EARLY AMERICAN PLAYS (continued 2)

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 of Things 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 Tyler was 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 the Farmer's Museum, and when Dennie became editor, Tyler was called in to assist him. He published a series of papers in the Port-Folio for 1801. In 1797 he published, at Walpole, N. H., his Algerine Captive, or the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, Six Years a Prisoner among the Algerines; 2 vols. In 1804 he contributed to the Columbian Sentinel. In 1800 he was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont. He also contributed to The New England Galaxy and Polyanthus. In 1809 he published Reports 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 Front Streets. 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 pursuit of amusement, and as the Public diversions of the season have been interrupted by the hostile parade in the capital; the exhibition of a new farce may not be unentertaining.

THE

GROUP,

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

The author had thought proper to borrow the following spirited lines from a late celebrated poet, and offer to the public by way of PROLOGUE, which cannot fail of pleasing at this crisis.

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 by Edes and Gill, in Queen-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 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 début 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.