saul (King), 1872, Armstrong. T.
- Saul (König), 1839, Gutzkow. D.
- Sauney, the Scot, 1698, Lacy. C.
- Savage (Richard), 19th cent., Gutzkow. D.
- Savonarola, 1881, Austin. T.
- Scapegoat (The), about 1840, Poole. F.
- Scholar (The), 1649, Lovelace. C.
- Scholar (The), 1802-1879, Buckstone. C.
- School, 1869, Robertson. C.
- School for Arrogance (1745-1809), Holcroft. C.
- School for Authors (1770-1804), Tobin. C.
- School for Coquettes (1799-1861), Mrs. Gore. Prose C.
- School for Fathers (The), 1770, Bickerstaff. C.
- School for Grown Children, 1826, Morton. C.
- School for Grown Gentlemen, 1827, Morton. C.
- School for Lovers, 1762, Whitehead. C. (See “L’École des Amants.”)
- School for Scandal, 1777, Sheridan. C.
- School for Wives, 1774, Kelly. C. (See “L’École des Femmes.”)
- School of Complement, 1631, Shirley. C.
- School of Reform, 1817, Thomas Morton. C. (See “L‘École.”)
- Scipio Africanus, 1729, Beckingham. T. (from Pradon’s Scipion l‘Africain).
- Scipion l‘Africain, 1632-1698, Pradon. T.
- Scornful Lady (The), 1616, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Scots Figaries (The), 1652, Tatham. C.
- Scowerers (The), 1691, Shadwell. C.
- Scythes, 1761, Voltaire. T.
- Sea-Captain (The), 1839, Lytton. T. (often called The Rightful Heir).
- Sea-Voyage, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Search after Happiness, 1773, H. More. P.
- Search for Money (A), 1609, Rowley. C.
- Seasons (The), 1800, Haydn. O.
- Sebastian. (See “Don Sebastian.”)
- Second Maiden’s Tragedy, before 1620, Anon. T. (ascribed to Chapman).
- Second Thoughts, 19th cent., Buckstone.
- Secret (Le), 1793, Hoffmann. O.C. (music by Méhul).
- Secret Love, 1667, Dryden. C.
- Secrets Worth Knowing, 1798, Th. Morton. C.
- Secrétaire et le Cuisinier (Le), before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- See Me and See Me Not, 1618, Belcher. C. (adapted from a play by Hans Beerpot).
- Sejanus, 1602, Jonson. T.
- Séjour Militaire, 1813, Auber. O.
- Self-immolation, or The Sacrifice of Love, 1799, Newman. Pl. (from Kotzebue).
- Selindra, 1665, Sir W. Killigrew. Pl.
- Semele, 1698, Congreve. Mu.D. (music by Handel).
- Semiramide, 1729, Metastasio. O.
- Semiramide, 1819, Meyerbeer. O.
- Semiramide, 1823, Rossini. O.
- Sémiramis, 1748, Voltaire. T.
- Senile Odium, 1633, Hausted. C.
- Serail, 1782, Mozart. O.
- Serious Family (A), about 1850, Buckstone (music by Barnett).
- Sertorious, 1662, Corneille. T.
- Servius Tullius, 1826, Bouzique. T.
- Sesostris, 1667, Amore. T.
- Seven against Thebes (The), B.C. 471, Æschylus. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1777; Buckley, 1849; Davies, 1864; Plumptre, 1869.
- Shaughraun, 1874, Boucicault. D.
- She Stoops to Conquer, 1773, Goldsmith. C.
- She Stoops to Conquer, 1864, Macfarren. O.
- She Would and She Would Not, 1703, Cibber. C.
- She Would if She Could, 1668, Etherege. C.
- Shepherd of Tolosa, 1829, Ingemann.
- Shepherd’s Artifice, 1761, Dibdin. O.
- Shepherd’s Holiday (The), 1635, Rutten. P.T.C.
- Shoemaker a Gentleman (A), 1638, Rowley. C.
- Shoemaker’s Holiday (The), 1600, Dekker. C.
- Shore. (See “Jane Shore.”)
- Si j’étais Roi, 1854, Adam. Pt.Pc.
- Sicilian Summer (A), 1850, Henry Taylor. C.
- Sicilian Vespers, 1840, Kenney.
- Sicilian Vespers, 1819, Delavigne. T.
- Sicilien ou L’Amour Peintre, 1667, Molière. C.
- Siege (The), or Love’s Convert, 1651, Cartwright. C.
- Siège of Aguileia, 1760, Home.
- Siege of Babylon (The), 1678, Pordage. T.
- Siege of Belgrade, 1796, Cobb. C.O. (music by Storace; an English version of La Cosa Rara).
- Siege of Berwick, 1806, Jerningham. T.
- Siege of Damascus, 1720, Hughes. T.
- Siege of Grenada, 1671, Dryden. H.Pl.
- Siege of Ischia, (1778-1824), Kemp. O.
- Siege of Memphis (The), 1676, D’Urfey. T.
- Siege of Rhodes, 1656, Davenant. Pl.
- Siege of Rochelle, 1835, Balfe. O.
- Siege of Sinope, 1781, Miss Brooke. T.
- Siege of Troy (The), 1715. D.
- Siege of Urbin, 1666, Sir W. Killigrew. Pl.
- Sigurd (King), 19th cent., Bojé. T.
- Silent Woman (The), 1609, Jonson. C.
- Silver Age (The), 1613, Thomas Heywood. C.
- Silvia, 1731, Lillo.
- Single Life, about 1835, Buckstone. C.
- Sir Barnaby Whigg, 1681, D’Urfey. C.
- Sir Courtley Nice, 1685, Crowne. C. (from the Mayor Imposible of Lope de Vega).
- Sir Fopling Flutter, 1676, Etherege. C.
- Sir George Etherege’s Comical Revenge (1642-1689)1689), Mrs. Behn. C.
- Sir Harry Gaylove, 1772, Miss Marshall. C.
- Sir Harry Wildair, 1701, Farquhar. C.
- Sir Hercules Buffoon, 1684, Lacy. C.
- Sir John Cockle at Court, 1737, Dodsley. F.
- Sir John Falstaff in Masquerade, 1741, S. Johnson. C.
- Sir John Oldcastle. (See “Oldcastle.”)
- Sir Marmaduke Maxwell, 1827, Cunningham. C.
- Sir Martin Marplot (1592-1670), William, Duke of Newcastle. C. (founded on Molière’s L’Etourdi).
- Sir Martin Marrall, 1667, Dryden. C. (This is Sir Martin Marplot adapted for the stage.)
- Sir Patient Fancy, 1678, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Sir Richard Grinvile, 1595, Markham. T.
- Sir Solomon, or The Cautious Coxcomb, 1671, Caryl. C.
- Sir Thomas Moore, 1792, Hurdis. T.
- Sir Thomas Overbury, 1726, Savage. T.
- Sir Thomas Overbury’s Life and Untimely Death, 1614, Ford. T.
- Sir Thomas Wyat, 1607, Webster and Dekker. T.
- Sir Walter Raleigh, 1720, Sewell. T.
- Sirène (La), 1844, Scribe. O.C.
- Siroe (Il), 1728, Metastasio. O.
- Sisters (The), 1652, Shirley. C.
- Sisters (The), 1769, Mrs. Lennox. C.
- Slanderer (The), 1778, Foote.
- Slave (The), 1816, Bishop. O.
- Slave Life (1817-1880), Tom Taylor, etc.
- Sleeping Beauty, 1805, Skeffington. Pn.
- Sleeping Beauty, 1840, Planché.
- Slighted Maid (The), 1663, Stapylton. C.
- Snake in the Grass, 1759, Hill. C. (altered by Buckstone, 19th cent.)
- Society, 1865, Robertson. C.
- Sofonisbe, 1718, Leo. O. (See “Sophonisba.”)
- Soirée à la Bastille, 1845, Decourcelle. C.
- Soirée d’Auteuil (La), 1804, Andrieux. C.
- Soldier (The), 1649, Lovelace. T.
- Soldier’s Daughter (The), 1804, Cherry. C.
- Soldier’s Fortune, 1681, Otway. C.
- Soldier’s Last Stake (The), 1686-1744, G. Jacob.
- Soldier’s Return, 1805, Hook. C.
- Soliman and Persida, 1599, Anon [? Kyd]. T.
- Soliman II. (1710-1792), Favart. O.C.
- Solliciteur (Le), before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Solomon, 1748, Handel. Or.
- Solomon, 1748, Klopstock. S.D. (translated by R. Huish, 1809).
- Solomon (King), 1876, Armstrong. T.
- Somnambule (La), 1819, Delavigne. D.
- Sonnambula, 1831, Bellini. O.
- Sophi (The). (See “Sophy.”)
- Sophister (The), 1639, Zouch. C.
- Sophonisba, 1514, Trissino. T. (the first Italian tragedy). (See “Ferrex,” etc.)
- Sophonisba, or The Wonder of Women, 1606, Marston. T. (See “Sofonisbe.”)
- Sophonisba, 1729, Thomson. T.
- Sophonisba, 1783, Alfieri. T. (translated by Lloyd, 1815).
- Sophonisbe, 1630, Mairet. T. (imitated from Trissino; the first French Tragedy).
- Sophonisbe (1606-1684), Corneille. T.
- Sophonisbe (1677-1758), Lagrange-Chancel. T.
- Sophy (The), 1641, printed 1642, Denham. T.
- Sorcerer (The), 1876, Gilbert and Sullivan. Opta.
- Sorcière (La), 1863, Bourgeois and Barbier. C.
- Sordello, 1839, R. Browning.
- Sosies, 1639, Rotrou. C.
- Sot toujours Sot, 1693, De Brueys. C.
- Spaniard in Peru (The), 1797, Kotzebue. T. (The English version is called Pizarro).
- Spanish Bawd (The), 1631, Fernando de Roias. C. (the longest play ever published).
- Spanish Curate (The), 1622, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). C. (based on The Unfortunate Spaniard by Gonsalvo de Cespides).
- Spanish Dollars, 1807, Cherry. M.D.
- Spanish Father (The), 1745-1831, H. Mackenzie. T.
- Spanish Fryar (The), 1680, Dryden. C.
- Spanish Gipsy, 1653, Middleton and Rowley. C.
- Spanish Gypsy, 1865, rewritten 1867, and published 1868, “G. Eliot” [Mrs. Lewes]. D.Pm.
- Spanish Masquerado, 1589, Greene. C.
- Spanish Rogue (The), 1674, Duffett. C.
- Spanish Student (The), 1845, Longfellow. D.Pm.
- Spanish Tragedy (The), or Jeronimo Mad Again, 1603, Kyd. T. (forming pt. ii. to Jeronimo).
- Spanish Viceroy, 1653, Massinger.
- Spartacus, 1746, Saurin. T.
- Spartan Dame (The), 1721, Southerne. T.
- Speculation (1765-1841), Reynolds. C.
- Speed the Plough, 1798, Thomas Morton. C.
- Spoilt Child (The), 1805 (?) Bickerstaff. C.
- Spouter (The), 1756, Murphy. F.
- Sprigs of Laurel, 1798, O’Keefe. M.F. (music by Shield).
- Spring and Autumn, 1827, Kenney. C.
- Spring’s Glory (The), 1638, Nabbes. M.
- Squeeze to the Coronation, 1821, Thomson. C.
- Squire of Alsatia (The), 1688, Shadwell. C. (same as Gentleman of Alsatia).
- Squire Oldsapp, 1679, D’Urfey. C.
- Stage Beaux toss’d in a Blanket, 1704, Thomas Brown. C.
- Stage Coach, 1704, Farquhar. C.
- Staple of News (The), 1625, Jonson. C.
- Star of Seville, 1837, Mrs. Butler (born Kemble).
- State of Innocence, 1673, Dryden. D.Pm. (a dramatic version of Milton’s Paradise Lost).
- State Prisoner, 1847, Stirling.
- Statira (1632-1698), Pradon. T.
- Stella, 1776, Goethe. D.
- Stella, 1843, Anicet Bourgeois. D.
- Stephanie, 1877, Story. T.
- Stepmother (The), 1664, Stapylton. T.C. (See “Hecyra.”)
- Stepmother (The), 1800, Earl of Carlisle. T.
- Steward (The). (This is merely The Deserted Daughter of Holcroft, 1785, reset.)
- Stichus (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin, adapted from a Greek play by Menander). Translated into blank verse by Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- Stilicon, 1660, Thomas Corneille. T.
- Still Waters Run Deep, 1855, Tom Taylor. C.
- Stolen Heiress, 1703, Centlivre. C.
- Stolen Kisses, 19th cent., Merritt. C.
- Stafford, 1837, R. Browning. H.T.
- Stafford, 1843, Sterling. H.T.
- Strange Discovery (The), 1640, Gough. T.C.
- Strange Gentleman (The), 1836, Dickens. Blta.
- Stranger (The), 1797, B. Thompson. D. (from Misanthropy and Repentance, by Kotzebue). Thompson’s version was greatly altered in 1798 by Sheridan.
- Straniera (La), 1806-1835, Bellini. O.
- Strathmore, 1849, W. Marston. T.
- Stratonice, 1792, Hoffmann. O.C. (music by Méhul).
- Streets of London, 1862, Boucicault. D.
- Struensee, 1827, Beer. T.
- Success, or A Hit if You Like It, 1825, Planché. F.
- Such Things Are, 1786, Inchbald. Pl.
- Suite du Mentuer (La), 1803, Andrieux. C.
- Sullen Lovers, 1668, Shadwell. C.
- Sultan (The), 1775, Bickerstaff. F.
- Summer’s Last Will, etc., 1600, Nash. C.
- Summer’s Tale, 1768, Cumberland. C.O.
- Sun in Aries (The), 1621, Middleton. C.
- Sun’s Darling (The), 1656, Ford. M.
- Superiority, 1607, Ant. Brewer. C.
- Suppliants (The), B.C. 461, Æschylus. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1777; Buckley, 1849; Plumptre, 1869.
- Supplication of Pierce Penniless, etc., 1592, Nash.
- Supplice d’un Homme, 1865, Thiboust.
- Supplices, B.C. 421, Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782.
- Supposes (The), 1566, Gascoigne. C.
- Suréna, 1674, Corneille. T.
- Surprise (Agreeable), 1798, O’Keefe. C.
- Surrender of Calais, 1791, Colman. C.
- Suspicious Husband (The), 1747, Hoadly. C.
- Svend Dyring’s House, 19th cent., Herz. R.D.
- Svend Grathe, 19th cent., Bojé. T.
- Sweethearts, 1874, Gilbert. D.Pc.
- Sweethearts and Wives (1772-1849), Kenney. Mu.C. (music by Nathan).
- Sweetman, the Woman-Hater, 1640, Anon. C.
- Swindler (The), 1764-1838, Morton. C.
- Sword and the Hand, 1832, Beer. T.
- Sylvain, 1770, Marmontel. O.C. (music by Grétry).
- Sylvana, 1809, Weber. O.
- Sylvester Daggerwood, 1795, Colman. C.
- Sylvia, 1731, Lillo.
- Tableau Parlant (Le), 1769, Grétry. O.
- Tailors (The), * Anon. B.T.
- Tale of Mantua, 1830, Knowles.
- Tale of Mystery (1745-1809), Holcroft. Mel.
- Tale of a Tub, 1633, Jonson.
- Tamburlaine, 1590, Marlowe. T.
- Tamerlan (1632-1698), Pradon. T.
- Tamerlan et Bajazet, 1806, Bishop. Bl.
- Tamerlane, 1702, Rowe. T.
- Tamerlane, 1722, Leo. O.
- Taming of the Shrew, 1593, Shakespeare. C.
- Tancred and Gismunda, 1568, by Hatton and four others. T.
- Tancred and Sigismunda, 1745, Thomson. T.
- Tancréde, 1760, Voltaire. T.
- Tancredi, 1813, Rossini. O.
- Tannhäuser, 1845, Wagner. O.
- Tante (La) et le Neveu (1781-1857), Brifaut. C.
- Tarare, 1787, Beaumarchais. O.
- Tartuffe, 1664, Molière. C.
- Tasso (Torquato), 1790, Goethe. T.
- Tasso Refriede, 1819, Ingemann. D.
- Taste, 1752, Foote. F.
- Tatlers (The), 1797, Hoadly. C.
- Taverne des Étudiants (La), 1854, Sardou. C.
- Technogamia, or Marriage of the Arts, 1630, Holyday. C.
- Tekeli, 1803, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. Mel.
- Tell (Guglielmo), 1829, Rossini. O.
- Tell (Guillaume), 1766, Lemière. T.
- Tell (Guillaume), 1772, Sedaine. O.
- Tell (Wilhelm), 1804, Schiller. T.
- Tell (William), 1825, Knowles. T.
- Tell (William), 1827-1862, Talfourd. F.
- Temistocle, 1738, Metastasio. D.
- Tempest (The), 1609, Shakespeare. C.
- Tempest (The), 1668, Dryden. C.
- Temple Beau (The), 1738, Fielding. C.
- Temple de la Gloire, 1744, Voltaire. O.
- Temple of Love (The), 1634, Davenant. M.
- Temptatyon of Our Lorde and Saver (The), 1538. Bal.Int.
- Tender Husband (The), 1703, Steele. C.
- Teraminta, 1732, H. Carey.
- Tête de Mort (La), 1827, Guilbert de Pixérécourt. V.
- Théagène et Chariclée, 1662, Racine. T.
- Thébaïde (La), 1664, Racine. T.
- Thebaïs, or The Phœnissæ (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin).
- Themistocle. (See “Temistocle.”)
- Theodosius, or The Force of Love, 1680, Lee. T.
- Therese, the Orphan of Geneva, 19th cent., Kerr. Mel.R. (adapted).
- Thersytes, 1537, Anon. Int.
- Thésée, 1690, Lafosse. T.
- Theseus, 1715, Handel. O.
- Theseus and Ariadne, 1848, Planché.
- Thesmophoriazusæ, B.C. 410, Aristophanes. C. (Greek). Translated by Mitchell, 1820-22; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867.
- Thespis, 1762, Kelly.
- Thierry and Theodoret, 1621, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). T.
- Thieves of Paris, 1856, Stirling. D.
- Thimble Rig (The), 1802-1879, Buckstone. F.
- Thirty Years of a Woman’s Life, before 1834, Buckstone.
- Thomas. (See “Mons. Thomas.”)
- Thomas à Becket, 1780, Tennyson. T.
- Thomas and Sally (1696-1743), Carey. Mu.E.
- Thomas and Sally, 1760, Bickerstaff. C.O.
- Thracian Wonder, 1661, Webster. C.
- Three Black Seals (The), 1864, Stirling. H.D.
- Three Hours after Marriage, 1717, Gay. F.
- Three Ladies of London (The), 1584, Anon. Mo.
- Three Lords and Three Ladies of London, 1590, Anon. Mo.
- Three Strangers (The), 1835, Miss Lee. C.
- Three Weeks after Marriage, 1776, Murphy. F.
- Thyestes (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin). Translated by Heywood, 1560; Wright, 1674.
- Thyestes, about 1680, Crowne. T.
- Tibère, (1764-1811), Chénier. T.
- Ticket-of-Leave Man, 1863, Tom Taylor.
- Timanthes, 1769, Hoole. T.
- Time Works Wonders, 1845, Jerrold. C.
- Timocrate, 1656, Thomas Corneille. T.
- Timocrate, 1723, Leo. O.
- Timoléon, 1783, Alfieri. T.
- Timoléon, 1794, Chénier. T.
- Timon of Athens, 1609, Shakespeare. T.
- Timon of Athens, 1778, Cumberland. T.
- Timon, the Manhater, 1678, Shadwell. T.
- Timour, the Tartar, 1812, Lewis. Mel.
- Tipperary Legacy, 1847, Coyne. C.
- ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, 1633, Ford. T.
- ’Tis Well ’tis no Worse, 1770, Bickerstaff. C.
- Tit for Tat, * Colman. C.
- Tito, 1791, Mozart. O.
- Titus Andronicus, 1593, (?) Shakespeare. T.
- Titus Andronicus, 1687, Ravenscroft. T.
- Titus and Berenice, 1672, Otway.
- To Marry or Not to Marry (1753-1821), Inchbald. C.
- To-Night, Uncle, 1878, H. J. Byron.
- To Oblige Benson, 1854, Tom Taylor.
- To Parents and Guardians (1817-1880), Tom Taylor.
- Tobacconist (The), before 1780, Gentleman. F.
- Tom Cobb, 1876, Gilbert. F.
- Tom Essence, or The Modish Wife, 1677, Rawlins. C.
- Tom Fool, 1760, Stevens. F.
- Tom Jones, 1740, Reed. C.O.
- Tom Thumb, 1733, Fielding. C.O.
- Tom Tyler and his Wife, about 1569, published in 1578, Anon. Mo.
- Tonson. (See “Mons. Tonson.”)
- Tony Lumpkin in Town, 1778, O’Keefe. C.
- Too Late to Call Back Yesterday, 1639, R. Davenport. C.
- Too Many, or Democracy, 1805, Alfieri. C.
- Toréador (Le), 1849, Adam. O.C.
- Tortesa, the Usurer, 1841, Willis. C.
- Tottenham Court, 1633, Nabbes. C.
- Tour de Londres, 1855, Nus. D.
- Tower of Babel (The), 1871, A. Austin. Dc.Pm.
- Town and Country, 1807, Morton. C.
- Town Fop (The), 1677, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Toy-Shop, 1735, Dodsley. D.S.
- Trachiniæ, about B.C. 430, Sophocles. T. (Greek). Translated by G. Adams, 1729; Potter, 1788; Dale, 1824; Plumptre, 1865.
- Traitor (The), 1635, Shirley. T.
- Travailes of Three English Brothers, 1607, Day. T.C.
- Travellers (The), 1806, Cherry. C.
- Traviata (La), 1856, Verdi. O.
- Trente Millions de Gladiateurs (Les), 19th cent., Labiche and Gille. (See “Nabob.”)
- Trésor (Le), 1803, Andrieux. C.
- Trial. (See “Tryal.”)
- Trial by Jury, 1875, Gilbert and Sullivan. Opta.
- Trial of Pleasure (The), 1567, Skelton. Mo.
- Trick for Trick, 1678, D’Urfey. C.
- Trick upon Trick, 1710, Hill. C.
- Tricke to Catch the Old One (A), 1608, Middleton. C.
- Trinuzzia (La), 1540, Angelo. C.
- Trinummus (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin, adapted from a Greek play by Philemon).
- Translated into blank verse by Messrs. Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-1774.
- Triomphe des Arts (Le), 1672-1731, Lamotte. O.
- Trip to Calais (A), 1777, Foote. F.
- Trip to Kissengen (A), 1817-1880, Taylor.
- Trip to Scarborough (A), 1777, Sheridan.
- Trip to Scotland (A), 1770, Whitehead. F.
- Tristan and Isolde, 1865, Wagner. O.
- Triumph of Oriana, 1601, Morley. O.
- Triumph of Peace (The), 1633, Shirley. M.
- Triumphs of Beautie (The), 1646, Shirley. M.
- Triumphs of Health and Prosperity, 1626, Middleton. Sol.
- Triumphs of Honor and Industry, 1617, Middleton. Sol.
- Triumphs of Honor and Virtue, 1622, Middleton. Sol.
- Triumphs of Integrity, 1623, Middleton. Sol.
- Triumphs of Love and Antiquity, 1619, Middleton. Sol.
- Triumphs of Love and Fortune, 1589, by E. A. Sol.
- Triumphs of Truth, 1613, Middleton (and scores more for Lord Mayor’s Day).
- Triumphs of the Prince D’Amour, 1635, Davenant. M.
- Triumphant Widow (The), 1677, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle. C.
- Troade (La), 1632-1698, Pradon. T.
- Troades (B.C. 415), Euripides. T. (Greek). Translated by Bannister, 1780; Potter, 1781; Wodhull, 1782.
- Troas or Hecuba (B.C. 58-32), Seneca. T. (Latin). Translated by J. Heywood, 1559; S. P[ordage], 1660; E. Sherburne, 1679; J. T[albot], 1686.
- Troilus and Cressida, 1602, Shakespeare. T.
- Troilus and Cressida, 1679, Dryden. T.
- Trois Cousins, 1664, Dancourt. C.
- Trois Rivaux (Les), 1758, Saurin. C.
- Trois Sultanes (Les), 1710-1792, Favart. C.
- Troja Distrutta, 1663, Andrea. T.
- Troublesome Reign of King John, 1578, Anon. H.Pl.
- Trovatore (Il), 1853, Verdi. O.
- Truculentus (B.C. 254-184), Plautus. C. (Latin).
- Translated into blank verse by Thornton, Rich, Warner and Colman, 1769-74.
- True Love can ne’er Forget (1797-1868), Lover.
- True Widow, 1679, Shadwell. C.
- Tryal of Samuel Foote, 1763, Foote. F.
- Tu Quoque, 1599, Greene.
- Tunbridge Wells, 1678, Rawlins. C.
- Turcaret, 1708, Lesage. C.
- Turco in Italia, 1814, Rossini. O.
- Turk and No Turk, 1785, Colman. Mu.C.
- Turke (The), 1610, J. Mason. T.
- Turkish Court (The), 1748, L. Pilkington. Pl.
- Turkish Mahomet, 1584, Peele.
- Turnpike Gate (1774-1826), Knight. F.
- Twelfth Night, etc., 1602, Shakespeare. C.
- Twin Rivals, 1705, Farquhar.
- ’Twixt Axe and Crown, 1870, Taylor. H.Pl.
- Two Foscari (The), 1821, Byron.
- Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1595, Shakespeare. C. (first mentioned 1598).
- Two Italian Gentlemen (The), 1584, Munday. D. (afterwards called Fidele and Fortunio).
- Two Klingsbergs (The), 1761-1819, Kotzebue. D.
- Two Loves and a Life (1817-1880), Taylor.
- Two Maids of More Clacke, 1609, Armin. C.
- Two Misers, 1767, O’Hara.
- Two Noble Kinsmen, 1634, Beaumont and Fletcher.
- Two Queens of Brentford, 1721, D’Urfey. O.
- Two Roses (The), 1878, Albery. V.
- Two Strings to your Bow, 1791, Jephson. F.
- Two to One, 1784, Colman. C.
- Two Tragedies in One, 1601, Yarrington. D.
- Two Wise Men and All the Rest Fools, 1619, Chapman. C. (in seven acts).
- Tyrant (The), 1660, Massinger.
- Tyrannic Love, 1669, Dryden. T.
- Ugone, 1870, Armstrong. T.
- Ulysses, 1706, Rowe. Myt.D.
- Un Ballo in Maschera, 1861, Verdi. O.
- Uncle, 19th cent., H. J. Byron. C.
- Uncle John, 1833, Buckstone.
- Uncle Too Many, 1828, Thomson. C.
- Under the Earth, 1868. R.D. (Hard Times, by Dickens, dramatized).
- Underbarnet, 19th cent., Ingemann.
- Undertaker (The), 1770-1804, Tobin.
- Une Cause Célèbre. (See “Proof.”)
- Une Chasse à St. Germain, 1860, Deslandes. D.
- Une Faute, before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Unequal Match (An), 1877, Tom Taylor.
- Unfinished Gentleman (1801-1863), Selby. C.
- Unfortunate Lovers (The), 1642, Davenant. T.
- Unfortunate Mother (The), 1640, Nabbes. T.
- Unhappy Favorite (The), 1682, Banks. T.
- Unknown Lover (The), 1878, Gosse. Pl.
- Unnatural Combat, 1639, Massinger. T.
- Unnatural Tragedy (The), 1624-1673, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. T.
- Up All Night (1730-1805), King. Mu.D. (music by Dr. Arnold).
- Upholsterer (The), 1758, Murphy. F.
- Upper Crust (The), 1880, H. J. Byron. C.
- Urgent Private Affairs (1805-1868), Coyne. C.
- Used Up, 1845, C. J. Mathews. C.
- Vacancies (Les), 1659, Dancourt. C.
- Val d’Andorre (Le), 1799-1862, Halévy. O.C.
- Valentine, 1820, Guilbert de Pixérécourt.
- Valentinian, 1617, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). T.
- Valérie, 1822, Scribe. F.
- Valiant Welchman (The), 1615, Armin. C.
- Valsei (i.e., Wallace), or The Hero of Scotland, 1772, Perobo. T. (a prize play).
- Vampire (Le), 1820, Carmouche.
- Vampire (The), 1820, Planché.
- Vampire (The), 1829, Planché. O.
- Vanderdecken, 1878, W. G. Wills.
- Vandyck, 1850, Richards. Pl.
- Variety (The), 1649, Duke of Newcastle. C.
- Vautour (Mons.), 1805, Duval.
- Venceslas, 1647, Rotrou. T.
- Vendanges de Suresnes, 1657, Dancourt. C.
- Vendetta, 1846, Stephens.
- Venetian Outlaw (The), 1805, Elliston.
- Venice Preserved, 1682, Otway. T.
- Vénitienne (La), 1834, Anicet Bourgeois. D.
- Venoni, 1809, Lewis. D.
- Venus and Adonis (1703-1758), Theo. Cibber. C.
- Vêpres Siciliennes (Les), 1819, Delavigne. T.
- Verre d’Eau (Le), 1842, Scribe. C.
- Very Woman (A), 1655, Massinger. T.C.
- Vespers of Palermo, 1823, Hemans. T.
- Veuve de Malabar, 1799, Kalkbrenner. O.
- Vicar of Wakefield (The). (This novel was dramatized in 1819; turned into an opera in 1823; S. Coyne produced a dramatic version in 1850, in conjunction with Tom Taylor; and W. G. Wills in 1878, under the name of Olivia.)
- Victims, 1856, Tom Taylor.
- Victorine, 1831, Buckstone.
- Videna, 1854, Heraud. T.
- Vie de Café, 1850, Dupenty.
- Vieux Château, 1799, Dellamaria. O.
- Vieux Fat (Le), 1810, Andrieux. C.
- Vieux Garçon (Le), before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Vieux Péchés (Les), 1833, Dumanois. D.
- Village (The), 1805, Cherry. C.
- Village Coquettes, 1835, Hullah. O.
- Village Coquettes, 1836, Dickens. O.
- Village Opera (The), 1762, Johnson. C.O.
- Village Wedding, before 1770, Love. P.
- Villain (The), 1663, Porter. T.
- Vindimiatrice (Le), 1741-1813, Grétry. O.
- Vintner Tricked (The), 1746, *. C.
- Vira-Rama-Tscherita, 8th cent., Bhavabhouti. Myt.D.
- Virgin Martyr (The), 1622, Massinger and Dekker. T.
- Virgin Unmasked, about 1740, Fielding. Mu.F.
- Virgin of the Sun (The), 1799, Anne Plumtree. Pl. (from Kotzebue).
- Virgin of the Sun (The), 1812, Bishop. O.
- Virgin Widow (The), 1649, Quarles. C.
- Virginia, 1654, Webster. T.
- Virginia, 1760, Miss Brooke. T.
- Virginia, 1783, Alfieri. T.
- Virginia (1756-1829), Léopold. T.
- Virginie, 1683, Campistron. T.
- Virginie, 1786, Laharpe. T.
- Virginius (1792-1852), Payne. T.
- Virginius, 1820, Knowles. T.
- Virtue Betrayed, 1682, Banks. T.
- Virtuoso (The), 1676, Shadwell. C.
- Virtuous Octavia, 1598, Brandon. H.Pl.
- Virtuous Wife (The), or Good Luck to the Last, 1680, D’Urfey. C.
- Visite à Bedlam (Une), before 1822, Scribe. Pt.Pc.
- Vologese, 1744, Leo. O.
- Volpone, or The Fox, 1605, Jonson. C.
- Volunteers (The), 1693, Shadwell. C.
- Vortigern and Rowena, 1796, Ireland. T.
- Votary of Wealth (The), 1792, Holman. C.
- Wags of Windsor. (See “Review.”)
- Wakefield Plays (The), 32 in number, printed by the Surtees Society in 1836. Mys.
- Walking Statue, 1710, Hill.
- Wallace, 1799, Grahame. T.
- Wallace. (See “Valsei.”)
- Wallenstein (Albertus), 1639, Glapthorne. H.D.
- Wallenstein, 1799, Schiller. (An English version by Coleridge, 1800.)
- Walloons (The), 1782, Cumberland.
- Walpole, 1869, Lord Lytton. C.
- Walter Raleigh (Sir), 1720, Sewell. T.
- Wandering Lover (The), 1658, Meriton. T.C.
- Wandering Minstrel (The), 1841, Mayhew and Beckett. F.
- War (1829-1871), Robertson. C.
- War to the Knife, 1865, H. J. Byron.
- Warning to Fair Women (The), 1599, Anon. T.
- Warwick, 1763, Laharpe. T. (In 1767 appeared the English version by Franklin.)
- Washington, 1877, Tupper. D.
- Wasps (The), B.C. 422, Aristophanes. C. (Greek). Translated by Mitchell, 1820-22; Hickie, 1853; Rudd, 1867; Rogers, 1876.
- Wat Tyler, 1794, Southey. Pol.D.
- Wat Tyler, 1869, Sala. B.
- Water Witches (The), Coyne (1805-1868.)Coyne (1805-1868.)
- Waterman (The), 1774, Dibdin. Bd.O.
- Way of the World (The), 1700, Congreve. C.
- Way to Get Married (The), 1796, Morton. C.
- Way to Keep Him (The), 1760, Murphy. C.
- Ways and Means, 1788, Colman. C.
- We Fly by Night, 1806, Colman. F.
- Weak Points (1802-1879), Buckstone.
- Weathercock (The), about 1810, Allingham. C.
- Wedding (The), 1629, Shirley. C.
- Wedding Day (The), 1740, Fielding. C.
- Wedding Day, 1790, Inchbald. F.
- Wedding March (The), 19th cent., Gilbert.
- Welcome and Farewell, 1837, Harness. D.
- Wenceslaus. (See “Venceslas.”)
- Werner, 1822, Byron. T.
- Werter, 1786, Reynolds.
- Werther, 1817, Duval. F.
- West Indian, 1771, Cumberland. C.
- Westward Hoe! 1607, Dekker and Webster. C.
- What a Blunder! (1764-1817), Holman. C.
- What d’ye Call It? 1714, Gay. T.C.P.
- What Next? (1771-1841), Dibdin. F.
- What You Will, 1607, Marston. C.
- Wheel of Fortune (The), 1779, Cumberland. C.
- Which is the Man? (1743-1809), Mrs. Cowley. C.
- White Devil (The), 1612, Webster. T.
- White Lady of Berlin Castle, 1875, C. Winchester. T.
- Who is She? 19th cent., Stirling. Pt.C.
- Who wants a Guinea? 1805, Colman. F.
- Whore of Babylon (The), 1603, Day.
- Who’s the Dupe? (1743-1809), Mrs. Cowley. F.
- Wicked World (The), 1873, Gilbert. Fy.C.
- Widow (The), 1628, Middleton. C.
- Widow (The), printed 1652, Jonson, Fletcher and Middleton. C.
- Widow Ranter (The), 1690, Mrs. Behn. C.
- Widow of Delphi, 1780, Cumberland. O.
- Widow’s Tears (The), 1612, Chapman. C.
- Wife (The), 1833, Knowles. D.
- Wife for a Month, 1624, Fletcher (Beaumont died 1616). T.C.
- Wife of Bath, 1713, altered 1730, J. Gay. C.
- Wife or No Wife, 19th cent., Heraud. C.
- Wife Well Managed, 1715, Centlivre. C.
- Wife’s Excuse, 1692, Southerne. C.
- Wife’s Relief (The), 1711, Johnson. C.
- Wife’s Stratagem (The), 1827, Poole. C.
- Wives as They Were, etc., 1797, Inchbald. C.
- Wild Gallant, 1663, Dryden. C.
- Wild-Goose Chase, 1619, Fletcher. C.
- Wild Oats, 1798, O’Keefe. C.
- Wildair (Sir Harry), 1701, Farquhar. C.
- Wilhelm Tell. (See “Tell.”)
- Will (The), 1765-1841, Reynolds. C.
- Willow Copse (The), 19th cent., Boucicault.
- Wily Beguilede, 1606, Anon. C.
- Winning a Husband (1802-1879), Buckstone. C.
- Winter’s Tale, 1604, Shakespeare. C.
- Wisdom of Dr. Dodypoll, 1600, Lyly. C.
- Wise Man of the East (A), 1799, Inchbald. Pl. (from Kotzebue).
- Wise Women of Hogsdon, 1638, T. Heywood. C.
- Wit at Several Weapons, 1614, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Wit in a Constable, 1640, Glapthorne. C.
- Wit without Money, posthumous, 1649, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Witch-Finder (The), 19th cent., R. Buchanan. T.
- Witch (The), 1604, Middleton. T.C.
- Witch of Edmonton, 1658, Rowley, Tourneur, etc. T.C. (The witch was Mother Sawyer.)
- Within and Without, 1856, McDonnell. D.Pm.
- Wits (The), 1636, Davenant. C.
- Wit’s Cabal (1624-1673), Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. C.
- Wit’s Last Stake (1730-1805), King. C.
- Wittie Faire One (The), 1633, Shirley. C.
- Wives. (See under “Wife.”)
- Woman Captain, 1680, Shadwell. C.
- Woman-Hater, 1607, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Woman in Red, 1849, Coyne.
- Woman in the Moon, 1597, J. Lyly. Myt.D.
- Woman Kilde with Kindnesse (A), before 1603, third edition 1617, Heywood. T.
- Woman made Justice (A), 1720, Betterton. C.
- Woman will have her Will (A), 1616, Haughton.
- Woman’s Place, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Woman’s Prize, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Woman’s Wit, 1697, C. Cibber. C.
- Woman’s Wit, 1838, Knowles. C.
- Woman’s a Weathercock, 1609, printed 1612. Field. C. (The second part called Amends for Ladies, was acted in 1610.)
- Women, Beware of Women, 1657, Middleton. C. (from the Italian).
- Women Pleased, 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher. C.
- Wonder (A), or An Honest Yorkshireman, 1736, Carey. Bd.O.
- Wonder (A New), or a Woman Never Vext, 1632, Rowley. C.
- Wonder (The), or a Woman keeps a Secret, 1713, Centlivre. C.
- Wonder of Women. (See “Sophonisba.”)
- Wonderful Year, 1603, Dekker. C.
- Wonders in the Sun, 1706, D’Urfey. C.O.
- Wood Demon (The), 1811, Lewis. Mel.
- Woodgirl (The), 1800, Weber. O.
- Woodman (The), 1771, Dudley. C.O.
- Woodvil. (See “John Woodvil.”)
- Word of Nature (The), 1797, Cumberland. C.
- Word to the Wise, 1765, Kelly. C.
- Works for Cutlers, 1615, Anon. D.Dial.
- World (The), 1808, Kenney. C.
- Worlde and the Chylde (The), printed 1522, Anon. Mo.
- World’s Idol (The), 1659, by H. H. B. (adapted from the Greek comedy of Plutus by Aristophanes).
- Wounds of Civil War, 1594, Lodge. H.Pl.
- Wreck Ashore, 1830, Buckstone. Mel.
- Writing Desk (The), or Youth in Danger, 1799. Pl. (from Kotzebue).
- Xerxes, 1699, C. Cibber. H.D.
- X.Y.Z., 1810, Colman. F.
- Yellow Dwarf (The), 1854, Planché.
- Yorkshire Tragedy (The), 1604, Anon. (at one time printed with the name of Shakespeare).
- Young Hypocrite (The), 1778, Foote.
- Young King (The), 1683, Mrs. Behn.
- Younger Brother (The), 1696, Mrs. Behn.
- Your Five Gallants, 1607, Middleton. C.
- Youth, 1549, Anon. Mo.
- Youthful Martyrs of Rome, 1856, Oakley.
- Youth’s Glory and Death’s Banquet, in two parts (1624-1673), Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. T.
- Zaïre, 1733, Voltaire. T.
- Zaire, 1815, Winter. O.
- Zapolya, 1817, Coleridge. T.
- Zara, 1735, Hill. T. (an English version of Voltaire’s Zaïre).
- Zauberflöte (Die), 1791, Mozart. O.
- Zelinda, 1772, Calini. C. (a prize play).
- Zémire et Azor, 1771, Marmontel. O. (music by Grétry).
- Zenobia, 1758, Piccini. O.
- Zenobia, 1768, Murphy. T.
- Zobeide, 1772, Craddock.
- Zoraïde di Granata, 1822, Donizetti. O.
- Zorinski, 1809, Thomas Morton.