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 Assistant 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 Washington 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.