Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Sharpe” in chapter 2.12 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I:
...he acted in the title r61e in 1837.
The play was repeated often in this country and was successfully produced in London.
It was based on the killing, in 1828, by Colonel Beauchamp of Kentucky, of Colonel Sharpe , who had seduced Beauchamp's wife before their marriage. Mrs. Conner transferred the scene to Milan at the close of the fifteenth century.
This preference for foreign scenes, especially in Spain ...
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