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Rh Neidig, W. J. The First Play in America. Nation, lxxxviii, p. 86. 28 Jan., 1909.

Individual Authors

Aiken, George L. Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life among the Lowly. A Domestic Drama, n. d. French Standard Drama, No. 217. (Museum, Troy, N. Y., Sept., 1852.)

Bailey, John J. Waldimar. A Tragedy in Five Acts. 1834. (Park Theatre, New York, 1 Nov., 1831.)

Baker, Benjamin A. A Glance at New York. A Local Drama in Two Acts, n. d. French, No. 216. (Olympic Theatre, New York, 15 Feb., 1848.)

—New York as It Is. (Chatham Street Theatre, New York, 17 Apr., 1848.)

Barker, James N. Tears and Smiles. Philadelphia, 1808. N. Y., 1808. (Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 4 March, 1807.)

—The Embargo, or What News. (South Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 16 March, 1808.)

—The Indian Princess. Philadelphia, 1808. (South Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 6 Apr., 1808.)

—The Travellers. Philadelphia, 1809. (1809.)

—Marmion; or The Battle of Flodden Field. New York, 1816. Philadelphia, 1826. (Park Theatre, New York, 13 Apr., 1812.)

—The Armourer's Escape. (Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 21 March, 1817. Cf. Wood's Diary.)

—Superstition. [Philadelphia], n. d. [1826?]. See also Collections. (Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 12 Mar., 1824.)

—America, a Mask. n. p., n. d.

—How to try a Lover. 1817.

—The Spanish Rover.

Barnes, Charlotte M. S. (Mrs. Conner). Plays, Prose and Poetry. Philadelphia, 1848.

—Octavia Bragaldi. Tragedy. See coll. ed. (National Theatre, New York, 8 Nov., 1837.)

—The Forest Princess, or Two Centuries Ago. An Historical Play. See coll. ed. (Burton's Theatre, Philadelphia," 16 Feb., 1848.)

—A Night of Expectations. (Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 9 Apr., 1850.)

—Charlotte Corday. (Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Apr., 1851.)

Bateman, Mrs. Sidney F. Self. An Original Comedy. New York, 1856. (Burton's Theatre, New York, 27 Oct., 1856.)

Robert Montgomery Bird

(The following plays exist in MSS. which, unless otherwise stated, are in the Library of the University of Pennsylvania, to which they were recently presented by Mr. Robert Montgomery Bird, of Bethlehem, Pa.)

The Gladiator. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. Autograph MS. dated Philadelphia, April 1831 ; MS. copy in hand of Mrs. Bird; another autograph MS. dated Philadelphia, April, 1831, with pencil notes and corrections; another autograph MS., incomplete. (Park Theatre, New York, 26 Sept., 1831.)

Oralloossa, Son of the Incas. A Tragedy. Autograph MS. dated Philadelphia, Feby. 1832; MS. copy representing acting version used by Forrest (now owned by Forrest Home, Holmesburg, Pa.), lacking the part of Oralloossa; MS. copy of the part of Oralloossa only (in Forrest Home, Holmesburg,