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
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.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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