Microform Research Sets

Collections of primary source materials on microfilm. microfiche, and microcards

About this Collection

Three Centuries of Drama

About
This collection includes important plays published in the English language in England from 1500-1800 and in America from 1714-1830, together with manuscripts never before published. The collection is comprehensive, including early editions and editions important for their textural variations. Content was drawn from the following bibliographies: Nicoll's History of English Drama 1660-1900, W. Greg's Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration, Wood and McManaway's Checklist of English Plays, 1641-1700, Hill's American Plays, 1714-1830. ;
Location
Library Annex (volumes) MP 808.208;
Format
Microcard - Opaque
Arrangement
In six series:
  • 1512-1641 Elizabethan, Shakespeare, Jacobean
  • 1642-1700 Restoration
  • 1701-1750 Early Eighteenth Century
  • 1751-1800 Late Eighteenth Century
  • 1737-1800 Larpent MS plays
  • 1714-1830 American
Arranged alphabetically by playwright, or title if authorship is unknown, within the chronological periods listed above.
Items
29 boxes of cards
Publication
Readex, 1956-

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Many of these titles are in the public domain and can be found in HathiTrust, Google Books, or the Internet Archive.