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 SNOW STORM; OR, LOWINA OF TOBOLSKOW. A Melo Dramatick Romance.
By William Barrymore, Esq. Baltimore, 1818. 16mo, pp. 36.
BARTON, ANDREW
(See Colonel Thomas Forrest.)
THE DISAPPOINTMENT; OR, THE FORCE OF CREDULITY. A new American Comic
Opera of Two Acts. New York, 1767. 12mo, pp. 56.
Another edition, 16mo, pp. iv.-95. Philadelphia, 1796.
"Air No. IV. is Yankee Doodle."--_Sabin._
BEACH, L.
JONATHAN POSTFREE; OR, THE HONEST YANKEE. A Musical Farce in Three
Acts. New York, 1807. 12mo.
BIDWELL, BARNABAS
BARNABAS BIDWELL, born in Tyringham (now Monterey), Mass., August 23,
1763, died in Kingston, Canada, July 27, 1833, was the second son of
Rev. Adonijah Bidwell. Graduated from Yale in 1785, and was made
LL.D. by Brown University in 1805. He settled in Stockbridge, Mass.,
in 1793, and was successively Treasurer of Berkshire County,
Attorney-General of the State, and Member of Congress. His residence
in Canada resulted from his responsibility for some irregularity in
his business as a banker.
THE MERCENARY MATCH. A Tragedy. New Haven, Meigs, Bowen & Dana.
[1785]. 12mo, pp. 57.
This piece was performed by students of Yale College.
BOTSFORD, MRS.
THE REIGN OF REFORM; OR, YANKEE DOODLE COURT. By a Lady. Baltimore:
Printed for the Authoress, 1830. 18mo, pp. 146.
A dialogue, the Characters personating distinguished individuals
of the day.
A Continuation of the above. Baltimore, 1830. 18mo, pp. 79, [1].
BRAY, JOHN
THE TOOTHACHE; OR, MISTAKES OF A MORNING. A Petit Comedy in One Act.
Philadelphia, 1814. 16mo, pp. 31.
BRECK, CHARLES
CHARLES BRECK, born in Boston, Mass., 1782, died at Amsterdam,
Holland, May, 1822, was the third son of Samuel Breck, a wealthy
merchant of Boston, who was agent to the army and fleet of King Louis
XVI. after the French intervention in the American Revolution.
Charles Breck, while travelling in Italy, met and became engaged to a
very beautiful young lady of that country. He built in Philadelphia,
whither his father had removed from Boston, a residence exactly like
that of his betrothed. Her sudden death, just before his arrival in
Europe to claim his bride, hastened his own.
THE FOX CHASE. A Comedy in Five Acts, as performed at the Theatres,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. New York, 1808. 18mo, pp. 64.
THE TRUST. A Comedy in Five Acts. New York, 1808. 18mo, pp. 82.
BRACKENRIDGE, HUGH HENRY
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