Theatrical biography: or, memoirs of the principal performers of the three Theatres Royal  Drury-Lane, Mr. Garrick, Mr. Barry, Mr. Reddish, Mr. Aickin, Mrs. Barry, Mrs Abington, Miss Younge, Mr. King, Mr. Moody, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Love, Miss Hayward, Mrs. Baddely, Miss Pope, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Baddely, Mrs. Egerton, Mrs. W. Barry, Mrs. Jefferies, Covent-Garden. Mr. Ross, Mr. Smith, Mr. Savigny, Mr. Woodward, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Mattocks, Mr. Yates, Mr. Shuter, Mr. Dyer, Miss Macklin, Mrs. Bulkley, Mr. Bensly, Mr. Mattocks, Mr. Clark, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Thompson, Hay-Market. Mr. Foote, Mr. Weston, Mrs. Gardner, Mr. J. Aickin, Mr. Didier, Mrs. Jewel, Mr. Davies, Mrs. Didier. Together with critical and impartial remarks on their respective professional merits.

The case between the managers of the two theatres , and their Principal Actors, Fairly Stated, and Submitted to the Town.

The case concerning the late disturbance at Covent-Garden Theatre , fairly stated, and submitted to the sense of the public in general.

The conduct of the four managers of Covent-Garden Theatre freely and impartially examined , Both with regard to their present Disputes, and their past Management. In an address to them, By a frequenter of that Theatre.

The Athenian captive. A tragedy. In five acts / By Thomas Noon Talfourd. First acted at Covent Garden theatre, April 28, 1838.

The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814.

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The Athenian captive. A tragedy. In five acts / By Thomas Noon Talfourd. First acted at Covent Garden theatre, April 28, 1838.

The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814.