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Early Nineteenth-Century Drama
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Old adventures. In The tale book by Knowles et al., Königsberg 1859.
Lectures on dramatic literature etc: lectures on oratory, gesture and
poetry; to which is added a correspondence with four clergymen
in defence of the stage. Ed S. W. Abbott and F. Harvey 2 vols 1873
(priv ptd).
Lectures on dramatic literature: Macbeth. 1875.
Tales and novelettes. Rev and ed F. Harvey 1874 (priv ptd).
For other plays, see Nicoll 4, pp. 338–9; 5, p. 445.
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Hazlitt, W. In his Spirit of the age, 1825.
Horne, R. H. In his A new spirit of the age vol 2, 1844.
Knowles. Blackwood’s Mag Oct 1863.
Knowles, R. B. The life of Knowles. Rev and ed F. Harvey 1872 (priv
ptd).
Maginn, W. A gallery of illustrious characters. Ed W. Bates [1873],
1883. Essay on Knowles first pbd, with drawing by Maclise, in
Fraser’s Mag Sep 1836.
Hasberg, L. Knowles Leben und dramatische Werke. Lingen 1883.
Klapp, W. Knowles Virginius und sein angebliches französisches
Gegenstück. Rostock 1904.
Meeks, L. H. Knowles and the theatre of his time. Bloomington IN
1933. With bibliography.
Ritchie, H. M. Kean versus Macready: Sheridan Knowles’s Virginius.
ThS 17 1976. [pt]
Michael Rophino Lacy 1795–1867
Love and reason. C. (CG 22 May 1827). 1827. From Scribe, Bertrand et
Suzette.
The two friends. C. (H 11 July 1828). Cumberland 37; Dicks 679. From
Scribe, Rodolphe.
The maid of Judah: or the Knights Templars. O. (CG 7 Mar 1829).
Cumberland 25. From Scott, Ivanhoe.
Robert the devil: or the fiend father. O. (CG 2 Feb 1830). Lacy 31. From
A. E. Scribe and G. Delavigne.
Cinderella: or the fairy-queen and the glass slipper. CO. (CG 13 Apr
1830). 1830, 1840 (songs and duets); Lacy 18; Dicks 1060.
Fra Diavolo: or the inn of Terracina. O. (CG 3 Nov 1831). 1831, 1833.
From Scribe, Fra Diavolo, with music by Auber.
Doing for the best. D. (SW 13 Nov 1861). Lacy 55.
Doing my uncle. F. (Sur 8 Sep 1866). Lacy 72.
See also Nicoll 4, pp. 340, 592; 5, pp. 446, 801. According to DNB, provided the
first English adaptations of Semiramide, Cinderella, William Tell, Fra
Diavolo, and others less famous. He wrote an oratorio, The Israelites in
Egypt, for music by Handel and Rossini, and collaborated in Schälcher’s Life
of Handel.
Matthew Gregory Lewis 1775–1818
See col 947.
Samuel Lover 1797–1868
See col 951.
Charles Robert Maturin 1782–1824
See col 956.
Henry M. Milner
Barmecide: or the fatal offspring. D. (DL 3 Nov 1818). 1818.
The bandit of the blind mine. D. (Cob 15 Oct 1821). [1821.]
Frankenstein: or the demon of Switzerland. MD. (Cob 18 Aug 1823).
Duncombe 2; Lacy 75. From Mrs Shelley.
Alonzo the brave and the fair Imogene: or the spectre bride. MD.
(Cob 19 June 1826). Duncombe 2.
The gambler’s fate: or a lapse of twenty years. MD. (DL 15 Oct 1827).
1827; Dicks 308. From V. Ducange, Trente ans.
Mazeppa: or the wild horse of Tartary. D. (RA 4 Apr 1831).
Philadelphia nd, New York nd; Cumberland Minor 5; Dicks 620.
From Byron.
Gustavus of Sweden: or the masked ball. D. (Vic 8 Nov 1833).
Duncombe 13; Dicks 630.
Dick Turpin’s ride to York. D. (Sur 30 Aug 1841). Dicks 632.
See also Nicoll 4, pp. 356–7, 599.
Mary Russell Mitford 1787–1855
See col 960.
‘William Thomas Moncrieff ’, William Thomas
Thomas 1794–1857
Collections
Selections from the dramatic works. 3 vols 1851.
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All at Coventry: or love and laugh. Ba. (Olym 8 Jan 1816). [1816];
Richardson 2; Lacy 59.
Giovanni in London: or the libertine reclaimed. CO. (Olym 26 Dec
1817). 1825, 1818 (songs, duets, choruses); LSt 3; Cumberland 17;
BD 3; Dicks 104.
Wanted a wife: or a cheque on my banker’s. C. (DL 3 May 1819).
1819.
The Lear of private life. D. (Cob 27 Apr 1820). Dicks 924; Richardson
1; Cumberland Minor 7. From Mrs Opie, Father and daughter.
Prison-thoughts: elegy written in the King’s Bench . . . By a
collegian. 1821 (anon).
The spectre bridegroom: or a ghost in spite of himself. F. (DL 2 July
1821). 1821, New York 1821; Cumberland 16; Lacy 35; Dicks 353.
Tom and Jerry: or life in London. Ba. (Adel 26 Nov 1821). 1826;
Cumberland 33; Lacy 88; Dicks 82; French Minor NY. From Egan,
Life in London.
The cataract of the Ganges: or the Rajah’s daughter. MD. (DL 27 Oct
1823). 1823; Richardson 3; Cumberland 33; French NY.
The new guide to the Spa of Leamington Priors; to which is added
historical notices of Warwick and its castle. 1822, 1824.
Excursion to Stratford upon Avon; with a compendious life of
Shakespeare, account of the Jubilee, catalogue of the Shakespeare
relics. Leamington 1824.
William’s visits. 1825 (in Duncombe’s British theatre vol 3). Prose
and verse.
Songs, duets and glees sung at the Royal Gardens Vauxhall. [1827.]
The somnambulist: or the phantom of the village. MD. (CG 19 Feb
1828). 1828; Cumberland 18; Lacy 86; Dicks 224. From Scribe, La
somnambule.
Poems. 1829 (priv ptd at the author’s press).
The march of intellect: a comic poem. 1830, 1831 (in Facetiae vol 1).
Old Booty: serio-comic sailor’s tale. 1830, 1831, 1832 (in Facetiae vol
2). In verse.
The triumph of reform: a comic poem with six plates by R. Seymour.
[1832.]
Eugene Aram: or St Robert’s cave. MD. (Sur 8 Feb 1832). Cumberland
Minor 10; Lacy 103; Dicks 312.
The scamps of London: or the cross roads of life. D. (SW 13 Nov 1843).
1851; Lacy 81; Dicks 472; French 1213.
An original collection of songs, sung at the Theatres Royal etc.
[1850.]
Moncrieff also edited Richardson’s new minor drama, 4 vols 1828–31.
For other plays, see Nicoll 4, pp. 358–61, 600.