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Mid-Nineteenth-Century Drama
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Newdick, R. S. A Victorian Demosthenes. Quart Jnl of Speech 25 1939.
Harrocks, S. H. Talfourd. N & Q June 1949. Further notes by F. Taylor
6 Aug 1949 and J. M. T. 7 Jan 1950.
McCormick, J. P. An early champion of Wordsworth: Talfourd.
PMLA 68 1953.
Sutherland, J. A. Thackeray’s Before the curtain. N & Q 217 1972.
Feather, J. Publishers and politicians: the remaking of the law of
copyright in Britain 1775–1842: the rights of authors. Publishing
History 25 1989. [ve]
Benjamin Thompson 1776?–1816
Mss of two unacted trns are located in BL; licensing copies of the acted plays
are in the Huntington.
Collections
The German theatre. 6 vols 1800, 1801, 1805, 1811 (4th edn). Contains
trns of 19 plays by Babo, Goethe, Iffland, Kotzebue, Lessing,
Reitzenstein, Schiller and Schroeder. Except for The stranger, all
unacted.
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The dramatic works of Baron von Kotzebue. 3 vols 1802. Contains 10
trns. Except for The stranger, all unacted.
A biographical account of Baron Augustus von Kotzebue, to which
is added a brief statement of his dramatic works. 1801; Kotzebue
Works 1.
The Florentines: or secret memoirs of the noble family De C**. 1808.
The recal of Momus: a bagatelle. 1809 (2nd edn).
Godolphin, the lion of the north. MD. (DL 12 Oct 1813). Unpbd;
Readex micro.
Oberon’s oath: or the paladin and the princess. MD. (DL 21 May
1816). 1816 [posthumous]; Readex micro. With a memoir.
review: Theatrical Inquisitor July 1816.
Translations
The stranger. D. (DL 24 Mar 1798). 1800, 1801, 1802, 1806; in German
Theatre 1; Kotzebue Works 2; Inchbald 24; LSt 3; Oxberry 22;
Cumberland 14 (dated 1826); Penny Nat Lib [c. 1830]; Webster 15;
Dram Ents; Lacy 22; Dicks’ BD 1; Dicks 12; Readex micro (4 edns).
From Kotzebue, Menschenhass und Reue. Performance review
with other trns of Kotzebue in Monthly Mag 6 1799; Anti-Jacobin
1 1798, 3 1799.
The happy family. D. (Unacted). 1799, 1801; in German Theatre 5;
Kotzebue Works 2. From Kotzebue.
review: Br Critic Apr 1800.
Count Benyowsky: or the conspiracy of Kamtschatka. D. (Unacted).
1800; in German Theatre 2; Kotzebue Works 1. From Kotzebue.
Ignes de Castro. T. (Unacted). 1800. From D. Quita.
Lovers’ vows: or the natural son. D. (Unacted). 1800; in German
Theatre 3; Kotzebue Works 2; Baltimore 1802. From Kotzebue.
An account of the introduction of Merino sheep into the different
states of Europe and at the Cape of Good Hope. 1810. From C. P.
Lasteyrie.
See also Nicoll 3, pp. 311, 397; 4, pp. 412; NSTC, ser 1, 4, pp. 308–9; Readex
Index, p. 270.
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Some account of the late Mr Benjamin Thompson. In his Oberon’s
oath, 1816. [jrs]
John Tobin 1770–1804
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The honey moon. C. (DL 31 Jan 1805). 1805 (2 edns), ed Mrs Inchbald
1807, New York 1807, London 1808 (in The British theatre vol 25),
[1810] (in London stage vol 4), Philadelphia 1823, London [1824]
(in The British theatre vol 17), New York [184?] (in French), New
York, Baltimore and Washington 1846, New York 1847, London
[1850] (in Lacy 16), ed [G. Daniel] (1850), [1864] (in The British
drama vol 2), [1874] (in Dicks 14); tr Fr by C. Nodier 1822.
The curfew. D. (DL 19 Feb 1807). 1807 (7 edns), [1824] (in London stage
vol 4), Philadelphia 1826, London [1829] (in Cumberland 43),
[1864] (in The British drama vol 4), [1875] (in Dicks 102). Verse and
prose.
The school for authors. C. (CG 5 Dec 1808). 1808.
The faro table: or the guardians. C. (DL 5 Nov 1816). 1816.
The farce All’s fair in love (CG 29 Apr 1803) is unpbd. The operatic farce
Yours or mine? (CG 23 Sep 1816) was pbd with Benger’s Memoirs, below.
See also Nicoll 4, pp. 413, 614.
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Benger, E. O. Memoirs of Tobin, with a selection from his unpublished
writings. 1820.
Benjamin Nottingham Webster 1797–1882
High ways and by ways. F. (DL 15 Mar 1831). Cumberland 28. From
Monsieur Rigaud and Partie et revanche.
Paul Clifford, the highwayman of 1770: or crime and ambition. D.
(Cob 12 Mar 1832). Cumberland Minor 6. From Lytton.
The modern Orpheus: or music the food of love. F. (CG 15 Apr 1837).
Webster 1.
The village doctor: or the hind’s disease. C. (H 24 July 1839). Webster
7.
Caught in a trap. F. (H 25 Nov 1843). Webster 10.
Pierrot (the married man) and Polichinello (the gay single fellow).
Ba (Adel 27 Dec 1847). Webster 14.
Belphegor, the mountebank: or pride of Bath. D. (Adel 13 Jan 1851).
Webster 17.
The man of law. D. (H 9 Dec 1851). Webster 17.
Webster wrote, adapted or translated about a hundred plays. See Nicoll 4, pp.
417–18, 616; 5, pp. 618, 823. A memoir will be found in Webster’s Acting
national drama vol 4, 1838.
iii. Mid-nineteenth-century drama
1835–1870
For an explanation of the abbreviations used see under Early Nineteenth-
Century Drama, col 1955.
Gilbert Abbott À Beckett 1811–56
Many of À Beckett’s plays were unpbd. 37 are lodged in the Lord
Chamberlain’s Collection in the BL; a further 8 are listed by Nicoll. 36 letters
to Frederick Evans dated 1844–53 are in the Punch archives. The À Beckett
family papers were lost or destroyed during World War II.
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The king incog. F. (Fitzroy 9 Jan 1834). Miller.
The son of the sun; or the fate of Phaeton. Bsq. (Fitzroy 13 Feb 1834).
Miller 3.
The revolt of the workhouse. Bsq. (Fitzroy 24 Feb 1834; City 1835).
Miller 20; Cumberland 8. A travestie of The revolt of the harem,
an English version of Labarre’s ballet, then appearing at Covent
Garden.
The Siamese twins. D. (Fitzroy 14 Apr 1834). Cumberland 14; French;
Boston Th 14; Dicks 338.
The turned head. F. (Vic 3 Nov 1834). Cumberland 13; French 220;
Boston Th 13; Lacy 67; Dicks 338.
Figaro in London. F. (Str 24 Nov 1834). Cumberland 45.