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Early Nineteenth-Century Drama
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For Russell’s other writings, biographical, political, historical and miscellaneous
(including the suppressed story The nun of Arouca 1822), see S.
Walpole, The life of Lord John Russell, 2 vols 1889.
Thomas James Serle 1798–1889
Ms letters and licensing copies of the plays (one partly autograph) from 1832
onwards are located in BL.
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All plays listed below are also issued in Readex micro edn.
Raffaelle Cimaro. T. (Unacted). 1819.
review: Br Stage and Literary Cabinet June 1819.
Fulvius Valens: or the martyr of Caesarea. D. (Unacted). 1823; nd.
The victim of St Vincent: or the horrors of an assault. MD. (Cob 22
Aug 1831). Duncombe Minor 10; Dicks nd.
The man in the iron mask: or the secrets of the Bastille. D. (Cob 16
Jan 1832). Duncombe Minor 22; Dicks 428; Dicks 1030 (reissue).
The merchant of London. D. (DL 26 Apr 1832). 1832; Dicks 1033.
The house of Colberg. T. (DL 1 Oct 1832). 1833.
The yeoman’s daughter. D. (Adel 17 July 1833). Duncombe 12; New
BT 91.
The gamester of Milan. D. (Vic 21 Apr 1834). Duncombe 14.
The shadow on the wall. MD. (EOH 20 Apr 1835). [1835.]
A ghost story. D. (Adel 4 Jan 1836). 1836.
The parole of honour. D. (CG 4 Nov 1837). 1837; Duncombe 34; Dicks
543; Dicks 1032 (reissue).
Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans. D. (CG 28 Nov 1837). 1837;
Duncombe 34; Dicks 347; Dicks 1029 (reissue).
Windsor Castle: or the prisoner-king. Oa. (CG 7 Apr 1838). 1838
(libretto).
Master Clarke. D. (H 26 Sep 1840). 1840, [1840]; Dicks 537; Dicks 1031
(reissue).
Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans. 3 vols 1841.
Sappho. O. (DL 1 Apr 1843). [1843] (libretto).
The players: or the stage of life. 3 vols 1847.
Waltheof. T. (Sur 17 Mar 1851). 1851. Also attributed to W. J. Robson.
Tender precautions: or the romance of marriage. C. (P’cess 24 Nov
1851). Lacy 5.
For other dramatic pieces see Nicoll 4, pp. 399–400, 610; 5, p. 561. See also
Conolly, English drama, p. 269, Stratman, p. 572; Readex Index, p. 244.
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Era Almanack 1869.
The Biograph and Rev Nov 1879.
Founder secretary of the Dramatic Authors’ Soc, Serle also wrote political
commentary for (and was sometime editor of ) The Weekly Dispatch. [jrs]
Sir Martin Archer Shee, RA 1769–1850
Correspondence with Sir Robert Peel and others is located in BL.
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Rhymes on art: or the remonstrance of a painter; with notes and a
preface, including strictures on the state of the arts, criticism,
patronage, and public taste. 1805, 1805 (with additional preface
and notes); 1806 (3rd edn), 1809 (reissue); Philadelphia 1811.
A letter to the President and directors of the British Institution; containing
the outlines of a plan for the national encouragement of
historical painting in the United Kingdom. 1809.
Elements of art, a poem: in six cantos; with notes and a preface;
including strictures on the state of the arts, criticism, patronage
and public taste. 1809.
The commemoration of Reynolds, in two parts, with notes and
other poems. 1814.
Alasco . . . Excluded from the stage, by authority of the Lord
Chamberlain. T. (Sur 5 Apr 1824). 1824; New York 1825; New York,
Philadelphia and Boston 1825; Readex micro. First performance
arranged outside the Lord Chamberlain’s jurisdiction.
Oldcourt. 3 vols 1829. A novel.
Cecil Hyde. 2 vols 1834. A novel.
Harry Calverley. 3 vols 1835. A novel.
A letter to Lord John Russell . . . on the alleged claim of the public to
be admitted gratis to the exhibition of the Royal Academy. 1837.
A letter to Joseph Hume, Esq, M. P., in reply to his aspersions on the
character and proceedings of the Royal Academy. 1838.
See also Nicoll 4, p. 400; Conolly, English drama, p. 270; Stratman,
pp. 580–1; NCSTC ser 1, 4, pp. 156–7.
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Shee, M. A. The life of Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal
Academy . . . by his son. 2 vols 1860. [jrs]
Richard Lalor Sheil 1791–1851
Mss of two unpbd plays and licensing copies of the acted plays are in the
Huntington; political correspondence is located in BL.
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All plays listed below are issued in one or more Readex micro edns.
Adelaide: or the emigrants. T. (Crow St, Dublin 19 Feb 1814; CG 23
May 1816). Dublin 1814, 1816 (2nd edn).
The apostate. T. (CG 3 May 1817). 1817 (4 edns), 1818 (5th edn); New
York 1817, 1819; Baltimore 1827; Philadelphia 1828; New York
1835; Philadelphia and New York [1844?]; New York 1848; French
NY nd.
review: [C. Maturin and W. Gifford] Quart Rev 17 1817.
Bellamira: or the fall of Tunis. T. (CG 22 Apr 1818). 1818 (4 edns); New
York 1818; Baltimore 1818.
Evadne: or the statue. T. (CG 10 Feb 1819). 1819 (5 edns); New York
1819, 1824; Oxberry 14; New York 1847, [1847?], 1848, [1848?]; Lacy
24; French NY nd; BD 4 (dated 1865); Dicks 25; New York drama 4
[1876–80]. Based on Shirley, The traitor.
Damon and Pythias. T. (CG 28 May 1821). 1821 (2 edns); Philadelphia
1829; Duncombe 61; BD 3 (dated 1865); Dicks 19. By J. Banim,
altered and rev for the stage by Sheil.
An irregular ode for the drawing-room . . . Written at the command
of his Ex__y, by Richard Sh_l, Esq. [1825?]
The speeches of the Right Honourable Richard Lalor Sheil, M.P. Ed
T. MacNevin, Dublin 1845; London 1847; Dublin 1853; Dublin
and London 1872.
Sketches of the Irish Bar. With memoir and notes by R. S.
Mackenzie. 2 vols New York 1854, 1858; Chicago 1882. With W. H.
Curran. Sheil’s own contributions, mainly comprising papers
from the NMM Oct 1822–Mar 1829, were rptd as Sketches, legal
and political, ed with notes by M. W. Savage, 2 vols 1855.
Sheil wrote two unpbd plays, Montoni: or the phantom (CG 3 May 1820)
and The Huguenot (CG 11 Dec 1822). He adapted Massinger, The fatal
dowry (DL 5 Jan 1825). See also Nicoll 4, pp. 400–1, 610; Nicoll, English
drama 1900–30, pp. 270–1; Stratman, pp. 581–4; Readex Index, p. 248.
Contributions to periodicals
Talma. NMM July 1822.
Sketches of the Irish Bar. NMM 14 pts Oct 1822–Mar 1829.
Les vêpres Siciliennes: a tragedy [by C. Delavigne]. NMM 2 pts
Nov–Dec 1822.
Conversations of Maturin. NMM 4 pts May–Oct 1827. Attributed.
Schoolboy recollections of the Jesuits. NMM 2 pts Aug–Oct 1829.
Moore’s Lord Edward Fitzgerald. ER Sep 1831.
For list of other periodical articles, mainly on political topics, in NMM and
Br and Foreign Rev, see Wellesley vol 5. 1989.
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Fraser’s Mag June 1846.
GM July 1852. Obituary.