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 — John Shaqi
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
THE PROPHECY; OR, LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. A Drama. New York, 1821.
18mo, pp. 34.
FRISBIE, NOAH, JR.
NOAH FRISBIE, JR., born in Woodbury, Conn., Jan. 23, 1758, was the
oldest son of Noah Frisbie, of the same town, who married Margery
Post in 1752, and was in 1757 a member of Captain Ebenezer Downs's
company of volunteers in the expedition for the relief of Fort
William Henry on Lake George against the French. On the "Alarm of
Lexington," Noah Frisbie with his two sons Noah and Jonathan, and
their kinsmen Asabel, Abiel, David and James, joined the Continental
forces. Noah Frisbie, Jr., appears on the army list at the end of the
war as a lieutenant. No further information, except the printing of
the under-mentioned play, is available.
THE HISTORY OF THE FALCOS. A Comedy in Four Acts. Part First.
Walpole, N. H.: Printed for the author, at the Observatory
Press, 1808. 12mo, pp. 137.
GARDEN, ALEXANDER
KOSCIUSKO; OR, THE FALL OF WARSAW. A Play in Verse.
Published in _The Soldier's Wreath, or The Battle Ground of New
Orleans, and Other Poems_, by Oliver Cromwell, of South Carolina.
Charleston, W. Riley, 1828, pp. [37-72]. The volume is supposed to
be by Alex. Garden, author of _Anecdotes of the Revolutionary
War_. This I am, however, in doubt about, as the author calls
himself "an almost beardless youth." The play is in three acts.
GODFREY, THOMAS, JR.
THOMAS GODFREY, who was born in Philadelphia on December 4, 1736, and
died near Wilmington, N. C., August 3, 1763, was a son of Thomas
Godfrey, the inventor of the quadrant. He was apprenticed to a
watchmaker and remained at that trade until 1758. He was an officer
in the expedition against Fort Du Quesne. He removed to North
Carolina and remained there three years. He then went to Philadelphia
and sailed as a supercargo to the Island of New Providence, returning
from thence to North Carolina, where, a few weeks after his arrival,
by exposure to the sun on horseback, he contracted a fever which
terminated fatally.
JUVENILE POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, AND THE PRINCE OF PARTHIA. A
Tragedy. Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Miller, in Second
Street, 1765. 8vo, pp. XVI, 223.
_The Prince of Parthia_ is the earliest known tragedy that was
written by an American. The play was offered to the company then
performing in Philadelphia, but was not accepted.
GRICE, C. E.
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS; OR, GLORY, LOVE AND LOYALTY; an
Historical and National Drama in Five Acts. New York, 1816. 8vo,
pp. 59.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, July 4, 1816.
HALL, EVERARD
NOLENS VOLENS; OR, THE BITER BIT. Newbern, 1809. 12mo, pp. 92, [2].
HARBY, ISAAC
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