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Directories
• Beaumarchais, Pierre (2)• Farquhar, George (2)
• Goldoni, Carlo (2)
• Goldsmith, Oliver (3)
• Gozzi, Carlo (2)
• Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (3)
• Metastasio, Pietro (2)
• Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (5)
• Sumarokov, Alexander (2)
Web Sites
18th Century Theatre Database
www.theatredatabase.com/18th_century/ reviews
An index of articles on 18th century theatre.
www.theatredatabase.com/18th_century/ reviewsThe Drama in the Eighteenth Century www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc20w1.html reviews
A history of dramatic literature as it developed during the eighteenth century.
www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc20w1.html reviewsThe First American Theatre www.theatrehistory.com/american/hornblow01.html reviews
Bitter Puritanical opposition to plays and play-acting. Severe laws passed prohibiting stage entertainment of any kind. Earliest records of theatrical performance in America. Tony Aston, the first actor to appear in New York. Performance in Boston causes a riot. First theatre in America built in Williamsburg, VA.
www.theatrehistory.com/american/hornblow01.html reviewsThe Dramatic Works of Catherine II www.theatrehistory.com/russian/bates003.html reviews
An analysis of the plays of Catherine the Great.
www.theatrehistory.com/russian/bates003.html reviews