Rip Van Winkle; or, The Demons of the Catskill Mountains. A National Drama in Two Acts. Philadelphia, n. d. 16mo, pp. 76.
Played at the Park Theatre in New York, April 22, 1830, with Mr. James H. Hackett in the title rôle.
LATHY, THOMAS PIKE
Reparation; or, The School for Libertines. A Drama, as performed at the Boston Theatre. Boston, 1800. 12mo, pp. 46.
LAWSON, JAMES
James Lawson, born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 9, 1799; died in Yonkers, N. Y., March 20, 1880. He was educated at Glasgow University and came to New York in 1815. He was at first employed as a clerk in the counting house of a maternal uncle, who was a merchant of New York. He began writing for the New York Literary Gazette in 1826, and from 1827 to 1829 was the assistant editor of the Morning Courier. He edited the Mercantile Advertiser from 1829 to 1833. For a time subsequently he engaged in the business of marine insurance. He published several volumes of stories and poems.
Dramatic Sketch. Julian and Elphina.
Published in Tales and Sketches by a Cosmopolite. New York, 1830, pp. 99-100.
Giordano. A Tragedy. New York, 1832. 8vo, pp. 102.
Played at the Park Theatre, N. Y., November 13, 1828.
LEACOCK, JOHN
The Fall of British Tyranny; or, American Liberty Triumphant. The First Campaign. A Tragi-comedy of Five Acts as lately planned at the Theatrum Pandemonium at St. James. The principal place of action in America. Published according to Act of Parliament. Philadelphia: Printed by Styner & Cist. 8vo, pp. viii.-66.
Same. Providence, J. Douglas McDougall. n. d. [1776]. 12mo, pp. viii.-66.
Same. Boston: Reprinted by Gill & Powars & Willis. n. d. 8vo, pp. viii.-71.
This is an American Chronicle Play beginning with imaginary events in England before the Revolution, showing the battles about Boston and ending with the evacuation of that city by the British.