Brockett, Oscar Gross, Century of Innovation: A History of European and American Theatre and Drama Since the Late Nineteenth Century, Allyn and Bacon, 1991. This book provides a thematic overview of theatrical movements that have shaped modern theater.

Dickens, Charles, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839, reprint, Oxford University Press, 1957.

This is the original Nicholas Nickleby novel by Dickens.

Edgar, David, ed., Playwrights on Playwriting, State of Play Series, Faber and Faber Limited, 1999.

This anthology of essays on playwriting contains an introduction by the volume editor, David Edgar.

Matthew, Colin, ed., The Nineteenth Century: The British Isles: 1815-1901, Oxford University Press, 2000.

This book of essays by leading historians covers the economy, politics, society, gender, religious, and artistic world of nineteenth-century Britain. Painter, Susan, Edgar, The Playwright, Methuen, 1996.

A study of Edgar's works, this book includes a chronology of his life and production dates as well...