Early American Plays Part 15

SLAVES IN ALGIERS; OR, A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM: A PLAY, INTERSPERSED WITH SONGS, IN THREE ACTS.

BY MRS. ROWSON, AS PERFORMED AT THE NEW THEATRES, IN PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE.

_PHILADELPHIA:_

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY WRIGLEY AND BERRIMAN, No. 149, CHESNUT-STREET.

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SLAVES IN ALGIERS; OR, A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. A play interspersed with Songs, as performed at the New Theatres, in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Philadelphia, 1794. 12mo, pp. 74.

THE FEMALE PATRIOT. A Farce. Philadelphia, [?] 1794. 12mo.

Played in Philadelphia in 1795.

THE VOLUNTEERS. A Farce, founded on the Whisky Insurrection in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1795. 12mo.

AMERICANS IN ENGLAND. A Comedy. Boston, 1796. 12mo.

This piece was acted for Mrs. Rowson's benefit and farewell to the stage.

Although the last three t.i.tles are mentioned by Sabin and other bibliographers, I doubt if they were ever published, as after a diligent search I have failed to locate a copy of any, and none of those who give the t.i.tles give collations--an almost certain indication that they have been unable to see copies of the plays.

SAWYER, LEMUEL

LEMUEL SAWYER was a native of North Carolina. He wrote a _Life of John Randolph_ [of Roanoke,] N. Y., 1844. Died 1844.

BLACKBEARD. A Comedy in Four Acts, founded on Fact. Was.h.i.+ngton, 1824. 16mo, pp. 66.

THE WRECK OF HONOR. A Tragedy. New York, 18--. 16mo, pp. 86.

SELDEN, ALMIRA

NAOMI. A Sacred Drama in Five Scenes.

Published in a volume of poems ent.i.tled _Effusions of the Heart_.

Bennington, Vt., 1820. 16mo, pp. 152.

_The Irish Exiles in America_, a drama in five scenes, was also published in the above mentioned volume.

SEWALL, JONATHAN MITCh.e.l.l

JONATHAN MITCh.e.l.l SEWALL, born in Salem, Ma.s.s., in 1748, died in Portsmouth, N. H., March 29, 1808. He was graduated from Harvard and first entered business life, but eventually became a lawyer. He was Register of Probate for Grafton Co., N. H., in 1774. Author of the song _War and Was.h.i.+ngton_, very popular during the Revolution. His _Miscellaneous Poems_ were published in 1801.

At a performance of Addison's _Cato_ in the Bow Street Theatre, N.

H., in 1778, an epilogue, written by Colonel Sewall, was spoken, the closing lines of which are:

No pent up Utica contracts your powers, But the whole boundless Continent is yours.

A CURE FOR THE SPLEEN; OR, AMUs.e.m.e.nT FOR A WINTER'S EVENING. Being the substance of a conversation on the times over a friendly tankard and pipe, between Sharp, a country Parson; b.u.mper, a country Justice; Fillpot, an innkeeper; Graveairs, a Deacon; Trim, a Barber; Brim, Quaker; Puff, a late Representative. Taken in shorthand by Roger de Coverly. America, 1775. 8vo, pp. 32.

A Tory protest against the Revolution.

Another edition with the t.i.tle: _Americans Aroused in a Cure for the Spleen_, etc., New York: Reprinted by James Rivington, n. d.

[1775]. 8vo, pp. 32.

SIMMONS, JAMES WRIGHT

JAMES WRIGHT SIMMONS, born at Charleston, S. C., studied at Harvard and made an extensive tour of Europe, whence he came to New York and was for a time a writer for the _New York Mirror_. He was also connected with other New York papers. He afterward held the office of Comptroller General and Treasurer of the Republic of Texas. Died at Memphis, Tenn., aged 68 years.

JULIAN. A Dramatic Fragment, n. p., n. d. [1823]. 12mo.

SMITH, CHARLES

CHARLES SMITH was born about 1768. He was for a time a bookseller in New York, and was the editor of the _Monthly Military Repository_.

The following are all translations from Kotzebue:--

THE COUNT OF BURGUNDY.[A] A Tragedy in Four Acts. New York, 1798.

8vo.

Another edition, New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. vi.-69.

SELF IMMOLATION; OR, THE SACRIFICE OF LOVE. A Play in Three Acts.

New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 54.

THE WILD YOUTH. A Comedy for Digestion in Three Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 74.

LE PEROUSE[A]. A Comedy in Two Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 40.

THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN.[A] A Play in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 96.

ADELAIDE OF WULFINGEN. A Tragedy in Four Acts, (exemplifying the Barbarity which prevailed during the Thirteenth Century). New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 67.

THE FORCE OF CALUMNY.[A] A Play in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 8vo, pp. 124.

THE HAPPY FAMILY. A Drama in Five Acts. New York, 1800. 12mo, pp.

84.