Actor-manager system
Adelphi Theatre (London)
Admissions fees
Adrienne Lecouvreur (Scribe)
Aeschylus
Afterpiece
Aiken, George L.
Alexandrinsky Theatre (Leningrad)
All-Russian Convention of Theatrical Workers
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence
American Academy of Dramatic Art
American Copyright Act
Antigone (Sophocles)
Anzengruber, Ludwig
Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia)
Arrah-na-pogue (Boucicault)
Art of the Actor, The (Coquelin)
Audiences
Auditoriums
Augier, Emile
Balconies
Ballet
Bancroft, Marie Wilton
Bancroft, Squire
Barrett, Lawrence
Bateman family
Belasco, David
Belle Hélène, La (Offenbach)
Bells, The
Benefit system
Bernhardt, Sarah
Bitter Fate, A (Pisemsky)
Black theatre in America
Black-eyed Susan (Jerrold)
Blanchard, E.L.
Bocharov, Mikhail
Boker, George Henry
Booth, Junius Brutus
Booth, Edwin
Booth's Theatre (New York)
Boston Museum
Boucicault, Dion
Boulevard theatres (Paris)
Box, pit, and gallery
Box set
Boxes (seating)
Brough, William
Brougham, John
Brown, William Wells
Buckstone, John Baldwin
Burghart, Herman
Burgtheater (Vienna)
Burlesque-extravaganza
Burnand, F.C.
Burne-Jones, Edward
Burton, William E.
Byplay
Byron, Henry James
Café-concert
California Theatre (San Francisco)
Camille (Dumas fils)
Campbell, Bartley
Carbon arc light
Caste (Robertson)
Censorship
Chambers Street Theatre (New York)
Chanfrau, Frank S.
Chariot-and-pole (scene shifting)
Chekhov, Anton
Colleen Bawn, The (Boucicault)
Combination companies
Comédie Française
Comédies-en-vaudevilles
Comedy: Manners
Comic opera
Comte, Auguste
Conservatoire (Paris)
Copyright
Coquelin, Constant-Benoît
Corsican Brothers, The (Boucicault)
Costume Historique, Le (Racinet)
Court theatre
Covent Garden (London)
Crabtree, Lotta
Craig, Gordon
Craven, Hawes
Criterion Theatre (London)
Curry, Samuel S.
Curtain-raiser
Curtains, stage
Cushman, Charlotte
Daly, Augustin
Daly's Theatre (New York)
Davenport, Fanny
Davy, Sir Humphrey
Dawison, Bogumil
Death of Ivan the Terrible, The (A. Tolstoy)
Death of Pazukhin, The (Saltikov-Shchedrin)
DeBar, Ben
Delsarte, François
Delsarte method
Demi-Monde, The (Dumas fils)
Dingelstedt, Franz
Diorama
Diplomacy (Sardou)
D'Oyly Carte, Richard
Dramatic Authors' Society
Dramatists' Guild (United States)
Drew, John
Drew, John II
Drew, Mrs. John
Drury Lane Theatre (London)
Dumas, Alexandre fils
Dust in the Eyes (Labiche)
Edwardes, George
Electric lighting
Elevator traps and stages
Emerson, Charles W.
Engaged (Gilbert)
England: 1850–1900
Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man (Ostrovsky)
Ethel, Agnes
Exile's Daughter, The (Pixérécourt)
Fatherland! (Sardou)
Fechter, Charles
Fenton, Frederick
Festivals
Fifth Avenue Theatre (New York)
Fledermaus, Die (Strauss)
Forbes-Robertson, Johnston
Forrest, Edwin
Fourth Wall
Fox, George L.
France: 1850–1900
Francesca da Rimini (Boker)
Free plantation system
Freytag, Gustav
Gaiety Theatre (Manchester)
Garnier, Charles
Garrick, David
Gas lighting
Gas table
Gaul, Franz
Gentlemanly melodrama
Germany: 1850–1900
Gielgud, John
Gilbert, Mrs. G.H.
Gilbert, William S.
Gillette, William
Glass of Water, A (Scribe)
Glyn, Isabella
Gogol, Nikolai
Got, Edmond
Government regulation of theatre
Grieve, Thomas
Grillparzer, Franz
Grimaldi, Joseph
Grooves (stage)
Gymnase Théâtre (Paris)
H.M. S. Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Haase, Friedrich
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hare, John
Harker, Joseph
Harrigan, Edward
Harris, Augustus
Hart, Tony
Harte, Bret
Haymarket Theatre (London)
Hazel Kirke (MacKaye)
Hebbel, Friedrich
Herne, James A.
Heron, Matilda
Historical accuracy
Hopkins, Albert A.
Horizon (Daly)
Howard, Bronson
Howells, William Dean
Hugo, Victor
Humpty Dumpty
Imperial Theatre (London)
International Copyright Agreement
Irving, Henry
Italian Straw Hat, The (Labiche)
Italy: 1850–1900
Jablochkoff candle (carbon arc light)
Jefferson, Joseph III
Jerrold, Douglas William
Kean, Charles
Kean, Edmund
Keene, Laura
King John (Shakespeare)
King's Theatre (London)
Korsh, F.A.
Krechinsky's Wedding (Sukhovo-Kobylin)
Labiche, Eugène
Laube, Heinrich
Lautenschläger, Karl
Lewis, James
Lighting
Limelight
Lines of business
Lloyds, Frederick
Loges
London Assurance (Boucicault)
Long runs
Louis XI (Boucicault)
Ludwig, Otto
Lyceum Theatre (London)
Lyceum Theatre (New York)
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
M. Poirier's Son-in-Law (Augier)
Macbeth (Shakespeare)
Machinery, stage
MacKaye, Steele
Macready, William C.
Madison Square Theatre (New York)
Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions (Hopkins)
Maly Theatre (Moscow)
Maly Theatre (St. Petersburg)
Management, theatre
Mansfield, Richard
Margaret Fleming (Herne)
Master of Revels
Matinee performances
McCullough, John
McVicker, John
Meiningen Players
Melodrama
Merchant of Venice, The (Shakespeare)
Metropolitan Theatre (San Francisco)
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (Shakespeare)
Mikado, The (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Modena, Gustavo
Modern school
Moncalvo, Giuseppe
Month in the Country, A (Turgenev)
Montigny, Adolphe
Morris, Clara
Morton, Charles
Moscow Art Theatre
Moss, Edward
Mounet-Sully, Jean
Mowatt, Anna Cora
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare)
Munich Industrial Exposition
Music halls
Musical comedy
My Friend Fritz
Native Americans: in drama
Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir
Niebelung trilogy (Hebbel)
Octoroon, The (Boucicault)
Odéon (Paris)
Offenbach, Jacques
Olympe's Marriage (Augier)
Olympic Theatre (London)
Opera: comic
Opéra-Comique, Theatre National de l' (Paris)
Operetta
Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach)
Ostrovsky, Alexander
Othello (Shakespeare)
Our American Cousin (Taylor)
Our Boys (Byron)
Ours (Robertson)
Out-of-town tryouts
Pantomime
Pastor, Tony
Paul Kauvar (MacKaye)
Petipa, Marius
Phelps, Samuel
Phipps, C.J.
Pirates of Penzance, The (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Pisemsky, A.F.
Pit (Parterre)
Planché, James Robinson
Playwrights: methods of paying
Po-ca-hon-tas (Brougham)
Poetic drama
Porte-Saint-Martin Theatre (Paris)
Power of Darkness, The (Tolstoy)
Prince of Wales' Theatre (London)
Princess's Theatre (London)
Prompters
Proscenium arch
Pygmalion and Galatea (Gilbert)
Queen's Theatre (London)
Racinet, Jean
Realism
Rehan, Ada
Réjane, Gabrielle
Repertory system
Resident companies
Revolving stage (Lautenschläger's)
Richard III (Shakespeare)
Rip Van Winkle
Ristori, Adelaide
Robertson, Thomas William
Roller, Andreas
Romanticism
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
Rossi, Ernesto
Royal Theatre (Turin)
Russia: 1850–1900
Russian Musical Society
Russian Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers
Sadler's Wells Theatre (London)
Sadovsky, Prov
Saltikov-Shchedrin, Mikhail
Salvini, Tommaso
Saratoga (Howard)
Sarcey, Francisque
Sardou, Victorien
Savoy Theatre (London)
Scenery: England
Scenery: France
Scenic studios
Schiller, Friedrich
Scrap of Paper, A (Sardou)
Scribe, Eugène
Secret Service (Gillette)
Shakespeare, William
Sharing companies
Shaughraun, The (Boucicault)
Shaw, George Bernard
Shchepkin, Mikhail
Shenandoah (Howard)
Sherlock Holmes (Gillette)
Shishkov, M.A.
Shop Girl, The (Edwardes)
Shore Acres (Herne)
Sinclair, Catherine
Single-play bill
Sleeping Beauty
Society (Robertson)
Sonnenthal, Adolf
Sothern, E.A.
Spain: 1850–1900
Special effects
Spectacle
Spectatorium (MacKaye)
St. James Theatre (New York)
Stage: England
Stage: France
Stanislavsky, Konstantin
Stoll, Oswald
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Strauss, Johann
Sukhovo-Kobylin, Alexander
Sullivan, Sir Arthur
Suppé, Franz von
Tarelkin's Death (Sulchovo-Kobylin)
Taylor, Tom
Technique of Drama, The (Freytag)
Telbin, William
Terry, Ellen
Terry, Kate
Theatre architecture: England
Theatre architecture: France
Theatre Regulation Act (1843; England)
Theodora (Sardou)
Thesis plays
Thomas, Augustus
Thompson, Lydia
Thunderstorm, The (Ostrovsky)
Ticket-of-Leave-Man, The (Taylor)
Tolstoy, Alexey K.
Tolstoy, Leo
Tosca (Sardou)
Touring
Traps (stage)
Tree, Ellen
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm
Trial by Jury (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich (A. Tolstoy)
Turgenev, Ivan
Twain, Mark
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Under the Gaslight (Daly)
United States: 1850–1900
Vampire, The (Planché)
Vaudeville
Vestris, Mme (L.E. Bartolozzi)
Wagner, Richard
Wallack, James W., Jr.
Wallack, Lester
Wallack's Theatre (New York)
Wallenstein Trilogy (Schiller)
Warner, Mrs. Mary
Warren, William, Jr.
Webster, Benjamin
Well-made play formula
Wildenbruch, Ernst von
Wills, W.G.
Wings (scenery)
Winter Garden Theatre (New York)
Woffington, Peg
Wolter, Charlotte
Wood, Mrs. John
Young Germany

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