Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction, and the Drama, Vol. 4 / A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

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.

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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.

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• 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 plagiarism[plagiarism] 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.