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The little gipsies. O. (SW 2 Apr 1804). [1804.]
Harlequin and the water kelpe. P. (SW 14 Apr 1806). 1806.
Mirth and metre: consisting of poems, serious, humorous and satirical.
1807.
The wild man: or the water pageant. O. (SW 22 May 1809). 1809, 1814;
Cumberland Minor 96.
The council of ten: or the lake of the grotto. MD. (SW 3 June 1811).
1811.
The farmer’s wife. CO. (CG 1 Feb 1814). 1814; Dicks 110; Dibdin’s
London Theatre 17.
My spouse and I. CO. (DL 7 Dec 1815). 1815, 1816; Cumberland 41;
Dicks 180.
Young Arthur, or the child of mystery: a metrical romance. 1819.
Life in London: or the day and night adventures of Logic, Tom and
Jerry. Ext. (Olym 12 Nov 1821). 1821.
Comic tales and lyrical fancies: including the Chessiad, a mock
heroic in five cantos; and the wreath of love in four cantos. 1825.
History and illustrations of the London theatres: comprising an
account of the origin and progress of the drama in England.
1826.
The high-mettled racer. 1831.
Dibdin was enormously productive. Most of his pieces were pantomimes,
operatic farces and melodramas, and only a few were ever pbd. See also Nicoll
4, pp. 290–6, 580.
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Memoirs of Charles Dibdin the younger. Ed G. Speaight 1955.
Thomas John Dibdin 1771–1841
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The mouth of the Nile, or the glorious first of August: a musical
entertainment. (CG 25 Oct 1798). 1798.
The Jew and the doctor. F. (CG 23 Nov 1798). 1800, 1809 (in Mrs
Inchbald’s Collection of farces, vol 2); Cumberland 34.
Il Bondocani: or the caliph robber. CO. (CG 15 Nov 1800). 1801, 1801
(songs and choruses).
Valentine and Orson. MD. (CG 3 Apr 1804). 1804; Cumberland 27.
The cabinet. O. (CG 9 Feb 1802). Dublin 1802 (pirated), London 1805,
New York 1809, 1810, 1811; London 1802, 1803 (songs and duets);
Cumberland 21.
Two faces under a hood. O. (CG 17 Nov 1807). [1807], 1807 (songs and
duets).
Harlequin harper: or a jump from Japan. P. (DL 27 Dec 1813). 1813.
A metrical history of England: or recollections in rhyme of some of
the most prominent features in our national chronology. 2 vols
1813.
Invanhoe: or the Jew’s daughter. D. (Sur 20 Jan 1820). 1820;
Cumberland Minor 2; Lacy 92. From Scott.
The fate of Calais. D. (Sur 3 Apr 1820). 1820, nd; Cumberland Minor
8.
The lady of the lake: a drama. After W. Scott. Dublin 1822; London
[1830], [1835?] (in Cumberland’s minor theatre vol 3); New York
[185?] (anon) (in French’s standard drama no 275); Boston [1856?]
(in Spencer’s Boston theatre).
The reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin. 2 vols 1827, 1837.
A ryghte sorroweful tragyke lamentacyonne. [1830.]
Thomas Dibdin’s penny trumpet. 1832. A periodical of which only 4
nos appeared.
The last lays of the last of the three Dibdins. 1833 (2 issues).
Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s progress metrically condensed. 1834.
Harlequin and mother goose: or the golden egg! A comic
pantomime. [1862] (in Lacy’s acting edn vol 54).
Dibdin also wrote many songs, and several collections were pbd. For numerous
other works, see Nicoll 3, pp. 256, 382–3, and 4, pp. 296–305, 580–1. They
include dramatic versions of several of Scott’s novels.
John C. Cross | William Dimond
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Sandoe, J. Some notes on the plays of Dibdin. Univ of Colorado Stud
8th ser 1 1940.
Master of melodrama. TLS 20 Sep 1941.
William Dimond [1780?–1836?]
Petrarchal sonnets and miscellaneous poems. 1800. Verse.
The sea-side story: an operatic drama, in two acts. CO. (CG 12 May
1801). 1801 (2 edns), 1806.
Airs, duets, choruses in The sea-side story. 1801.
Poetry of the songs, chorusses . . . in The hero of the north: an
historical play. MD. (DL 19 Feb 1803). 1803 (7 edns). Anon.
Songs and choruses in The hero of the north. 1803.
The hunter of the Alps: a drama in one act. MD. (H 3 July 1804). 1804
(4 edns); New York 1804 (3 edns). Sub-titled: in two acts, [1838];
Cumberland 39; Lacy’s 91; Dicks 961; Ames 26.
Youth, love, and folly: or the little jockey, a comic opera. (DL 24 May
1805). 1805; Cumberland 39; Dicks 427.
Songs, duetts [sic], trios, &c in the new comic opera called Youth and
folly. 1805.
Adrian and Orrila: or a mother’s vengeance, a play in five acts. D. (CG
15 Nov 1806). 1806; New York 1807, 1811.
The young hussar: or love and mercy, an operatic drama, in two acts.
CO. (DL 12 Mar 1807). 1807; Cumberland 41.
The foundling of the forest: a play in three acts. MD. (H 10 July 1809).
1809, 1814; New York 1809; Philadelphia 1809; Boston 1810;
Dublin 1818; Cumberland 40; Lacy 99; French 17; Dicks 74.
The doubtful son: or secrets of a palace, a play in five acts. D. (H 3 July
1810). 1810 (3 edns); New York 1810.
Gustavus Vasa: the hero of the north. O. (CG 29 Nov 1810). 1811. From
his own melodrama, The hero of the north, see above.
The peasant boy: an opera in three acts. (L 31 Jan 1811). 1811, 1812;
Cumberland 40.
The royal oak: an historical play. (H 10 June 1811). 1811 (2 edns); New
York 1812; Dicks 688. Based on Charles the Second.
The Aethiop: or the child of the desart [sic], a romantic play, in three
acts. (CG 6 Oct 1812). 1812, 1813 (2nd edn); New York 1813;
Philadelphia 1816; French 136; French’s American drama 40.
The broken sword: or the torrent of the valley, a grand melo-drama,
in two acts, interspersed with songs, chorusses [sic], &c. (CG 7 Oct
1816). 1816; New York 1817; Philadelphia 1826; Cumberland 41;
Lacy 85; Dicks 272; French 173. From Fré dé ric [i.e. Dupetit-Méré]
La vallé e du torrent: ou L’orphelin et le meurtrier.
The conquest of Taranto: or St Clara’s Eve, a play. MD. (CG 15 Feb
1817). 1817; New York 1817.
The bride of Abydos: a tragick play, in three acts. MD [Lacy has
‘romantic drama’]. (DL 5 Feb 1818). 1818; Baltimore 1818, 1831; New
York 1818; London [nd]; Lacy 70. Based on Byron’s poem.
The songs, duets, chorusses [sic], &c in The bride of Abydos.
[1818?]
The lady and the devil: a romantic drama, in two acts. CO. (DL 3 May
1820). 1820; Cumberland 45; Lacy 90; Dicks 435. From Calderón,
La dama duende.
Brother and sister: a comic opera in two acts. (CG 1 Feb 1815). New
York 1822; 1829; Lacy 46; with the sub-title: a comic operatic
drama in one act, [1860?]; French 684.
Native land: or the return from slavery, an opera in three acts. DO.
(CG 10 Feb 1824). 1824; New York 1824.
Airs, duets, songs in the Native land. 1824.
Abou Hassan: a comic drama in two acts. C. (DL 4 Apr 1825). 1825.
Adaptation of the opera by F. K. Hiemer.
Englishmen in India: a comic opera, in three acts. (DL 27 Jan 1827).
[1827?], [c. 1840]; Duncombe 42.
Songs, duets, chorusses [sic] in Englishmen in India. 1827.
The seraglio: an opera, in three acts. (CG 24 Nov 1827). 1828.
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