Early American Plays, 1714-1830: A Compilation of the Titles of Plays and Dramatic Poems Written by Authors Born in or Residing in North America Previous to 1830Wegelin, Oscar
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Early American Plays, 1714-1830: A Compilation of the Titles of Plays and Dramatic Poems Written by Authors Born in or Residing in North America Previous to 1830
Wegelin, Oscar
American drama -- Bibliography
FOUNTAINVILLE ABBEY. A Tragedy. New York, 1807. 18mo, pp. 211.
From Mrs. Radcliff's _Romance of the Forest_.
Played at the John Street Theatre, New York, February 16, 1795.
THE FATHER OF AN ONLY CHILD. A Comedy. New York, 1807. 18mo, pp. 81.
This is the play of _The Father_, with a new title.
THE BLIND BOY. A Comedy, altered from Kotzebue's _Epigram_. New
York, 1808. 12mo.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, March 30, 1802.
FRATERNAL DISCORD. A Drama. Altered from the German of Kotzebue. New
York, 1809. 18mo, pp. 69.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, October 24, 1800.
THE ITALIAN FATHER. A Comedy in Five Acts. New York, 1810. 18mo, pp.
63.
Played at the New Park Theatre, New York, April 15, 1799.
RINALDO RINALDINI; OR, THE GREAT BANDITTI. A Tragedy. By an American
and a Citizen of New York. New York, 1810. Frontispiece. 18mo,
pp. 82.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, 1810.
WIFE OF TWO HUSBANDS. A Drama in Five Acts, interspersed with Songs,
Choruses, Music and Dances. New York, 1811. 18mo, pp. 55.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, April 4, 1804.
YANKEE CHRONOLOGY; OR, HUZZA FOR THE CONSTITUTION. A Musical
Interlude, in One Act, to which are added, The Patriotic Songs
of the Freedom of the Seas, and Yankee Tars. New York, 1812.
16mo, pp. 16.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, 1812.
PETER THE GREAT; OR, THE RUSSIAN MOTHER. A Play in Five Acts. New
York, 1814. 18mo, pp. 56.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, November 15, 1801.
THE GOOD NEIGHBOR. An Interlude in One Act, as performed at the New
York Theatre, February 28, 1803. New York, 1814. 18mo, pp. 12.
LOVER'S VOWS. A Play in Five Acts. Translated From the German. N.
Y., 1814. 16mo, pp. 74, [1].
Although Dunlap states that his translation of the above was not
published, (_History of the American Theatre_, vol. ii, p. 95,) I
have seen a copy of the play and his name is on the title page.
THE WRECK OF HONOR; OR, ADVENTURES IN PARIS. A Tragedy. Translated
from the French. New York, 1828. 16mo, pp. 87.
A TRIP TO NIAGARA; OR, TRAVELLERS IN AMERICA. A Farce in Three Acts.
New York, 1830. 18mo, pp. 54.
Dunlap's last published play.
Played at the New Bowery Theatre, New York, October 28, 1829.
EATON, N. W.
ALBERTO AND MATILDA. A Drama. Boston, 1809. 18mo, pp. 17.
ELLIOT, SAMUEL
FAYETTE IN PRISON; OR, MISFORTUNES OF THE GREAT. A Modern Tragedy,
by a Gentleman of Boston. Worcester: Printed for the Author,
1800. 8vo, pp 40.
Reprinted with this change in title, "by a Gentleman of
Massachusetts," Worcester, Is. Thomas, 1802. 8vo, pp. 40.
ELLISON, JAMES
THE AMERICAN CAPTIVE; OR, SIEGE OF TRIPOLI. A Drama in Five Acts.
Written by Mr. James Ellison. Boston, 1812. 16mo, pp. [5]; 6-7,
[2]; 10-54.
EUSTAPHIEVE, ALEXIS
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