Early American Plays Part 18

WETMORE, ALPHONSO

THE PEDLAR. A Farce in Three Acts. Written for the St. Louis Thespians, by whom it was performed with great applause. St.

Louis: John A. Paxton, 1821. 16mo, pp. 35.

WHITE, JOHN BLAKE

JOHN BLAKE WHITE, born in South Carolina in 1783, died 1859. He was an artist, lawyer and dramatist, residing in Charleston.

FOSCARI; OR, THE VENETIAN EXILE. A Tragedy in Five Acts, as performed at the Charleston Theatre. Charleston, 1806. 12mo, pp.

52.

THE MYSTERIES OF THE CASTLE; OR, THE VICTIM OF REVENGE. A Drama in Five Acts. Charleston, 1807. 16mo, pp. 65.

MODERN HONOUR; OR, THE VICTIM OF REVENGE. A Tragedy. Charleston, 1812. 12mo.

TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY; OR, LOUISIANA PRESERVED. A National Drama.

Charleston, 1819. 12mo.

THE FORGERS. A Drama. Played at Charleston, S. C., 1825.

Published in _The Southern Literary Messenger_, March, 1857, and reprinted New York, 1899.

WHITE, WILLIAM CHARLES

WILLIAM CHARLES WHITE, born in Worcester, Ma.s.s., made his debut on the stage in Boston in 1796, and in New York, at the Park Theatre, January 19, 1801, as _Young Norval_. He afterwards studied law and gave up the stage.

ORLANDO; OR, PARENTAL PERSECUTION. A Tragedy, as performed at the Theatre, Federal Street, Boston. Boston, 1797. Portrait of Wm.

C. White. 18mo, pp. 64.

THE CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER. A Tragedy in Five Acts, as performed at the Boston Theatre, with the Epilogue by R. T. Paine, Jr.

Boston, 1810. 16mo, pp. 96.

WILLIAMSON, A. J.

PRESERVATION; OR, THE HOVEL OF THE ROCKS. A Play in Five Acts.

Charleston, 1800. 8vo, pp. vii.-75.

WILMER, LAMBERT A.

LAMBERT A. WILMER, born in 1805, died in Brooklyn, December 21, 1863, was editor of the Brooklyn _Sat.u.r.day Visitor_, and of _The Pennsylvanian_ in Philadelphia. He was the author of _The Quacks of Helicon_.

MERLIN. A Drama. Philadelphia, 1823. 12mo.

GLORIANA; OR, THE ENCHANTRESS OF ELBA. A Drama.

Published in a weekly paper in Philadelphia about 1828.

WOODWORTH, SAMUEL

SAMUEL WOODWORTH, born in Scituate, Ma.s.s., January 13, 1785, died in New York City, December 9, 1842. His father was a soldier of the Revolution. In early life he chose the profession of a printer, and went to Boston, where he bound himself apprentice to Benjamin Russell, editor of _The Columbian Sentinel_. During this time he employed his leisure in writing poetry for different periodicals in that city over the signature of "Selim." In 1807 he published a weekly paper in New Haven called _The Belles-Lettres Repository_. The next year he went to Baltimore, where many of his best poems were published. He came to New York in 1810, and during the War of 1812 published a weekly newspaper ent.i.tled _The War_. He also edited, at different times, _The Halcyon Luminary and Theological Repository_, _The Casket_, _The Parthenon_, and _The Literary Gazette_. He also was one of the founders and editors of _The New York Mirror_. In 1816 he published _Champions of Freedom_.

THE DEED OF GIFT. A Comic Opera in Three Acts, as performed at the Boston Theatre. New York, 1822. 18mo, pp. 72.

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 ("f.a.n.n.y")

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.