PLAYS IN MANUSCRIPT

The Force of Calumny.[A]A Play in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 124.

The Happy Family.A Drama in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 12mo, pp. 84.

Pizarro; or,The Spaniards in Peru.[A]A Tragedy in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 62.

The East Indian.A Comedy in Three Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 88.

Indigence, and Nobleness of Mind.A Comedy in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 12mo, pp. 64.

The Widow and the Riding Horse.A Dramatic Trifle in One Act. New York. 1800. 8vo, pp. 26.

Abbé de l'Epée; or, The Orphan.[A]New York, 1801. 8vo, pp. 42.

False Shame; or, The American Orphan in Germany.[A]Newark [?], 1800. 12mo, pp. 63.

[A]All these titles are Dunlap's. In the list of Dramatic Authors in the Appendix to Dunlap'sHistory of the American Theatre(first edition, New York, 1832), Mr. Dunlap includes this name with the comprehensive line, "Several bad translations from Kotzebue."

Fraternal Discord.A Comedy in Five Acts. New York, 1801. 8vo, pp. 74.

The Writing Desk; or, Youth in Danger.A Play in Four Acts. New York, 1801. 8vo, pp. 72, last page misnumbered 27.

The Beautiful Unknown.A Dramatic History. New York, 1803. 12mo, pp. 50, [2].

SMITH, ELIHU HUBBARD

Elihu Hubbard Smith, born in Litchfield, Conn., September 4, 1771, died in New York, September 21, 1798, a graduate of Yale and physician of Philadelphia, where his father was also a noted doctor. Hewrote a number of poems and sonnets for the magazines. He edited the first collection (1793) ever made of American poetry. Founder with Drs. Edward Miller and Samuel L. Mitchell ofThe Medical Repository. His death was caused by yellow fever contracted from a patient, a stranger who was taken by him into his own house for treatment.

Edwin and Angelina; or, The Banditti.An Opera in Three Acts. New York: T. and J. Swords, 1797. 8vo, pp. 72.Played at the John Street Theatre, New York, December 19, 1796. When printed it was preceded by a dedication to Reuben and Abigail Smith, the author's parents.

SMITH, JONATHAN S.

The Siege of Algiers; or, the Downfall of Hadgi-Ali Bashaw.A Tragi-Comedy. Philadelphia, 1823. 8vo, pp. 140.

SMITH, RICHARD PENN

Richard Penn Smith, born in Philadelphia in 1790, died there in 1854. He was educated as a lawyer. For five years he was editor ofThe Aurora, and contributed to a number of other periodicals. His books, not dramatic, were a novel, in 1831, calledThe Forsaken, in two volumes; andThe Actress of Padua and Other Tales. He died August 12, 1854. He wrote fifteen plays in all.

The 8th of January.A Drama in Three Acts. Philadelphia, 1829. 16mo, pp. iv.-54.

The Deformed; or, Woman's Trial.A Play, Philadelphia, 1830. 12mo, pp. 87.

The Disowned; or, The Prodigals.A Play. Philadelphia, 1830. 12mo, pp. 67.

SNAPDRAGON, HECTOR (Pseudonym)

The Russian Banquet.A Drama. Boston [1813]. 16mo, pp. 12.

STEARNS, CHARLES

Charles Stearns, born in Massachusetts in 1753, died 1826. He was a Unitarian clergyman, and from 1785 to his death was pastor of a church at Lincoln, in Massachusetts. He wrote many good poems, and a variety of religious works.

Dramatic Dialogues.Leominster, Mass., 1798. 12mo, pp. 540.

STOKES, J.

The Forest of Rosenwald; or, The Travellers Benighted.A Melodrama in Two Acts, as performed at the New York Theatre. New York, E. Murden, 1821. 16mo, pp. 33.Another edition, New York, 1832. 16mo.Played at the Park Theatre, New York, April 26, 1820, under the title ofThe Forest of Rosenwald; or, The Bleeding Nun.

STONE, JOHN AUGUSTUS

John Augustus Stone, an actor, born in Concord, Mass., in 1801, died near Philadelphia, Pa., June 1, 1834. His first appearance on the stage was made in Boston, and his début in New York occurred July 10, 1822, at the Park Theatre, asOld HardyinThe Belle's Stratagem, andOld PickleinThe Spoiled Child. He was for a long time identified with the Bowery and Chatham Theatres. The prize of five hundred dollars offered by Mr. Edwin Forrest for the best American play, was awarded to Mr. Stone in 1829, for his drama in verse,Metamora, long and successfully played by Mr. Forrest. He subsequently received from Mr. Forrest one thousanddollars for his drama,The Ancient Briton, which, as well as another drama from his pen,Fauntleroy, the Banker of Rome, were produced by Forrest. He was also author ofLa Roque,The Regicide,Tancred of Sicily, and Yankee Hill's famous play,The Knight of the Golden Fleece, always the most popular of that comedian's plays. He drowned himself in the Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, in a fit of mental derangement. Mr. Forrest erected a very handsome monument to his memory.

Tancred; or, The Siege of Antioch.A Drama in Three Acts. Philadelphia, 1827. 16mo, pp. 45.

STRONG, HENRY K.

The Fall of Iturbide; or, Mexico Delivered.A Tragedy in Five Acts. Pittsfield, Phineas Allen, 1823. 12mo, pp. 38.

TALBOT, CHARLES S.

Squire Hartley.A Farce. Albany, 1827. 12mo.

Captain Morgan.A Play. Albany [?] 1827. 12mo.

Paddy's Trip to America: or, The Husband with three Wives.A Farce in Two Acts. New York, 1822. 16mo, pp. 48.

TAYLOR, V.

Things As They Will Be; or, All Barkers Are Not Biters.A Farce in Three Acts, by Who d'ye think. New York, 1819. 18mo, pp. 17.Same. Second edition. New York, 1819. 16mo, pp. [3]; 4-17.

The Banker; or, Things As They Have Been.A Farce in Three Acts. Respectfully dedicated to the purchasers ofThings As They Will Be, etc. By a Tyro. New York, 1819. 16mo, pp. [3], 4-16.

TURNBULL, JOHN D.

Rudolph; or, The Robbers of Calabria.A Melodrama in Three Acts, as performed at the Boston Theatre. Boston, 1799. 18mo, pp. 141.Several editions were published of this play.

Wood Dæmon; or, The Clock Has Struck.A Drama. Boston, 1808. 24mo, pp. 34.

TYLER, ROYALL

Royall Tylerwas born in Boston on July 18, 1758, died in Brattleboro, Vt., August 16, 1826. He was graduated from Harvard in 1776 and studied law in the office of John Adams. He was aide-de-camp to General Benjamin Lincoln in the Revolution and in Shay's Rebellion in 1786. He contributed to theFarmer's Museum, and when Dennie became editor, Tyler was called in to assist him. He published a series of papers in thePort-Foliofor 1801. In 1797 he published, at Walpole, N. H., hisAlgerine Captive, or the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, Six Years a Prisoner among the Algerines; 2 vols. In 1804 he contributed to theColumbian Sentinel. In 1800 he was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont. He also contributed toThe New England Galaxy and Polyanthus. In 1809 he publishedReports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Vermont.

The Contrast.A Comedy in Five Acts. Written by a Citizen of the United States. Performed with applause at the theatres in New York, Philadelphia and Maryland; and published (under an assignment of the copyright) by Thomas Wignell. Philadelphia: From the press of Prichard & Hall, in Market Street, between Second and FrontStreets. M.DCC.XC. Plate. Sm. 8vo, pp. xxii-107.First played at the John Street Theatre, April 16, 1787.Reprinted by the Dunlap Society, New York, 1887.

As the great business of the polite world is the eager pursuitof amusement, and as the Public diversions of the seasonhave been interrupted by the hostile parade in the capital; theexhibition of a new farce may not be unentertaining.

THE

GROUP,

As lately acted, and to be re-acted to the wonder of all superiorintelligences, nigh head-quarters at Amboyne.

The author had thought proper to borrow the following spiritedlines from a late celebrated poet, and offer to the public byway of PROLOGUE, which cannot fail of pleasing at thiscrisis.

What! arm'd for virtue, and not point the pen,Brand the bold front of shameless guilty men,Dash the proud Gamester from his gilded car,Bare the mean heart which lurks beneath a star,

Shall I not strip the gilding off a knave,Unplac'd, unpension'd, no man's heir or slave?I will or perish in the gen'rous cause;Hear this and tremble, ye who 'scape the laws;Yes, while I live, no rich or noble, knave,Shall walk the world in credit to his grave;To virtue only, and her friends, a friend.The world beside may murmur, or commend.

BOSTON:printed and sold byEdesandGill, inQueen-Street. 1775.

The Georgia Spec; or, Land in the Moon.A Comedy in Three Acts. Boston, 1797. 8vo.This comedy was written to ridicule the speculating mania in wild Yazoo Lands, and was performed in Boston with success.

WALLACK, W. H.

Paul Jones; or, The Pilot of the German Ocean.A Melodrama in Three Acts, adapted to the New York Theatres. New York, 1828. 16mo, pp. 52.

WARREN, MERCY

Mercy Warren, born in Barnstable, Mass., September 25, 1728, died in Plymouth, Mass., October 19, 1814. She was the third child of Colonel James Otis. She married James Warren, of Plymouth, who was appointed high sheriff in 1757, which place he held up to the breaking out of the Revolution, when he became general of the American forces about Boston. She was one of the foremost friends of liberty, and corresponded with most of the great men of her time. She published aHistory of the American Revolution. Her correspondence with John Adams was published by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878.

The Adulateur.A Tragedy, as it is now acted in Upper Servia. [6 lines of poetry]. Boston: Printed and sold at the New Printing Office, near Concert Hall, 1773. 8vo, pp. 30.

The Group.As lately acted and to be re-acted to the wonder of all superior intelligences, nigh head-quartersat Amboyne. Boston: Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen Street, 1775.A political satire in two acts in verse, published the day before the Battle of Lexington.Another edition, New York: John Anderson, n. d. [1775]. With second and third scenes of Act II. omitted. 8vo, pp. 15.

The Blockheads; or, The Affrighted Officers.A Farce. Boston: Printed in Queen Street, 1776.A counter-farce to Burgoyne'sBlockade. Published without name (attributed to Mrs. Warren) in theLiterary History of the Revolution. New York, 1897.

The Sack of Rome.A Tragedy.

The Ladies of Castile.A Tragedy.The above plays were published in a volume ofPoems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous. Boston, 1790.

The Motley Assembly.A Farce. Published for the entertainment of the Curious. Boston: N. Loverly, 1779. 12mo, pp. 15.Published without name (attributed to Mrs. Warren), by Paul L. Ford, inBeginnings of American Dramatic Literature.

WATTERSON, GEORGE

George Watterson, born in New York in 1783, died in Washington, D. C., 1854. He was a lawyer in Washington, and was the first Librarian of Congress. He published several books on law and the topography of Washington. He also published theLetters of General Washington.

The Child of Feeling.A Comedy. Georgetown, 1809. 18mo, pp. 113.

WETMORE, ALPHONSO

The Pedlar.A Farce in Three Acts. Written for the St. Louis Thespians, by whom it was performed with great applause. St. Louis: John A. Paxton, 1821. 16mo, pp. 35.

WHITE, JOHN BLAKE

John Blake White, born in South Carolina in 1783, died 1859. He was an artist, lawyer and dramatist, residing in Charleston.

Foscari; or, The Venetian Exile.A Tragedy in Five Acts, as performed at the Charleston Theatre. Charleston, 1806. 12mo, pp. 52.

The Mysteries of the Castle; or, The Victim of Revenge.A Drama in Five Acts. Charleston, 1807. 16mo, pp. 65.

Modern Honour; or, The Victim of Revenge.A Tragedy. Charleston, 1812. 12mo.

Triumph of Liberty; or, Louisiana Preserved.A National Drama. Charleston, 1819. 12mo.

The Forgers.A Drama. Played at Charleston, S. C., 1825.Published inThe Southern Literary Messenger, March, 1857, and reprinted New York, 1899.

WHITE, WILLIAM CHARLES

William Charles White, born in Worcester, Mass., made his début on the stage in Boston in 1796, and in New York, at the Park Theatre, January 19, 1801, asYoung Norval. He afterwards studied law and gave up the stage.

Orlando; or, Parental Persecution.A Tragedy, as performed at the Theatre, Federal Street, Boston. Boston, 1797. Portrait of Wm. C. White. 18mo, pp. 64.

The Clergyman's Daughter.A Tragedy in Five Acts, as performed at the Boston Theatre, with the Epilogue by R. T. Paine, Jr. Boston, 1810. 16mo, pp. 96.

WILLIAMSON, A. J.

Preservation; or, The Hovel of the Rocks.A Play in Five Acts. Charleston, 1800. 8vo, pp. vii.-75.

WILMER, LAMBERT A.

Lambert A. Wilmer, born in 1805, died in Brooklyn, December 21, 1863, was editor of the BrooklynSaturday Visitor, and ofThe Pennsylvanianin Philadelphia. He was the author ofThe Quacks of Helicon.

Merlin.A Drama. Philadelphia, 1823. 12mo.

Gloriana; or, The Enchantress of Elba.A Drama.Published in a weekly paper in Philadelphia about 1828.

WOODWORTH, SAMUEL

Samuel Woodworth, born in Scituate, Mass., January 13, 1785, died in New York City, December 9, 1842. His father was a soldier of the Revolution. In early life he chose the profession of a printer, and went to Boston, where he bound himself apprentice to Benjamin Russell, editor ofThe Columbian Sentinel. During this time he employed his leisure in writing poetry for different periodicals in that city over the signature of "Selim." In 1807 he published a weekly paper in New Haven calledThe Belles-Lettres Repository. The next year he went to Baltimore, where many of his best poems were published. He came to New York in 1810, and during the War of 1812 published a weekly newspaper entitledThe War. He also edited, at different times,The Halcyon Luminary and Theological Repository,The Casket,The Parthenon, andThe Literary Gazette. He also was one of the founders and editors ofThe New YorkMirror. In 1816 he publishedChampions of Freedom.

The Deed of Gift.A Comic Opera in Three Acts, as performed at the Boston Theatre. New York, 1822. 18mo, pp. 72.First acted at the City Theatre in Warren Street, New York, January 20, 1823.

Lafayette; or, The Castle of Olmutz.A Drama in Three Acts, as performed at the New York Park Theatre. New York, 1824. 16mo, pp. 50.First acted at the Park Theatre, New York, February 23, 1824.

The Forest Rose; or, American Farmers.A Pastoral Opera in Two Acts, as performed at the Chatham Theatre, New York. New York, 1825. 18mo, pp. 42.First acted at the Chatham Theatre, New York, October 6, 1825.

The Widow's Son; or, Which Is the Traitor?A Melodrama in Three Acts. New York, 1825. 16mo, pp. 82.First acted at the Park Theatre, New York, December 15, 1825.

King's Bridge Cottage.A Revolutionary Tale Founded on an Incident which occurred a few days previous to the Evacuation of N. York by the British. A Drama in Two Acts, written by a Gentleman of New York and performed at the Amateur Theatre. New York, 1826. 18mo, pp. 23, [1].

WORKMAN, JAMES

Liberty in Louisiana.A Comedy. Charleston, 1803. 12mo.Played at the Charleston Theatre in 1803.

WRIGHT, FRANCES ("FANNY")

Frances Wright, born in Dundee, Scotland, September 6, 1795, died in Cincinnati, O., December 14, 1852. She became, early in life, imbued with French liberalism, and was an admiring friend of Lafayette. She first came to the United States in 1818, and was introduced in literary circles here by Joseph Rodman Drake. After a time spent in Paris she came again to the United States in 1825, and purchased 2400 acres of land in Tennessee, at Neshoba (now Memphis). Here she established a colony of freed slaves. The State authorities compelled the relinquishment of the scheme as contrary to the law of the commonwealth, and the land, which was held for her in trust by Lafayette, was reconveyed to her. The negroes were sent to Hayti, and Miss Wright spent three years in lecturing on slavery and social topics in the United States, especially upon woman suffrage, of which she was the first considerable advocate. She went again to France, where she married Monsieur d'Arnsmont, with whom, however, she lived but a short time, returning finally to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she made her final home.

Altorf.A Tragedy, first represented in the Theatre of New York, February 19, 1819. Philadelphia, 1819. 12mo, pp. 83.This play was produced in different cities, but was not a success.Another edition, New York, 1819. 12mo.

Many more titles could be added to the following list, but these will suffice. Ireland'sRecords of the New York Stage, Dunlap'sAmerican Theatreand Rees'sDramatic Authors of Americagive many additional titles, but as unpublished plays really do not deserve a place in a bibliography, I have inserted this list only for the purpose of comparison between those printed and those unpublished.

Anonymous:

The American Captive. A Farce.American Tars. (The Purse.)The Ancient Soldier.The Battle of North Point.Capture of Major André.Down East; or, The Militia Training.The Festival of Peace.Greece and Liberty.The Green Mountain Boys.Guilt.Harlequin Panatahah.The Harper's Daughter.The Indian Wife.The Irish Patriot.The Jubilee; or, Triumph of Freedom.The Lad of Spirit.The Last of the Serpent Tribe.Life in New York; or, Firemen on Duty.Love in a Cloud.Lucinda.The Manhattoes.The Medium; or, Happy Tea Party.Miantonomah and Nanahmattah.The Pilot.The Pioneer.The Poor Student.The Return from the Camp.Ruffian Boy.A Tale of the Crusade. A Tragedy.Thirty-Three John Street. A Farce.The Wigwam; or Templeton Manor.

Barker, James N.

America. A Mask in One Act.Attila. A Tragedy.Written in 1805, and left unfinished.The Armourer's Escape; or, Three Years at Nootka Sound. A Melodramatic Sketch in Two Acts.Played in Philadelphia, March 24, 1817.The Embargo; or, What NewsPlayed in Philadelphia, March 16, 1808.

Bell, D. V.

The Fair Maid of Perth.Played at Lafayette Theatre, New York, 1829.

Burgoyne, General John.

The Blockade of Boston.Played by Burgoyne's Thespians, in Boston, during the Revolutionary War.

Burk, John Daly.

Joan of Arc; or, The Maid of Orleans. A Tragedy.Fortunes of Nigel.A Dramatization of Scott's novel.Innkeeper of Abbeville.Which Do You Like Best?

Chapman, Samuel Henry.

Doctor Foster.Gasparoni.The Mail Coach.

Clinch, Charles Powell.

The Spy. Dramatized from Cooper's novel.The Expelled Collegian. A Farce.The Avenger's Vow.First of May in New York; or, Double or Quit Farce.

Colman, Benjamin.

Gustavus Vasa.

Cooper and Gray, Drs.

The Renegade; or, France Restored.

Da Ponte, Lorenzo.

The Italian Husband. A Tragedy.The Roman Wife. A Tragedy.

D'Elville, Rinallo.

Clairvoyants. A Comedy.

Dumont, J. B.

The Invisible Witness.

Dunlap, William.

The Modest Soldier; or, Love in New York.The Wedding. A Comedy.Shelty's Travels. A Farce.Sterne's Maria; or, the Vintage. An Opera.The Natural Daughter. A Comedy.The Temple of Independence.The Stranger.Count Benyowski.The School for Soldiers.The Force of Calumny.The Robbery.The Knight of Guadalquiver.The Count of Burgundy.The Corsicans.Abbé de l'Epée.Where Is He?The Retrospect.Bonaparte in England.The Proverb.Lewis of Mont Blanco.Thirty Years.It Is a Lie.Self Immolation.The Stranger's Birthday.The Indians in England.Battle of New Orleans.Nina. An Operetta.The Miser's Wedding.The Soldier of '76.La Perouse.The Merry Gardener.Forty and Twenty.Robespierre.The Flying Dutchman.

Ellet, Mrs. E. F.

The Duke of Buckingham.

Ewing, Robert W.

Le Soltaire.Sponge Again.The Frontier Maid.The Highland Seer.The Election.The Imperial Victim.Lafayette.Quentin Durward.Exit in a Hurry.Bride of Death.

Fennell, James.

The Wheel of Truth. A Farce.Lindor and Clari.Picture of Paris.

Field,——.

France and Liberty.Rhyme Without Reason. A Farce.

Foot, John F.

The Little Thief; or, The Night Walker.

Foster,——.

The Inheritance.

Hamilton, Colonel.

The Enterprise. An Opera.

Hatton, Ann Julia.

Tammany. An Opera. 1794.

Henry, John.

The Convention.Orvidius.The American Soldier.True Blue.

Holland, Edwin C.

The Corsair.

Hutton, Joseph.

Cuffee and Duffee.Modern Honor.

Ingersoll, Charles Jared.

Julian the Apostate.

Ingham, John.

The Times.The Usurper.

Linn, John Blair.

Bourville Castle; or, The Gallic Orphan.

Maddocks,——.

The Bohemian Mother.

Merry, Robert.

The Abbey of St. Augustine.

Milne,——.

All in a Bustle; or, The New House. A Prelude.Flash in the Pan.The Eclipse.The Portrait Painter.

Morris, George Pope.

Briar Cliff; a Tale of the Revolution. A Drama.

Noah, Mordecai Manuel.

Siege of Tripoli.Played on the night the Park Theatre, N. Y., was burned.

Payne, John Howard.

Oswali of Athens.Proclamation.

Phillips, J. O.

The Female Spy.Paul Clifford.Beauty and Booty.

Potter, Reuben.

Don Alonzo. A Tragedy.

Robinson, J.

The Yorker's Stratagem; or, Banana's Wedding.A Farce.

Rowson, Susanna.

Columbia's Daughter. A Drama.

Stock, Thomas.

The Wedding in Wales.

Stone, John Augustus.

Metamora; a Tragedy.Restoration.The Ancient Briton.Fauntleroy.La Roque, the Regicide.Tancred of Sicily.The Knight of the Golden Fleece.

Tyler, Royall.

May-Day in Town; or, New York in an Uproar.

Villeneuve, Le Blanc De.

Le Pére Indien. A Tragedy.

White, William Charles.

The Poor Lodger.

Williams, John(Anthony Pasquin).

The Federal Oath.Manhattan Stage.

Wood, Mrs.

The North Americans. A Play in Five Acts.

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