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TitleEditionYear of PublicationContributorsCountry of PublicationPossible Copyright StatusAvailable Online?
Across my path1916La Salle (Corbell) PickettUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
An actor named Molière1937 Dussane, Lewis Galantière, Béatrix DussaneUnited StatesPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
The actor-manager1919Leonard MerrickUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The actor-manager1912Leonard MerrickUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Actors and authors: with composers and managers who helped make them famous; a chronological record and brief biography of theatrical celebrities from 1750 to 19501951Robert L. (Robert Lowery) ShermanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Actors--and people1930Peggy WoodUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
The actress1915Benjamin Robinson, Frank OwenUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Adventures among immortals1937Lowell ThomasUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
The American stage1929Oral Sumner Coad, Edwin MimsUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Art and the actor1915Constant Coquelin, Abby Langdon Alger, Henry JamesUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
At 331934Eva Le GallienneUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Backstage with actors: from the time of Shakespeare to the present day1938Helen OrmsbeeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer und Heinrich Laube im briefwechsel: auf grund der originalhandschriften dargestellt1917Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer, Heinrich Laube, Alexander von WeilenGermanyPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Children of Ol' Man River: the life and times of a show-boat trouper1936Billy BryantUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Cinéma1921Jean. EpsteinFrancePublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The comedians: a story of ancient Rome1926J. Menzies Wilson, Louis CouperusUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The Commonwealth and Restoration stage1928Leslie HotsonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Confessions of an actor1926John BarrymoreUnited StatesCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Dare to be wise1925Violet VanbrughUnited KingdomUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
De Gaby Deslys à Mistinguett1932Jacques CharlesFranceCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Doug and Mary: and others1927Allene TalmeyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Drury Lane's last case: the tragedy of 15991933Barnaby RossUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The early German theatre in New York1928Fritz A. H. Leuchs, Frederick Adolph Herman LeuchsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Edmund Kean1933Harold Newcomb HillebrandUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Ellen Terry's memoirs1932Christopher (Christopher Marie) St. John, Dame Ellen Terry, Edith CraigUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Famous film folk1925Charles Donald FoxUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Famous stars of filmdom (men)1932Elinor HughesUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Fifty years in theatrical management1912Michael Bennett LeavittUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Fifty years of make-believe1920Frederick B. WardeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The first one hundred noted men and women of the screen1920Carolyn LowreyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Fixing the stoof oop1926Billy MersonUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Footprints and echoes1927William H. Crane, Melville E. StoneUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainMix of copyrighted and public domain materialMix of copyrighted and public domain material
Forty-odd years in the literary shop1921James L. (James Lauren) FordUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Fra det gamle komediehus1916Octavia SperatiNorwayPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusPublic DomainUnknown copyright status
From studio to stage1913Weedon GrossmithUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The German drama on the St. Louis stage1917Alfred Henry NolleUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Gladys Cooper1932Gladys CooperUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Great love stories of the theatre: a record of theatrical romance1911Charles CollinsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Harlequinade: the story of my life1929Noel Coward, Constance CollierUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown status
Hayden Coffin's book, packed with acts and facts1930Sir Bernard Partridge, John Hassall, Hayden CoffinUnited KingdomCopyrightedMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown status
Heroines of the modern stage1915Forrest Izard, W. D. FosterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Hollywood 1927: berømtheder i nærbillede1927Henry HellssenDenmarkCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
Hur det går till att komma in vid teatern och annat smått och got1929Anna Malmgren LundbergSwedenCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
I tell you1928Albert de CourvilleUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
The Incomparable Siddons1909Florence Mary Wilson ParsonsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
An innocent in Hollywood1934Clarence Winchester, GoetzUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Intimate talk with movie statr1921Edward Winfield WeitzelUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
It's a great life1940J. C. (John Charles) NugentUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Julia Marlowe1907John D. (John Daniel) BarryUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Julia Marlowe, her life and art1926Charles Edward Russell, A. SymonsUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Just me1919Pearl WhiteUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Keeping off the shelf1928Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Bernard J. Rosenmeyer, Blanche Galton WhiffenUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
L'homme blanc: souvenirs d'un pierrot1929Gustave Fréjaville, SéverinFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
La comédienne et le féminisme1914Marcelle YrvenFrancePublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
La vie brûlante de Marlène Dietrich1931Jean. LasserreFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Le loro maestà1920Sabatino LopezItalyPublic DomainCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Le physique au théâtre: texte et mise en images1933Pierre AbrahamUnknown (outside United States)CopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Lebensreise im Komödiantenwagen: Erinnerungen einer Schauspielerin1928Olga HeydeckerGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Lest I forget: being the reminiscences of social & dramatic life in England & America1928Cyril MaudeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Let's pretend; recollections and reflections of a lucky actor1932Cedric HardwickeUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
Letters from greenroom ghosts1934John Mason BrownUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
The Life and Correspondence of Charles Mathews, the Elder, Comedian1860Mrs. (Anne Jackson) Mathews, Edmund YatesUnited KingdomPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
The life and death of William Mountfort1935Albert Stephens BorgmanUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Life on the stage: my personal experiences and recollections1901Clara MorrisUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Lillian Russell: the era of plush1940Parker MorellUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
The lost one: a biography of Mary (Perdita) Robinson1937Marguerite SteenUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
Ludwig Devrient: leben und werke eines schauspielers1926George AltmanGermanyCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Mad folk of the theatre: ten studies in temperament1928Otis SkinnerUnited StatesCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
The maid of the mountains, her story: the reminiscenes of José Collins1933José CollinsUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Masquerade1936Percy HutchisonUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Masters of the show: as seen in retrospection by one who has been associated with the American stage for nearly fifty years1914Augustus PitouUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Mein lebens geschichte1916Besi Thomashevski, Alexander TenenholtzUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The melancholy tale of "me": my remembrances1916E. H. (Edward Hugh) SothernUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Memories of a hostess: a chronicle of eminent friendships, drawn chiefly from the diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields1922Annie Fields, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe) HoweUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Men, marriage and me1930Peggy Hopkins JoyceUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedPage view available
Mirrors of Hollywood: with brief biographies of favorite film folk1925Charles Donald Fox, Will H. HaysUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Modern men and mummers1921Hesketh PearsonUnited KingdomPublic DomainCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Modern men and mummers1922Hesketh PearsonUnited StatesPublic DomainCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Mrs. Siddons: tragic actress1936Yvonne FfrenchUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
My life and some letters1922Mrs Patrick CampbellUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
My life east and west1929William S. (William Surrey) HartUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
My life in is in your hands1928Eddie Cantor, David FreedmanUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
My strange life: the intimate life story of a moving picture actress1915United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
My years on the stage1922John Drew, Booth TarkingtonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Myself and my friends1933Lilian McCarthy, Lillah McCarthy, Bernard ShawUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrighted
Nat Goodwin's book1914Nat. C. (Nathaniel Carll) GoodwinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
... Nuits d'actrices.1933Michel Georges-MichelFranceCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
On actors and the art of acting1957George Henry LewesUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedPage view available
On the Stage, and Off: The Brief Career of a Would Be Actor1891Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) JeromeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Once a clown, always a clown: reminiscences of De Wolf Hopper1927Wesley Winans Stout, De Wolf HopperUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The organization and personnel of the Shakespearean company1961Thomas Whitfield BaldwinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
The organization and personnel of the Shakespearean company1927Thomas Whitfield BaldwinUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Other days: being chronicles and memories of the stage1908William WinterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Photoplay arts portfolio of Imp moving-picture stars with biographies and autographs1914United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
A player under three reigns1925United KingdomPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
A player under three reigns1925United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Players at work: acting according to the actors1937Morton Eustis, Lotte LehmannUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
Plays and players: leaves from a critic's scrapbook1916Walter Prichard EatonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Pretty witty Nell: an account of Nell Gwyn and her environment1933Clifford BaxUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainCopyrighted
Pretty witty Nell: the story of Nell Gwyn and her times1933Clifford Bax., Clifford BaxUnited StatesPublic DomainCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Problems of the actor1918Louis Calvert, Clayton HamiltonUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusMix of public domain material and material of unknown statusPage view available
Recollections of Vesta Tilley1935lady Matilda Alice (Powles) De FreceUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Records of Later Life1882Fanny KembleUnited KingdomPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Reisende Komödianten, ein schauspieler erzählt seinen weg1936Herbert RedlichSwitzerlandCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The revolt of the actors1929Alfred HardingUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Sara Skelton: the autobiography of a famous actress1929Rachel FergusonUnited KingdomCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusPublic DomainUnknown copyright status
The secrets of a showman1925Sir Charles Blake CochranUnited KingdomCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
Shakespeare on the stage1916William WinterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Shakespeare on the stage. 2d series1915William WinterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Shakespeare on the stage1911William WinterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Showman1937William A. BradyUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPage view available
Sixty years of the theater: an old critic's memories1916John Ranken TowseUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
So laugh a little1962Molly Picon, Eth CliffordUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusCopyrightedPage view available
Sodom and Gomorrah: the story of Hollywood1935Max. KnepperUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrighted
Souvenirs d'un tragédien1917FrancePublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Souvenirs de la vie de théâtre1914Pierre BertonFrancePublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Stage and screen1920Marion Howard BrazierUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The stage in the twentieth century: [third volume]1912Robert GrauUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Stars of the photoplay1916United StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
"The greatest of these--"1918Laurette TaylorUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Theatre: a novel1937W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrightedCopyrighted
Times square tintypes: being typewriter caricatures of those who made their names along the not so straight and very narrow path of Broadway1930Sidney Skolsky, GardUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusPage view available
The tragedy of X: a Drury Lane mystery1932Barnaby RossUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The tragedy of Y: a Drury Lane mystery1932Barnaby RossUnited StatesCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
The tragedy of Z: a Drury Lane mystery1933Barnaby Ross, superseded by pseud. Ellery Queen. pseud. of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee Barnaby RossUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Twenty years on Broadway and the years it took to get there: the true story of a trouper's life from the cradle to the "closed shop"1925George M. (George Michael) CohanUnited StatesCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic Domain
Twinkle, twinkle movie star!1930Jesse L. Lasky, Harry T. BrundidgeUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Tyrone Power1913William WinterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
Un coup de théâtre1928Léon. KartalFranceCopyrightedUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Up the years from Bloomsbury: an autobiography1927George ArlissUnited StatesCopyrightedCopyrightedPublic DomainPublic Domain
Vagrant memories: being further recollections of other days1915William WinterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The wallet of time: containing personal, biographical, and critical reminiscence of the American theatre1913William WinterUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
What a life, I'm telling you1934Eddie LeonardUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Whatever goes up-- the hazardous fortunes of a natural born gambler1934Booth Tarkington, George Crouse Tyler, J. C. (Joseph Chamberlain) FurnasUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Who's who in motion pictures1915Henri Armand De MasiUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright status
Who's who on the screen1920Charles Donald Fox, Milton L. SilverUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainUnknown copyright statusUnknown copyright statusText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available
The whole truth and nothing but[1st ed.]1963James Brough, Hedda HopperUnited StatesPublic DomainPublic DomainCopyrightedCopyrightedPage view available
Without the Limelight: Theatrical Life As It Is1900George R. SimsUnited KingdomPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainPublic DomainText or HTML availabePage view availableKindle eBook availableEPUB eBook available