Chapter III: Part 3

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 a _History 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-quarters at 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's _Blockade_. Published without name
(attributed to Mrs. Warren) in the _Literary 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 of _Poems, 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, in _Beginnings 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 the _Letters 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 in _The Southern Literary Messenger_, March, 1857, and
reprinted New York, 1899.

WHITE, WILLIAM CHARLES

WILLIAM CHARLES WHITE, born in Worcester, Mass., made his debut on the stage in Boston in 1796, and in New York, at the Park Theatre, January 19, 1801, as _Young 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 Brooklyn _Saturday Visitor_, and of _The Pennsylvanian_ in Philadelphia. He was the author of _The 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 of _The 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 called _The 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 entitled _The War_. He also edited, at different times, _The Halcyon Luminary and Theological Repository_, _The Casket_, _The Parthenon_, and _The Literary Gazette_. He also was one of the founders and editors of _The New York Mirror_. In 1816 he published _Champions 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.

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PLAYS IN MANUSCRIPT

Many more titles could be added to the following list, but these will suffice. Ireland's _Records of the New York Stage_, Dunlap's _American Theatre_ and Rees's _Dramatic Authors of America_ give 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 Andre.
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 News?
Played 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.
Abbe de l'Epee.
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 Pere 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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INDEX TO TITLES OF PUBLISHED PLAYS

PAGE

Abaellino, 33
Abbe de l'Epee, 72
Accusation, 63
Adelaide of Wulfingen, 71
Adeline, 64
Adulateur, The, 77
Alberti, 42
Alberto and Matilda, 36
Alcuin, 23
Alexis the Czarowitz, 36
Alfred the Great, 11
Ali Pacha, 64
Almachide, 29
Almoran and Hamet, 58
Altorf, 82
American Captive, The, 36
Americana, 11
Americans in England, 69
Andre, 32
Androboros, 50
Ape Musicale, L', 29
Archers, The, 32
Assur Re d'Ormus, 29

Banker, The, 75
Battle of Brooklyn, The, 11
Battle of Bunker Hill, The, 22
Battle of Eutaw Springs, 11
Battle of New Orleans, The, 41
Battle of the Eutaw Springs, The, 52
Beautiful Unknown, The, 72
Beaux without Belles, 29
Belisarius, 38
Bethlem Gabor, 25
Better Sort, The, 12
Blackbeard, 69
Blind Boy, The, 34
Blockheads, The; or Fortunate Contractor, 12
Blockheads, The; or, the Affrighted Officers, 12, 78
Blow for Blow, 12
Blue Beard, 34
Brutus, 63
Bucktails, The, 62
Bunker Hill, 24

Candidate, The, 58
Captain Morgan, 75
Carrabasset, 30
Catharine Brown, 12
Charles the Second, 65
Charles the Twelfth, 12
Child of Feeling, The, 78
Clari, 64
Clergyman's Daughter, The, 79
Columbia and Britannia, 12
Comedy, A, 57, 58
Comic Opera, A, 57
Conquest of Canada, The, 26
Contrast, The, 76
Count of Burgundy, The, 71
Cure for the Spleen, A, 70

Daranzel, 37
Darby's Return, 32
Death of General Montgomery, The, 22
Death of Louis the Sixteenth, 66
Deed of Gift, The, 81
Deformed, The, 73
Demetria, 44
Democedes, 24
Dialogue, 47
Disappointed, 54
Disappointment, The, 20
Discarded Daughter, The, 66
Disenchantment, 40
Disowned, The, 73
Don Giovanni, Il, 29
Dramatic Dialogues, 74
Dramatic Pieces, 12
Dramatic Sketch, 54

East Indian, The, 72
Edwin and Angelina, 73
Edwy and Elgiva, 52
Eighth of January, The, 73
Emancipation of Europe, 45
Essex Junto, 13
Exercise, An, 13, 37, 47, 48

Fair American, The, 25
Fall of Algiers, The, 65
Fall of British Tyranny, 54
Fall of Iturbide, The, 75
Fall of Tecumseh, The, 48
False Shame, 33, 72
Fashionable Follies, 51
Fatal Deception, The, 34
Fatal Effects of Seduction, 13
Fatal Error, The, 55
Father, The, 32
Father of an Only Child, 34
Federalism Triumphant, 13
Female Enthusiast, The, 13
Female Patriot, The, 69
Female Patriotism, 25
Force of Calumny, The, 72
Forest of Rosenwald, The, 74
Forest Rose, The, 81
Forgers, The, 79
Fortress of Sorrento, The, 60
Foscari, 79
Fountainville Abbey, 34
Fox Chase, The, 21
Fraternal Discord, 35, 72
French Revolution, The, 14

Generous Chief, The, 61
Georgia Spec, The, 77
Giordano, 54
Gloriana, 80
Glory of Columbia, The, 34
Good Neighbor, The, 35
Gordian Knot, The, 42
Grecian Captive, The, 61
Group, The, 77

Hadad, 44
Happy Family, The, 72
He Stoops to Conquer, 58
Heaven on Earth, 14
Hero of Two Wars, The, 14
History of the Falcos, The, 40
How to Try a Lover, 19

Independence, 52
Indian Princess, The, 19
Indian Prophecy, The, 28
Indigence and Nobleness of Mind, 72
Indoctum Parliamentum, 14
Intolerants, The, 14
Irma, 53
Is It a Lie?, 14
Italian Father, The, 35
Italian Husband, The, 14

Jefferson and Liberty, 14
Jonathan in England, 15
Jonathan Postfree, 20
Julia, 63
Julian, 71
Julian and Elphina, 54

Kathleen O'Neil, 65
King's Bridge Cottage, 81
Knight's Adventure, The, 32
Knights of the Rum Bottle & Co., The, 66
Kosciusko, 41

Ladies of Castile, The, 78
Lafayette, 54, 81
Lafayette en Mount Vernon, 57
Lafayette in Prison, 36
Lancers, The, 65
Leicester, 34
Liberty in Louisiana, 81
Logan, 31
Love and Friendship, 55
Love in Humble Life, 65
Lover, The, 15
Lover's Vows, 35, 63
Lucy Sampson, 67

Man of Fortitude, The, 45
Manuscript, The, 56
Marion, 60
Marmion, 19
Mary of Scotland, 15
Medley, The, 54
Mercenary Match, The, 20
Merlin, 80
Merry Dames, The, 58
Military Glory of Great Britain, The, 15
Mina, 38
Mrs. Smith, 65
Madam Honour, 79
Montgomery, 39
Monthly Assembly, The, 15
Motley Assembly, The, 78
Mountain Torrent, The, 52
Mysteries of the Castle, The, 79

Naomi, 70
Nature and Philosophy, 15
New England Drama, The, 15
New Gentle Shepherd, The, 18
New Scene, A, 11
New World Planted, A, 27
Night-Watch, The, 15
Nolens Volens, 42
Nozze di Figaro, La, 29

Occurrences of the Times, 15
Odofriede, 53
102, 18
Onliata, 30
Orlando, 79
Orphan, The, 16
Orphan of Prague, The, 51
Otho, 59

Paddy's Trip to America, 75
Patriot Chief, The, 56
Patriots, The, 16, 58
Paul Jones, 77
Paxton Boys, The, 16
Pedlar, The, 78
Pennsylvania Sailor's Letters, A, 56
Percy's Masque, 44
Perouse, Le, 71
Peter Smink, 65
Peter the Great, 35
Phelles, King of Tyre, 66
Philip, 16
Pizarro, 72
Pizarro in Peru, 33
Plan of a Performance of Solemn Musick, The, 16
Pocahontas, 28
Politicians, The, 59
Ponteach, 67
Power of Christianity, The, 16
Preservation, 80
Prince and the Patriot, The, 16
Prince of Parthia, The, 41
Prophecy, The, 40

Reconciliation, The, 56
Red Rover, The, 26
Reign of Reform, The, 20
Reparation, 53
Rescue, The, 30
Ribbemont, 34
Richelieu, 64
Rinaldo Rinaldini, 35
Rip Van Winkle, 53
Robin Hood, 45
Rosa, 51
Rose of Arragon, The, 52
Rudolph, 76
Rural Felicity, 57
Russian Banquet, The, 74

Sack of Rome, The, 78
Sans Souci, 16
Saul, 16
Saw Mill, The, 43
Scena Quarta dell Atto Quinto di Adad, 29
Scene in the First Act of the New Farce, A, 17
School for Prodigals, The, 51
School for Soldiers, A, 43
Sea Serpent, The, 27
Search after Happiness, The, 17
Self Immolation, 71
Sertorius, 23
She Would Be a Soldier, 60
Shepherdess of the Alps, 17
Siege of Algiers, The, 73
Sister, The, 55
Slaves in Algiers, 69
Snow Storm, The, 19
Songs of Tammany, The, 43
Sprightly Widow, The, 57
Squire Hartley, 75
Stranger, The, 33
Suicide, The, 17
Sultana, The, 17
Superstition, 19
Suspected Daughter, The, 17
Sylla, 17

Tale of Lexington, A, 52
Tancred, 55, 75
Tears and Smiles, 19
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil, 32
Theodora, 17
Therese, 46
Things as They Will Be, 75
Toothache, The, 21
Traveller Returned, The, 18
Travellers, The, 19
Tricks of the Times, 18
Trip to Niagara, A, 36
Triumph of Liberty, 79
Triumphs of Love, The, 59
Trust, The, 21
'Twas I, 64
Two Galley Slaves, The, 64
Two Pages of Frederick the Great, 18
Tyrant's Victims, A, 18

Usurper, The, 57

Virgin of the Sun, The, 33, 71
Virginia, 61
Virtue Triumphant, 18
Voice of Nature, The, 34
Volunteers, The, 69

Wall Street, 57
Wandering Boys, The, 60
Widow and the Riding Horse, The, 72
Widow of Malabar, The, 49
Widow's Son, The, 81
Wife of Two Husbands, 35
Wild Goose Chase, The, 33
Wild Youth, The, 71
Wood Daemon, 76
Wounded Hussar, The, 51
Wreck of Honor, The, 36, 69
Writing Desk, The, 72

Xerxes the Great, 18

Yankee Chronology, 35
Yankey in England, The, 49
Young Carolinians, The, 18

Zamor, 66