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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 2: the early drama, 1756-1860 (search)
were acted successfully. These include tragedy, comedy, melodrama, farce, opera, and interlude. He is especially significant as an adaptor of German and French plays, and it was through him that Kotzebue was introduced to the American stage. His first adaptation from Kotzebue, The Stranger, played on 10 December, 1798, was from an English version, but the success of this led him to study German, and he adapted and produced at least thirteen plays of Kotzebue, the most significant being False Shame, played in 1799, and The Virgin of the sun and Fraternal Discord, both acted in 1800. He also adapted Zschokke's Abaellino in 1800 with great success, while his earlier adaptation of Schiller's Don Carlos in 1799 had been a failure. He did not neglect American themes, however, and one of his most popular plays, Andre; (1798), afterwards rewritten as The glory of Columbia (1803), represents the Revolutionary period. His career as manager of the American Company from 1796 to 1805 and the
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
of the four Monarchies, 154 Examination into the leading principles of the Federal Constitution, an, 148 Examination of Franklin, 139 Examination of the Constitution, an, 148 Excursion, the, 213 Exercise . . . to the memory of . . .George II, an, 216 Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 2 12 Experiencia, 22 Experiments and observations in electricity, etc., 96 F Fable for critics, 282 Faerie Queene, 11 Fall of British tyranny, the, 217 False Pretences, 230 False Shame, 219 Fanny, 280, 282 Farewell sermon (Edwards), 64 Farmer Refuted, a, 137 Farmer's journal, the, 233 Farmer's weekly Museum, the, 180, 234, 235, 236 Farquhar, I 17 Farrago Essays, 234 Farrand, Max, 147 n. Fashion, 229, 230, 230 n. Fatal consequences of unscriptural doctrine, the, 112 Fatal Deception, the, 219 Father, the, 219 Faugeres, Mrs., Margaretta, 180 Faux, William, 189, 207 Fay, Theodore Sedgwick, 231, 241 Fearon, H. B., 189, 207 Featherston