Early American Plays Part 5

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Dramma Eroicomica. New York, Stampatori Giovanni Gray e Cia, 1826. 18mo, pp. iv. 3-63.

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, IL DON GIOVANNI, E L'a.s.sUR RE D'ORMUS. Tre Drammi. [New York], Stampatori Giovanni Gray e Cia, 1826. 18mo, pp. [2] ii, iv. 3-63, 51, 47.

L'APE MUSICALE. Azione Teatrale in un atto; Da Rappresentari Nel Teatro Del Park, a New York, Per La Prima Volta. New York, Stampatori da G. F. Bunce, 1830. 16mo, pp. 37.

Played at the Park Theatre, New York, by the Italian Opera Company, April 20, 1830.

DA PONTE, LORENZO L.

LORENZO L. DA PONTE was the son of the last-named author, and was Professor of Italian Literature and Language in the University of the City of New York up to the time of his death in 1840. He published a _History of Florence_, and _Memorie di Lorenzo Da Ponte da Cenada_, 3 vols., New York, 1823.

ALMACHIDE. A Tragedy. New York, 1830. 12mo.

DARLING, DAVID

BEAUX WITHOUT BELLES; OR, LADIES WE CAN DO WITHOUT YOU. A Musical Farce as Performed at the Theatre, Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Printed for the Author. Charlottesville, Va. 1820. 16mo, pp. 33, [1].

DEERING, NATHANIEL

NATHANIEL DEERING, born June 25, 1791; died near Portland, Me., in 1881. His grandfather, of the same name, was one of the founders of that city. The subject of this memoir began his education at Phillips Academy, Exeter, and was graduated from Harvard College in 1810. He was admitted to the Bar in 1815, and practiced for a time in Canaan and Milburn (now Skowhegan), Maine. He removed to Portland in 1836, and devoted himself to literature. He was the first editor of the _Independent Statesman_.

CARRABa.s.sET; OR, THE LAST OF THE NORRIDGEWOCKS. A Tragedy in Five Acts. Portland, 1830. 18mo, pp. 54.

DEFFENBACH, F.

ONLIATA; OR, THE INDIAN HEROINE. Philadelphia, 1821. 12mo.

D'ELVILLE, RINALLO

THE RESCUE; OR, THE VILLAIN UNMASKED. A Farce in Three Acts. New York: Printed for the author, 1813. 12mo, pp. 44.

DODDRIDGE, JOSEPH

DR. JOSEPH DODDRIDGE, born in Pennsylvania in 1769; died in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va., in November, 1826. He was educated at Jefferson Academy, Canonsburg, Pa., and ordained to the ministry in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1792. He is well known as the author of _A History of the Indian Wars_, considered the best book on that subject.

LOGAN, THE LAST OF THE RACE OF SKIKELLEMUS, CHIEF OF THE CAYUGA NATION. A Dramatic Piece. To which is added, the Dialogue of The Backwoodsman and the Dandy, First recited at the Buffaloe Seminary, July the 1st, 1821, by Dr. Joseph Doddridge. Buffalo Creek, Brooke County, Va.: Printed for the Author, by Solomon Sala, at the Buffaloe Printing Office, 1823. 12mo, pp. 47.

Reprinted in 4to size, pp. 76. Cincinnati, 1868.

DUNLAP, WILLIAM

WILLIAM DUNLAP, rightly called the father of the American stage, was born in Perth Amboy, N. J., February 19, 1766, and died in New York, September 28, 1839. He came to New York in 1777 and commenced the study of painting, for which he had an early inclination. In 1784 he went to London, where for three years he worked under Benjamin West.

On his return he became interested in the drama, and wrote his first play. He soon after became closely identified with the theatre, and appeared on the stage. In 1796 he became manager of the John Street Theatre, and, soon after, sole manager of the New Park Theatre. In 1805 he retired from the management a bankrupt, and devoted himself to his original profession of painting. In 1814 he received the appointment of a.s.sistant Paymaster General of the New York State Militia. In 1817 he again took up the brush, and exhibited some of his large paintings in most of the cities of the United States. He was founder and vice-president of the National Academy of Design. He wrote _The Life of George Frederick Cooke_ and _A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in America_--a most valuable work.

He also wrote a number of other works on different subjects.

THE FATHER; OR, AMERICAN SHANDYISM. A Comedy in Five Acts, as performed at the New York Theatre by the old American Company, September 7, 1789. Written by a citizen of New York. New York, 1789. 8vo, pp. 68.

Dunlap's first published play.

Reprinted by the Dunlap Society, 1887.

DARBY'S RETURN. A Comic Sketch, as performed at the New York Theatre, November 24, 1789, for the Benefit of Mr. Wignell. New York: Printed by Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, and sold at their respective Bookstores, and by Berry and Rogers, 1789. 8vo, pp.

16.

Sequel to _The Poor Soldier_.

Another Edition. New York, 1806. 12mo.

Also reprinted in the Appendix to _Was.h.i.+ngton and the Theatre_, by Paul L. Ford, New York, 1899.

THE ARCHERS; OR, MOUNTAINEERS OF SWITZERLAND. An Opera in Three Acts, as performed by the Old American Co. in New York. New York, 1796. 8vo, pp. 94.

Played at the Park Theatre, New York, April 18, 1796.

TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL! A Farce. New York, 1797. 12mo, pp. 44.

Played at the John Street Theatre, January 9, 1797.

THE KNIGHT'S ADVENTURE. A Comedy. New York, 1797. 12mo.

A play was announced to be played at the John Street Theatre, in 1797, under the t.i.tle of _The Man of Fort.i.tude; or, the Knight's Adventure_, by Jno. Hodgkinson [q. v.], and Dunlap a.s.serts that it was taken bodily from his play while the MS. was in Hodgkinson's hands.

ANDRe. A Tragedy in Five Acts, as performed by the Old American Co., New York, March 30, 1798. To which are added authentic doc.u.ments respecting Major Andre; Consisting of letters to Miss Seward, the Cow Chase, Proceedings of the Court Martial, etc. Copyright secured. New York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, No. 89 Pearl Street, 1798. Sm. 8vo, pp. viii.-139.

Another edition. 8vo, London, 1799.

Reprinted by the Dunlap Society.

First produced at the New Park Theatre, New York, March 30, 1798.

THE STRANGER. A Tragedy. New York, 1798. 12mo.

Adapted from the German of Kotzebue.

Played at the John Street Theatre, New York, December 10, 1798.

Probably this is a reprint of the English translation.

FALSE SHAME; OR, THE AMERICAN ORPHAN IN GERMANY. A Comedy, from the German of A. Von Kotzebue. New York, 1800. 12mo, pp. 76.