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
Another edition with the title: _Americans Aroused in a Cure for
the Spleen_, etc., New York: Reprinted by James Rivington, n. d.
[1775]. 8vo, pp. 32.
SIMMONS, JAMES WRIGHT
JAMES WRIGHT SIMMONS, born at Charleston, S. C., studied at Harvard
and made an extensive tour of Europe, whence he came to New York and
was for a time a writer for the _New York Mirror_. He was also
connected with other New York papers. He afterward held the office of
Comptroller General and Treasurer of the Republic of Texas. Died at
Memphis, Tenn., aged 68 years.
JULIAN. A Dramatic Fragment, n. p., n. d. [1823]. 12mo.
SMITH, CHARLES
CHARLES SMITH was born about 1768. He was for a time a bookseller in
New York, and was the editor of the _Monthly Military Repository_.
The following are all translations from Kotzebue:--
THE COUNT OF BURGUNDY.[A] A Tragedy in Four Acts. New York, 1798.
8vo.
Another edition, New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. vi.-69.
SELF IMMOLATION; OR, THE SACRIFICE OF LOVE. A Play in Three Acts.
New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 54.
THE WILD YOUTH. A Comedy for Digestion in Three Acts. New York,
1800. 8vo, pp. 74.
LE PEROUSE[A]. A Comedy in Two Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 40.
THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN.[A] A Play in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo,
pp. 96.
ADELAIDE OF WULFINGEN. A Tragedy in Four Acts, (exemplifying the
Barbarity which prevailed during the Thirteenth Century). New
York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 67.
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.
[Footnote A: All these titles are Dunlap's. In the list of Dramatic
Authors in the Appendix to Dunlap's _History 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
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