BROWN, DAVID PAUL
David Paul Brown, born in Philadelphia in 1795, died in 1875, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1816. He contributed in early life to a number of magazines, and wrote The Prophet of St. Paul's, Philadelphia, 1836; The Trial, a tragedy, and a farce called Love and Honor. The last two were not acted, and probably not published. He was also the author of legal works. Besides the play mentioned below, he wrote and published a number after 1830, not included in this list.
Sertorius; or, The Roman Patriot. A Tragedy. Philadelphia, 1830. 8vo, pp. 87.
BRYCE, JAMES F.
Democedes, an Interlude. In one Act. Second edition, revised with the addition of a Third Scene. Performed with unbounded applause in Annapolis, Md., August 16, 1827, by Messrs. Mestayer & Co. Annapolis: 1827. 8vo, pp. 8.
BURK, JOHN DALY
John Daly Burk, born in Ireland about 1776, died in 1808, became, while at Trinity College, Dublin, an ardent politician, and involved himself in difficulties with the authorities. It is said he belonged to a secret political society which tried to rescue a rebel on his way to execution. Burk took shelter in a bookseller's shop, while his wolf-dog kept the police at bay. Escaping in woman's apparel, given him by a Miss Daly, whose name he afterwards added to his own, he came to America, settled in Boston, and became editor of a newspaper called The Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser. He afterwards settled in New York, and published a paper called The Time-Piece. Arrested on a charge of publishing a libel contrary to the provisions of the Sedition Law of 1798, he left New York and settled at Petersburg, Va. In 1804 he published a History of Virginia, in 4 vols., the fourth being issued after his death. He also wrote a History of the Late War in Ireland, with an Account of the United Irish Association, from the First Meeting in Belfast, to the Landing of the French at Killala, published in Philadelphia, 1799. Also An Historical Essay on the Character and Antiquity of Irish Songs, published in The Richmond Enquirer, May, 1808. He was killed in a duel with a French man named Coquebert.
Bunker Hill; or, the Death of Gen. Warren. An Historic Tragedy, in Five Acts. By John Burk, Late of Trinity College, Dublin, as played at the Theatres in America, for fourteen nights, with unbounded applause. Copyright secured according to law. New York: Printed by T. Greenleaf, MDCCXCVII. 12mo, pp. 55.
Another edition, Baltimore, 1808. 16mo, pp. 39.
Same: New York, 1817. 12mo, pp. 44.
Reprinted by the Dunlap Society.
This play was first played at the Haymarket in Boston, February 17, 1798. It was also played a number of times in New York.
Female Patriotism; or, The Death of Joan d'Arc. An Historic Play in Five Acts. New York, 1798. 12mo, pp. 40.
Played at the New Park Theatre, New York, 1798.