The Burlesque Tradition in the English Theatre after 1660 by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

THERE are vast numbers of burlesque plays, but very few books
about them. The following brief list includes the most important of
these. References to other authorities have been given in the text.

A. THEATRICAL BURLESQUE

1.	The Rehearsal, by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, edited by Montague Summers, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1914.
2.	The Beggar's Opera, its Content, History and Influence, by William Eben Schultz , Yale University Press, and London, 1923.
3.	The Tragedy of Tragedies or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, by Henry Fielding, edited by James T. Hillhouse , Yale University Press, and London, 1918.
4.	The Major Dramas of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, edited by George Henry Nettleton , Boston, 1906.
5.	Recollections and Reflections, by James Robinson Planché, London, 1872.
6.	The Oxford Companion to the Theatre, edited by Phyllis Hartnoll ( 1951), contains an article by Bernard Sobell on the American meaning of Burlesque.
7.	The History of Henry Fielding, by Wilbur L. Cross, Yale Univer- sity Press, and London, I918, contains full details of the satirical and political apart from the burlesque, points in Fielding's plays.

B. OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF BURLESQUE

1.	Scarron et la genre burlesque, by Paul Morillot, Paris, 1888.
2.	English Burlesque Poetry 1700-1750, by Richmond P. Bond, Harvard University Press, and London, 1932.
3.	A Survey of Burlesque and Parody in English, by George Kitchin, Edinburgh, I931.
4.	The Novel in Motley, by Archibald Boiling Shepperson, Harvard University Press, and London, 1936.
5.	Caricature History of the Georges, by Thomas Wright, London, 1868, first published as England under the House of Hanover, London, 1848.
6.	Joseph Andrews (preface), by Henry Fielding, 1742.
7.	Essays in Satire (preface), by Ronald Knox, London, 1928.
8.	Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus, edited by Charles Kerby-Miller, Yale University Press, and London, 1950.

C. THE OBJECTS OF BURLESQUE

1.	The Tale of Terror, by Edith Birkhead, London, 1921.
2.	Blood and Thunder, by Maurice Willson Disher, London, 1949.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Burlesque Tradition in the English Theatre after 1660. Contributors: V. C. Clinton-Baddeley - author. Publisher: Methuen. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1952. Page Number: 142.

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Part Two: The Burlesque Tradition In The English Theatre After 1660

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