HATTON, ANN JULIA
Ann Julia Hatton was a member of the Kemble family and a sister of Mrs. Siddons. She was the wife of William Hatton, a celebrated musical instrument maker, at 3 Peck Slip, New York City.
The Songs of Tammany; or, The Indian Chief. A Serious Opera, by Ann Julia Hatton. To be had at the printing-office of John Harrison, No. 3 Peck Slip, and of Mr. Faulkner, at the box-office of the theatre. [Price one shilling.] New York, 1794. 16mo, pp. 16.
The opera from which these songs were taken (Tammany; or, The Indian Chief), was written for the Tammany Society, and was first played at the John Street Theatre, March 3, 1794, and "had a great run."
No trace can be found of the play itself being published.
The prologue to Tammany was published in a volume of poems by R. B. Davis, New York, 1807, pp. 120-1.
HAWKINS, MICAH
The Saw Mill; or, A Yankee Trick. A Comic Opera. New York, 1824. 12mo.
Played at the Park Theatre, New York, November 29, 1825.
HENRY, JOHN
John Henry was a native of Dublin, and made his début at Drury Lane, in 1762, with little success. He joined Douglas's Company in the West Indies, and coming to New York from there made his first appearance on the American stage at the John Street Theatre, New York, December 7, 1767, playing in America until the close of the year 1794. He died in 1795, on a vessel bound for Newport.
"It is recorded that for many years after the Revolution, Mr. Henry was the only actor in New York who kept a coach, and that in his case frequent attacks of the gout rendered it a necessity." The panels of the coach were decorated with a representation of two crutches crossed, and the motto, "This or These."
A School for Soldiers; or, The Deserter. A Dramatic Poem. Printed at Kingston in Jamaica [W. I.] 1783. 8vo.
This piece was first played in Kingston.
Played at the John Street Theatre, New York, April 24, 1788.