RESOURCES

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BOOKS A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1600–1800

PH Highfill, KA Burnim and EA Langhans Southern Illinois University Press

This 16-volume work covers hundreds of early performers.

Nineteenth-Century Theatrical Memoirs

Claudia D Johnson and Vernon E Johnson Greenwood Press, 1982 This useful reference work lists more than 400 memoirs penned by British and American performers.

Who’s Who in the Theatre

John Parker

Pitman, 1939

The ninth edition of this biographical dictionary can be viewed on archive.org.

WEBSITES NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

w npg.org.uk

You can find thousands of images of performers in the gallery’s online catalogue.

OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY

w oxforddnb.com

The ODNB is available through most libraries.

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL THEATRE COLLECTION

w bristol.ac.uk/

theatre-collection This is one of the world’s largest archives of British theatrical history. Search its collections online.