Love's frailties : a comedy. In five acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. / by Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809

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A poem occasioned by the death of Mr. Dent, : who was lately murder'd in Covent-Garden. Addressed to his friends.

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The man of business : a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. / by Colman, George, 1732-1794

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Wild oats: or, The strolling gentleman : a comedy, in five acts. / by O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833

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How to grow rich : a comedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden, and at the New Theatre, Philadelphia. / by Reynolds, Frederick, 1764-1841

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Handel's operas, 1726-1741 / by Dean, Winton

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The criticism of Henry Fielding / by Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754

Table of Contents: “…. -- chapter 2 Preface to The Tragedy of Tragedies; or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great -- chapter 3 Prolegomena to The Covent Garden Tragedy -- chapter 4 A Letter to The Daily Post -- chapter 5 A Letter to Common Sense1: or, The Englishman's Journal, No. 16 -- chapter 6 The Champion, No. 129 -- chapter 7 The True Patriot, No. 18 -- part Part Two: Colley Cibber: Prince of Dunces -- chapter 8 The Champion, No. 69 -- chapter 9 The Champion, No. 72 -- chapter 10 The Champion, No. 75 -- chapter 11 The Champion, No. 80 -- part Part Three: The Art of Criticism -- chapter 12 The Champion, No. 3 -- chapter 13 The Champion, No. 5 -- chapter 14 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 3 -- chapter 15 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 31 -- part Part Four: Pertaining to Grub Street -- chapter 16 The Champion, No. 47 -- chapter 17 The Champion, No. 147 -- chapter 18 From Amelia, Book VIII, chapter v -- chapter 19 The Covent Garden Journal -- chapter 20 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 5 -- chapter 21 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 6 -- chapter 22 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 15 -- chapter 23 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 23 -- chapter 24 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 46 -- chapter 25 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 59 -- part Part Five: The Laws of Good Writing -- chapter 26 The Champion, No. 53 -- chapter 27 The True Patriot, No. 22 -- chapter 28 Preface to Familiar Letters ... -- chapter 29 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 62 -- chapter 30 Preface to The Journal of A Voyage to Lisbon -- part Part Six: On Wit and Humour -- chapter 31 The Champion, No. 52 -- chapter 32 Preface to Plutus ... -- chapter 33 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 10 -- chapter 34 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 18 -- chapter 35 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 19 -- chapter 36 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 55 -- chapter 37 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 56 -- part Part Seven: Approbations -- chapter 38 From Joseph Andrews, Book V, chapter ii -- chapter 39 A Letter from Fielding to Samuel Richardson -- chapter 40 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 24 -- chapter 41 The Covent Garden Journal, No. 52 -- part Part Eight: From The Jacobite's Journal -- chapter 42 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 5 -- chapter 43 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 6 -- chapter 44 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 7 -- chapter 45 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 8 -- chapter 46 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 10 -- chapter 47 From The Jacobite's Journal -- chapter 48 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 12 -- chapter 49 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 13 -- chapter 50 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 14 -- chapter 51 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 15 -- chapter 52 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 16 -- chapter 53 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 20 -- chapter 54 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 21 -- chapter 55 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 22 -- chapter 56 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 26 -- chapter 57 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 27 -- chapter 58 From The Jacobite's Journal, No. 33 -- part Part Nine: The 'New Province' of Writing -- chapter 59 Preface to Joseph Andrews -- chapter 60 From Joseph Andrews, Book III, chapter i -- chapter 61 Preface to The Adventures of David Simple -- chapter 62 From Tom Jones, Book 1, chapter i -- chapter 63 From Tom Jones, Book II, chapter i -- chapter 64 From Tom Jones, Book IV, chapter i -- chapter 65 From Tom Jones, Book V, chapter i -- chapter 66 From Tom Jones, Book VIII, chapter i -- chapter 67 From Tom Jones, Book IX, chapter i -- chapter 68 From Tom Jones, Book X, chapter i -- chapter 69 From Tom Jones, Book XI, chapter i -- chapter 70 From Tom Jones, Book XII, chapter i -- chapter 71 From Tom Jones, Book XIV, chapter i -- chapter 72 From The Covent Garden Journal, Nos. 7 and 8.…”
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Brothers of the quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub street / by Clarke, Norma, 1948-

Table 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.…”

Brothers of the quill : Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street / by Clarke, Norma, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…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 II. …”
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City of laughter : sex and satire in eighteenth-century London / by Gatrell, V. A. C., 1941-

Table 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? …”

"The stage's glory" : John Rich, 1692-1761 /

Table of Contents: “…Tomko -- Pierrot strikes back : Francois Nivelon at Lincoln's Inn Fields and Covent Garden, 1723-1738 / Jennifer Thorp -- Musical theatre. …”

I'll tell you what : the life of Elizabeth Inchbald / by Jenkins, Annibel

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; ONE: In London to Find a Fortune; AT HOME IN SUFFOLK; AMBITION AND INDEPENDENCE; TWO: Scotland and the Perils of Travel; A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; THE YEAR 1776: A TURNING POINT; THREE: Wilkinson and the York Company; FOUR: London at Last; THE SUMMER OF 1781; THE RETURN TO LONDON AND THE NEW SEASON; GEORGE COLMAN THE ELDER AND THE HAYMARKET; FIVE: To Ireland with Hitchcock; LONDON AGAIN; ANOTHER FALL SEASON AT COVENT GARDEN; SIX: 1784; SEVEN: New Plays and a Publisher; APPEARANCE IS AGAINST THEM; SUCH THINGS ARE.…”
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The diamond of Drury Lane : a Cat Royal adventure / by Golding, Julia

Tis all by chance or a peep at old times : a comedy :

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The political history of the Devil : containing his original : a state of his circumstances : his conduct publick and private : the various turns of his affairs from Adam down to t... by Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731

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Charles Macklin and the Theatres of London. by Newman, Ian

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Romantic tragedies : the dark employments of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley / by Parker, Reeve

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Performing authorship in eighteenth-century English periodicals / by Powell, Manushag N.

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Romantic tragedies : the dark employments of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley / by Parker, Reeve

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Opera and drama in eighteenth-century London : the King's Theatre, Garrick and the business of performance / by Woodfield, Ian

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