12) §5. Tyler s "Contrast". II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Annapolis. There was a more decided interest in things theatrical, but most important was the production in New York on I6...

13) §21. Domestic Drama; Farce. II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...The farce as a species of comedy in the broader sense has already been spoken of in connection with the treatment of certain comic themes. Payne developed a form...

14) §20. Gothic Melodrama. II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...Lafayette s visit to this country. Dunlap s importation of the domestic drama of Kotzebue had also its effect. Some of the dramas of this class, notably Noah s Wandering...

15) §19. Romantic Comedy. II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...Penn Smith, has some real merit, though it owes much to Dekker. Tortesa, The Usurer, by N. P. Willis, was played by J. W. Wallack in 1839 in New York and later in...

16) §18. Social Satire. II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...American and English types. Mrs. Bateman s Self, E. G. Wilkins s Young New York, Cornelius Mathews s False Pretences; or, Both Sides of Good Society, all played in...

17) §16. The Yankee Plays. II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...Yankee character was developed which permanently held the boards. The part of Jonathan Plowboy was played afterward by Henry Placide, G.H. Hill, Joshua Silsbee, and...

18) §15. Comedy and Melodrama. II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...The line is not easy to draw between these patriotic spectacles, dealing with events that have now become historic, and the comedies which reflected contemporary...

19) §13. Romantic Tragedy. II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...Thessalonica in the fourth century A.D. Dunlap s Leicester (1794), Barker s Marmion (1812), and Conrad s Jack Cade (1835) are the best of the dozen dealing with English...

20) §12. Types of Drama. II. The Early Drama, 1756–1860. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; Early National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...The histories of Dunlap, Durang, Wood, Ireland, Brown, Seilhammer, Clapp, Wemyss, and the MSS. diary of Wood have been carefully examined in preparation of these...