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 NIGHT WATCH; OR, THE PIRATE'S DEN. A Melodrama by a Gentleman of
Boston. Boston, 1820. 18mo, pp. 34.
OCCURRENCES OF THE TIMES; OR, THE TRANSACTIONS OF FOUR DAYS. A
Farce. Boston, 1789. 16mo, pp. 23.
THE ORPHAN. A Play in Five Acts. See _The Young Carolinians_.
THE PATRIOTS. A Comedy in Five Acts. Philadelphia, n. d.
Published during the Revolution.
THE PAXTON BOYS. A Farce. Translated from the original French, by a
Native of Donegall. The Second edition. Philadelphia: Printed
and sold by Anthony Armbruster, 1764. Folding plate. sm. 8vo,
pp. 16.
PHILIP; OR, THE ABORIGINES. A Drama. New York, 1822. 12mo, pp. 48.
THE PLAN OF A PERFORMANCE OF SOLEMN MUSICK. To be in the Hall of the
College of Philadelphia, on Wednesday Evening, April 10th, 1765.
For the Benefit of the Charity Schools. n. p., n. d. 8vo, pp. 4.
THE POWER OF CHRISTIANITY; OR, ABDALLAH AND SABAT. A Poem by a Lady.
Charleston, 1814. 16mo, pp. 46 [4].
THE PRINCE AND THE PATRIOT. A Poem in Three Dialogues.
Published in _Poems, Moral and Divine_, by an American Gentleman.
London, 1756. pp. 79-105.
One of the earliest plays written by an American.
SANS SOUCI, ALIAS FREE AND EASY; OR, AN EVENING'S PEEP INTO A POLITE
CIRCLE. An Intire New Entertainment, in Three Acts. Boston:
Printed by Warden and Russell, 1785. 8vo, pp. 24.
Second edition. 8vo, Boston, 1785.
SAUL. A Dramatic Sketch.
This piece is probably by N. P. Willis. It was published in the
_American Monthly Magazine_ for June, 1829.
A SCENE IN THE FIRST ACT OF THE NEW FARCE. Published as a Specimen.
Printed: In the first Year of the new Hegira Secundus, the
Paxtonian Expedition. [Philadelphia]: Printed by Anthony
Armbruster, [1764]. Sm. 8vo, pp. 8.
THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS: A Pastoral Drama: from the Poetry of
Miss More. By a Lady in Connecticut. Catskill, M. Croswell &
Co., 1794. 12mo, pp. [2], 30.
SHEPHERDESS OF THE ALPS. A Play in Four Acts, by a Citizen of New
York. New York, 1815. 12mo, pp. 51.
THE SUICIDE. A Dialogue Exhibited on the Stage at the Public
Commencement of Yale College, Sept. 13th, M.DCCXCVII.
Litchfield: T. Collier. 12mo, pp. [5], 6-20.
THE SULTANA; OR, A TRIP TO TURKEY. A Melodrama in Three Acts,
founded on Lord Byron's _Don Juan_. New York, 1822. 12mo, pp.
34.
Written by (----?) Bailey.
THE SUSPECTED DAUGHTER; OR, JEALOUS FATHER. A Farce in Three Acts,
both Serious and Comic, written by T. T. Boston. 1751.
This is probably the first play written by a native American.
Mentioned in Haven's list.
SYLLA. A Tragedy, in Five Acts, as represented at the Theatre
Français, at Paris, by E. Jouy, member of the Institute.
Translated from the French, by a Citizen of New York. New York,
1826. 16mo, pp. 69.
Same, New York: 1827. 16mo, pp. 79.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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