Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1765-1819

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Representative Plays by
American Dramatists

Edited, with an Introduction to Each Play

By MONTROSE J. MOSES

1765-1819

Illustrated with Portraits, and
Original Title-Pages

BENJAMIN BLOM, INC.

New York

First published by E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1918,
Copyright renewed by Mrs. Leah H. Moses, 1946
Reissued by Benjamin Blom, Inc. 1964 by arrangement with Mrs. L. H. Moses.

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Table of Contents

General Introduction.                                   1-10

Bibliographies.                                        11-18

The Prince of Parthia.
                   By _Thomas Godfrey, Jr._ _1765_    19-108

Ponteach; or, The Savages of America.
                        By _Robert Rogers_. _1766_   109-208

The Group; A Farce.
                    By _Mrs. Mercy Warren_. _1775_   209-232

The Battle of Bunkers-Hill.
              By _Hugh Henry Brackenridge_. _1776_   233-276

The Fall of British Tyranny; or, American Liberty.
                         By _John Leacock_. _1776_   277-350

The Politician Out-witted. By _Samuel Low_. _1789_   351-429

The Contrast.            By _Royall Tyler_. _1790_   431-498

Andre.                 By _William Dunlap_. _1798_   499-564

The Indian Princess; or, La Belle Sauvage.
                         By _J. N. Barker_. _1808_   565-628
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