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''Cumberland's British Theatre'' was a set of playbooks produced in London between 1826 and 1861(?). Plays ranged from early modern playwrights (nearly all of Shakespeare's plays are included) to contemporary authors. Playbooks were primarily sold individually (and numbered in the order in which they were produced), but could also be purchased in volumes of 7-10 plays. Daniel George was the editor for the series. There were 398 plays produced, ending up in 48 volumes.
''Cumberland's British Theatre'' was a set of playbooks produced in London between 1826 and 1861(?). Plays ranged from early modern playwrights (nearly all of Shakespeare's plays are included) to contemporary authors. Playbooks were primarily sold individually (and numbered in the order in which they were produced), but could also be purchased in volumes of 7-10 plays. George Daniel was the editor for the series. There were 398 plays produced, ending up in 48 volumes.


The list following was primarily taken from the lists included in the wrappers on the individually-sold editions. This list is incomplete.  
The list following was primarily taken from the lists included in the wrappers on the individually-sold editions. This list is incomplete.  

Revision as of 10:46, 14 December 2018

Cumberland's British Theatre was a set of playbooks produced in London between 1826 and 1861(?). Plays ranged from early modern playwrights (nearly all of Shakespeare's plays are included) to contemporary authors. Playbooks were primarily sold individually (and numbered in the order in which they were produced), but could also be purchased in volumes of 7-10 plays. George Daniel was the editor for the series. There were 398 plays produced, ending up in 48 volumes.

The list following was primarily taken from the lists included in the wrappers on the individually-sold editions. This list is incomplete.

List of Plays by Volume

Volume I

1. Romeo and Juliet
2. She Stoops to Conquer
3. Macbeth
4. Pizarro
5. Richard III
6. Douglas
7. Suspicious Husband

Volume II

8. Othello
9. The Duenna
10. The Rivals
11. Belle's Strategem
12. Cymbeline
13. Venice Preserved
14. West Indian

Volume III

15. Much Ado About Nothing
16. Hypocrite
17. As You Like It
18. Provoked Husband
19. Beggar's Opera
20. Way to Keep Him
21. The Padlock

Volume IV

22. King John
23. Henry 4 Pt 1
24. The Wonder
25. Hamlet
26. Trip to Scarborough
27. Road to Ruin
28. The Gamester

Volume V

29. Winter's Tale
30. Man of the World
31. The Inconstant
32. Love in a Village
33. Jane Shore
34. Henry 8
35. Julius Caesar

Volume VI

36. Merchant of Venice
37. Merry Wives of Windsor
38. Virginius
39. Catus Gracchus
40. All in the Wrong
41. King Lear
42. Cato

Volume VII

43. New Ways to Pay Old Debts
44. Measure for Measure
45. Jealous Wife
46. Tempest
47. Clandestine Marriage
48. Coriolanus
49. Everyone has his Fault

Volume VIII

50. The Alcaid
51. Busy Body
52. Tale of Mystery
53. Know your own mind
54. Mayor of Garratt
55. A woman never vext
56. Maid of the Mill

Volume IX

57. Barber of Seville
58. Isabella
59. Charles the Second
60. The Fair Penitent
61. George Barnwell
62. Fall of Algiers
63. Der Freischutz

Volume X

64. Fatal Dowry
65. Shepherd of Derwent Vale
66. Father and Son
67. Wives as they were
68. Lofty Projects
69. Every Man in his Humour
70. Two Galley Slaves

Volume XI

71. Brutus
72. Ali Pacha
73. Twelfth Night
74. Henry V
75. Love in humble life
76. Child of Nature
77. Sleep Walker

Volume XII

78. Orestes in Argos
79. Hide and Seek
80. Tribulation
81. Rival Valets
82. Roses and Thorns
83. Midas
84. Rule a Wife & have a Wife

Volume XIII

85. A Bold Stroke for a wife
86. Good-natured Man
87. Oberon
88. Lord of the Manor
89. Honey-Moon
90. Doctor Bolus
91. High Life Below Stairs

Volume XIV

92. Disagreeable Surprise
93. Stranger
94. Village Lawyer
95. School for Scandal
96. Spoiled Child
97. Animal Magnetism
98. Wheel of Fortune

Volume XV

99. The Critic
100. Deaf and Dumb
101. Castle Spectre
102. The Revenge
103. Midnight Hour
104. Speed the Plough
105. Rosina

Volume XVI

106. Monsieur Tonson
107. Comedy of Errors
108. Spectre Bridegroom
109. A Cure for the Heart-Ache
110. Amateurs & Actors
111. Inkle & Yarice
112. Education

Volume XVII

113. Children in the Wood
114. Rendezvous
115. Barbarossa
116. Gambler's Fate
117. Giovanni in London
118. School of Reform
119. Lovers' Vows

Volume XVIII

120. Highland Reel
121. Two Gentlemen of Verona
122. Taming the Shrew
123. Secrets Worth Knowing
124. Weathercock
125. Somnambulist
126. All's Well That Ends Well

Volume XIX

127. Artaxerxes
128. The Serf
129. The Lancers
130. Love for Love
131. The Merchant's Wedding
132. Race for a Dinner
133. Raising the Wind

Volume XX

134. Siege of Belgrade
135. Who wants a Guinea
136. Poor Soldier
137. Midsummer Night's Dream
138. Way to get Married
139. Turnpike Gate
140. Paul and Virginia

Volume XXI

141. The Cabinet
142. Youthful Queen
143. Green-eyed Monster
144. Country Girl
145. Irish Tutor
146. Beaux's Stratagem
147. The Will

Volume XXII

148. Irishman in London
149. Recruiting Officer
150. The Slave
151. Devil's Elixir
152. "Master's Rival"
153. The Duel
154. William Tell

Volume XXIII

155. Tom Thumb
156. Happiest Day of my life
157. Fatality
158. Laugh when you can
159. William Thomson
160. Illustrious Stranger
161. Solder's Daughter
162. The Waterman
163. Town & Country

Volume XXIV

164. No Song No Supper
165. Lock and Key
166. Snakes in the Grass
167. Love, Law & Physic
168. Rienzi
169. Clari
170. The Brigand
171. Riches
172. The Citizen

Volume XXV

173. The Grecian Daughter
174. Charles the XII
175. Teddy the Tiler
176. Popping the Question
177. The Maid of Judah
178. X.Y.Z.
179. Oroonoko
180. Honest Thieves
181. The Blind Boy

Volume XXVI

182. Notoriety
183. Matrimony
184. A Husband at Sight
185. First of April
186. John of Paris
187. The Miller and his Men
188. Prisoner at Large
189. Timon of Athens
190. The Prize

Volume XXVII

191. Henry 4 Part 2
192. Forty Thieves
193. My Grandmother
194. The Vampire
195. The Farmer
196. Ella Rosenberg
197. The Two Friends
198. Valentine and Orson
199. Folly as it flies

Volume XXVIII

200. The Robber's Wife
201. Magpie, or the Maid
202. Shakespeare's Early Days
203. Point of Honour
204. High Ways and By-Ways
205. The Ice Witch
206. St. Patrick's Day
207. The Blind Bargain
208. Robinson Crusoe

Volume XXIX

209. The Maid of Honour
210. Sleeping Draught
211. Timour the Tartar
212. Modern Antiques
213. King Richard II
214. Mrs. Wiggins
215. Comfortable Lodgings
216. The Exile
217. Day after the Wedding
218. The Adopted Child

Volume XXX

219. The Bridge of Ludgate
220. Tekei
221. Old and Young
222. The Bee Hive
223. Hartford Bridge
224. Two Strings to your Bow
225. The Haunted Inn
226. How to grow rich
227. Fortune's Frolic
228. The Haunted Tower

Volume XXXI

229. Killing No Murder
230. Mr. & Mrs. Pringle
231. The Antiquary
232. Agreeable Surprise
233. Son-in-Law
234. Open House
235. Falls of Clyde
236. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, by Advertisement
237. Peeping Tom of Coventry

Volume XXXII

238. Castle of Andalusia
239. One o'Clock!
240. Julian
241. Comus
242. Fontainbleau
243. English Fleet
244. The Widow, or who wins
245. The Camp
246. Personation

Volume XXXIII

247. Maid or Wife
248. Castle of Sorrento
249. Faustus
250. All at Coventry
251. Tom and Jerry
252. Robert the Devil
253. Lestocq
254. Cataract of the Ganges
255. Old Regimentals

Volume XXXIV

256. Presumptive Evidence
257. Wild Oats
258. Hit or Miss
259. Ambition
260. The Jew and the Doctor
261. The Knights of the Cross
262. Is he Jealous?
263. Hundred Pound Note
264. Rugantino
265. The Steward

Volume XXXV

266. Zarah
267. The Miser
268. The Iron Chest
269. The Romp
270. Mountaineers
271. The Lottery Ticket
272. Nettlewig Hall
273. Quiet at Home
274. Make your Wills
275. My Husband's Ghost

Volume XXXVI

276. A Bold Stroke for a Husband
277. Sylvester Daggerwood
278. Gil Blas
279. Aladdin
280. Blue Beard
281. John Bull
282. The Invincibles
283. Malvina
284. The Review
285. Rob Roy

Volume XXXVII

286. The Mendicant
287. The Poor Gentleman
288. The Quaker
289. Jack Brag
290. My Daughter, Sir!
291. The Young Quaker
292. Battle of Hexham
293. Exchange no Robbery
294. St. David's Day
295. Love Laughs at Locksmiths

Volume XXXVIII

296. Heir at Law
297. Netley Abbey
298. Raymond and Agnes
299. Foscari
300. Management
301. Venoni
302. Three and the Deuce
303. Past Ten o'Clock
304. The Jew
305. The Devil to Pay

Volume XXXIX

306. Blue Devils
307. The Dramatist
308. Youth, Love, and Folly
309. The Hunter of Alps
310. Adelgitha
311. Kenilworth
312. Sprigs of Laurel
313. For England, ho!
314. False Alarms
315. The Wedding Day

Volume XL

316. The Surrender of Calais
317. Therese
318. Foundling of the Forest
319. Love's Labour's Lost
320. How to Die for Love
321. The Delinquent
322. The Invisible Girl
323. The Peasant Boy
324. Catch Him who Can
325. Love

Volume XLI

326. The Love-Chase
327. The Young Hussar
328. The Secret
329. The First Floor
330. The Broken Sword
331. The Travellers
332. Plot and Counterplot
333. Lodoiska
334. My Spouse and I
335. Chrononhotonthologos

Volume XLII

336. The Hunchback
337. Court and City
338. Free and Easy
339. Cobbler of Preston
340. Five Miles Off
341. The Devil's Bridge
342. Uncle Rip
343. Love's Sacrifice
344. Attic Story
345. The Mogul Tale

Volume XLIII

346. The Postilion
347. The Africans
348. Of Age To-morrow
349. Bombastes Furioso
350. Love Makes a Man
351. Guy Mannering
352. Amoroso, King of Little Britain
353. Bertram
354. The Curfew
355. Simpson and Co.

Volume XLIV

356. His First Champagne
357. Anthony and Cleopatra
358. Affair of Honour
359. The Provost of Bruge by G.W. Lovell
360. A Roland for an Oliver
361. Three Weeks After Marriage
362. The Queen's Bench by Leman Rede
363. Damon and Pythias by Banim and Shiel
364. A Clear Case, by Gilbert a Becket