EARLY AMERICAN PLAYS
ANONYMOUS TITLES
A New Scene Interesting to the Citizens of the United States of America, additional to the Historical Play of Columbus. By a Senator of the United States. [Line from Virgil] Lately performed with applause at the New Theatre, in Philadelphia. Printed by Benj. Franklin Bache, No. 112 Market Street. MDCCXCVIII. 8vo, pp. [3], 4-12.
Alfred the Great. An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts, by a Young Gentleman of this City. New York, 1822. 16mo, pp. 107.
Americana; or, a New Tale of the Genii. Being an Allegorical Mask in Five Acts. Baltimore, 1802. 8vo, pp. 128.
Dedicated to Thomas Jefferson.
The Battle of Brooklyn. A Farce in Two Acts, as it was performed on Long Island on Tuesday, the 27th day of August, 1776, by the Representatives of the Tyrants of America assembled at Philadelphia. [6 lines of poetry] New York: Printed for J. Rivington, in the Year of the Rebellion, 1776.
Reprinted in Brooklyn. 8vo, 1873.
The Battle of Eutaw Springs. A Drama in Five Acts. Charleston [circa 1790] 8vo, pp. 52.
A play with a similar title was written by W. Ioor.
The Better Sort; or, the Girl of Spirit. A Farce. Boston, 1789. 8vo, pp. iv.-80.
The Blockheads; or, the Affrighted Officers. A Farce. Bost., Queen St., 1776. 12mo, pp. 19[2].
Also, 16mo, pp. v.-43. New York, 1782. Attributed to Mrs. Mercy Warren.