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Thomas 'Jupiter' Harris : spinning dark intrigue at Covent Garden Theatre, 1767-1820 /
Published 2018Table of Contents: “…Selling a life -- Appendix 1: Glossary of historical figures -- Appendix 2: Exploring the caricatures -- Appendix 3: Covent Garden versus Drury Lane in the season 1794-95.…”
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Staging the Peninsular War : English theatres, 1807-1815 /
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…A calendar of plays for Covent Garden, Drury Lane and Bristol Theatre Royal, 1807-1815.…”
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The works of Thomas Nabbes.
Published 1968Table of Contents: “…v. 1. Introduction. Covent Garden. 1638. Totenham Court. 1638. Hannibal and Scipio. 1637.…”
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Brothers of the quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub street /
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Part one: Grub Street -- An Irishman in London -- "Borderers upon Parnassus" -- The philosophic vagabond -- Covent Garden -- Authors by profession -- Writing for the press -- Beau Tibbs -- The real story of John Carteret Pilkington -- Part two: Man of letters -- Debauchery -- The vicar of Wakefield -- James Grainger and the sugar-cane -- Robert Nugent and son -- The good natured man.…”
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City of laughter : sex and satire in eighteenth-century London /
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…The sense of place -- London and the pleasure principle -- 'The west or worst end' -- Covent garden and the middling sorts -- Crossing the boundaries -- How they laughed -- Laughing politely -- Bums, farts and other transgressions -- Image magic -- Seeing the jokes -- Gillray's dreamscapes -- The sexes -- The tree of life -- Philosophy and raking -- What could women bear? …”
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The complete works.
Published 1967Table of Contents: “…The adventures of Covent Garden. Correspondence. Love and business in a collection of occasionary verse and epistolary prose. …”
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Inigo : the life of Inigo Jones, architect of the English Renaissance /
Published 2003Table of Contents: “…Terror at Basing House -- Foundations -- Inigo's London -- Palladio the peerless -- The odd couple -- The looks, the laughter, and the sports -- First steps in architecture -- A prince among men -- Pilgrim's progress -- In the steps of the masters -- On their Majesties' service -- The Banqueting House : harmony amid disorder -- The weakness of princes -- Honour thy father -- A house fit for a queen -- Such sweet sorrow -- St Paul's : politics and piety -- Covent Garden : shaking the money tree -- Pictures with light and motion -- The last masques -- Time ruins all things -- Revival.…”
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"The stage's glory" : John Rich, 1692-1761 /
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…Tomko -- Pierrot strikes back : Francois Nivelon at Lincoln's Inn Fields and Covent Garden, 1723-1738 / Jennifer Thorp -- Musical theatre. …”
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Farce : amorous intrigue and deception,
Published 1974Table of Contents: “…The rival milliners; or, The humours of Covent Garden; a tragi-comi-operatic-pastoral farce. 1737.…”
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The dramatic works of Richard Brome containing fifteen comedies now first collected in three volumes ...
Published 1873Table of Contents: “…The wedding of the Covent-Garden, or The Middlesex-justice of peace, 1658. …”
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London /
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…Jame's -- Soho and Trafalgar Square -- Covent Garden and The Strand -- Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia -- Holborn and the Inns of the Court -- The City -- Smithfield and Spitalfields -- Southwark and Bankside -- South Bank -- Chelsea -- South Kensington and Knightsbridge -- Kensington and Holland Park -- Regent's Park and Marylebone -- Hampstead -- Greenwich and Blackheath -- Farther afield -- Six guided walks -- Travelers' needs -- Where to stay -- Restaurants and pubs -- Shops and markets -- Entertainment in London -- Children's London -- Survival guide -- Practical information -- Getting to London -- Getting around London -- London street finder.…”
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Theatrical unrest : ten riots in the history of the stage 1601-2004 /
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Raising the dead: the Essex Rebellion of 1601 and Shakespeare's King Richard II -- Passion and revolt: Thomas Otway, Venice preserv'd and the 1795 Westminster Riot -- "The drama's laws the drama's patrons give": The Covent Garden Old Price riots of 1809 -- "The most important occasion of the century": Victor Hugo and the 1830 Battle of Hernani -- Theatre's bloodiest night: the New York Riots of 1849 -- Stand-off at Primrose Hill: the Shakespeare Tercentenary of 1864 -- Representing a nation: the 1907 Playboy of the Western World Riot at the Abbey Theatre Dublin -- "You have disgraced yourselves again": The Plough and The Stars at the Abbey Theatre Dublin, 1926 -- The French Republic under siege: Coriolanus in Paris February 1934 -- Dishonour and sacred space: Behzti in Birmingham, 2004.…”
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Ira Aldridge /
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…The lives of Ira Aldridge -- Family matters -- Life in New York City -- Charles Mathews and James Hewlett -- A gentleman of colour -- The African tragedian -- The African Roscius on tour -- A fresh start -- A new venture -- Expanding the repertoire -- London again -- Playing new roles -- Pale experiments -- Dublin -- Racial compliments and abuse -- Re-engagements -- Shakesepare burlesques -- A satirical battering ram -- Covent Garden -- Other London engagements -- Moving on.…”
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