]
In addition to translations and adaptations of Voltaire quoted above, other
English dramas show his influence, notably, e.
In addition to translations and adaptations of Voltaire quoted above, other
English dramas show his influence, notably, e.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v10
in three acts.
(Covent garden.
)
(Anon. )
1764. What we must All come to. C. in two acts, As it was intended to be
Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent garden. (Anon. )
1767. The School for Guardians. C. (Covent-garden. ) (Anon. )
1768. Zenobia. T. (Drury lane. ) By the Author of the Orphan of China.
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Bibliography
1772. The Grecian Daughter. T. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1773. Alzuma. T. (Covent garden. )
1776. Three Weeks after Marriage. C. in two acts. (Covent garden. )
[Altered from What we must All come to, 1764. ]
1778. Know your own Mind. C. (Covent garden. ) (Anon. )
1793. The Rival Sisters. T. Adapted for Theatrical Representation,
(Drury lane. )
1798. Arminius. T.
1786. Works [dramatic). 7 vols. [Vol. iy contains The Choice, acted 1764,
and News from Parnassus, acted 1776, apparently not previously printed. ]
B. Other Works
1762. An Essay on the Life and Genius of Henry Fielding. [In vol. 1 of
Works of Henry Fielding, 4 vols. ]
1793. An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. (In
vol. 1 of Works of Samuel Johnson, 6 vols. , Dublin. ]
1801. The Life of David Garrick, Esq. 2 vols.
1811. The Life of Arthur Murphy, Esq. By Jessé Foot, Esq. his executor.
I
Mrs Frances Sheridan (1724-1766)
[Mother of Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
A. Plays
1763. The Discovery. C. (Drury lane. ) Written by the Editor of Miss
Sidney Bidulph.
1764. The Dupe. C. (Drury lane. ). . . By the Author of The Discovery.
B. Other Works
1761. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph. (A novel. ] 2 vols. Dublin.
1767. The History of Nourjahad. By the Editor of Sidney Bidulph.
Lefanu, Alicia Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs Frances
Sheridan . . . by her grand-daughter. 1824.
James Thomson (1700-1748)
See bibliography to chap. v, post.
Richard Tickell (1751-1793)
1778. The Camp. A musical entertainment,
1781. The Carnival of Venice.
James Townley (1714-1778)
1759. High Life Below Stairs. F. of two acts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
William Whitehead (1715-1785)
1750. The Roman Father. T. (Drury lane. )
1754. Creusa, Queen of Athens. T. (Drury lane. )
1762. The School for Lovers. C. (Drury lane. ) By William Whitehead,
Esq; Poet Laureat.
1770. A Trip to Scotland. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1774. Plays and Poems. 2 vols.
Edward Young
See bibliography to chap. VII, post.
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II. ENGLISH ADAPTATIONS OF VOLTAIRE
Performed on the English Stage, 1734–1776
1735 [acted 1734]. Junius Brutus. T. (Drury lane. ) [Brutus, adapted by
William Duncombe. ]
1736. The Tragedy of Zara. (Drury lane. ) (Zaire, adapted by Aaron
Hill. ]
1736. Alzira. T. (Lincoln's inn fields. ) [Alzire, adapted by Aaron Hill. )
1744. Mahomet the Imposter. T. (Drury lane. ) [Le Fanatisme, ou
Mahomet le Prophète, adapted by James Miller and (? ) John Hoadly,
to whom is ascribed the fifth act. ]
1749. Meropé [sic]. T. (Drury lane. ) [Mérope, adapted by Aaron Hill. ]
1759. The Orphan of China. T. (Drury lane. ) [Orphelin de la Chine,
adapted by Arthur Murphy. )
1760. The English Merchant. c. (Drury lane. ) [L'Ecossaise, adapted by
George Colman, the elder. ]
1764. No One's Enemy but His Own. C. in three acts. (Covent garden. )
[L’Indiscret, altered by Arthur Murphy. ]
1765. Mahomet the Imposter. T. (Drury lane. ) [James Miller's 1744
version, altered by (? ) Garrick. ]
(1769 acted. Orestes. [Oreste, adapted by Thomas Francklin, and acted at
Covent garden, but not printed separately. Included in his translation
of Voltaire's Works. ])
1771. Almida. T. (Drury lane. ) By a Lady. [Tancrède, adapted by
Dorothea (Mallet) Celesia. ]
1771. Zobeide. T. (Covent garden. ) [Les Scythes, adapted by Joseph
Cradock. ]
1776. Semiramis. T. (Drury lane. ) [Sémiramis, adapted by George
Edward Ayscough.
]
In addition to translations and adaptations of Voltaire quoted above, other
English dramas show his influence, notably, e. g. , John Hoole's Cyrus (1768),
Arthur Murphy's Alzuma (1773). For a full discussion of Voltaire's relation
to English drama see Lounsbury, T. R. , Shakespeare and Voltaire, New York
and London, 1902. See also Ballantyne, A. , Voltaire's Visit to England,
1726–9, 1893, and Collins, J. Churton, Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau in
England, 1908. (Revised from Bolingbroke, a Historical Study, and Vol-
taire in England, 1886. ) For a full bibliography of Voltaire, see that by
Anderson, J. P. , in Espinasse, F. , Life of Voltaire (Great Writers Series),
1892.
III. MINOR DRAMATIC PIECES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PERIOD
Clive, Mrs Catherine. The Rehearsal: or, Bays in Petticoats. C. in two
acts. (Drury lane. ) 1753.
Coffey, Charles. The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos’d. 0.
(Drury lane. ) 1731.
Dodsley, Robert. The Toy Shop. A Dramatick Satire. By Robert Dodsley,
Author of The Art of Charming. 1735.
For full bibliography, see Robert Dodsley, Poet, Publisher and Play-
wright, by Straus, R. , London and New York, 1910.
Johnson, Samuel (of Cheshire). Hurlothrumbo: or, The Super-Natural.
(New Theatre, Haymarket. ) 1729.
The Blazing Comet: The Mad Lovers; or, The Beauties of the Poets.
A Play. (New Theatre, Haymarket. ) 1732.
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440
Bibliography
Miller, James. The Humours of Oxford. C. As it is Acted at the Theatre-
Royal. . . . By a Gentleman of Wadham-College. 1730.
For Miller's Mahomet the Imposter see sec. II, ante (English
Adaptations of Voltaire).
Reed, Joseph. The Register Office. F. of two acts. 1761.
Pantomimes, etc.
A Dramatic Entertainment, call’d The Necromancer: or, Harlequin, Doctor
Faustus. (Lincoln's inn fields. ) 6th edn. 1724.
Argentina Strega per Amore: or Harlequin Multiply'd by Argentina's
Witchcraft, for Love. With their wonderful Flights and Apparitions ;
and the Magick Transformation of Silvio, Cittio, and Brighella. C.
(Haymarket. ) By the Company of Italian Comedians. 1726.
Perseus and Andromeda. With The Rape of Colombine: or, The Flying
Lovers. In five interludes; three Serious, and two Comic. The Serious
compos'd by Mons. Roger, and the Comic by Mr John Weaver, Dancing-
Masters. 1728.
Merlin, or The Devil of Stone-henge. An Entertainment. 1734. [Intro-
duces Harlequin. ]
A New Dramatic Entertainment called The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave.
With several new Comic Scenes of Action introduced into the Grotesque
Pantomime of Jupiter and Europa. 1736.
Orpheus and Eurydice. 0. (Covent garden. ) Music by Lampe, J. F. 1739.
[Comic characters include Harlequin, Pantaloon, Colombine, etc. )
Harlequin Student: or The Fall of Pantomime, with the Restoration of the
Drama; an Entertainment, As it is now performing . . . at the late Theatre
in Goodman's Fields. With the Scenes of Action and Tricks . . . Also, A
Description of the Scenes and Machines. . . And the Words of the Songs
and Chorus's. 1741.
Harlequin Sorcerer: with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine. (Covent
garden. ) 1752.
[Acted originally at Lincoln's inri fields, 1725. Words by Lewis
Theobald. ]
O'Hara, Kane. Midas; an English Burletta. (Covent garden. ) 1764.
The Golden Pippin: an English Burletta, in three acts. (Covent
garden. ) 1773.
Reed, Joseph. Tom Jones. C. O. (Covent garden. ) 1769. (Founded on
Fielding's novel. ]
I
IV. CONTEMPORARY AND EARLY COLLECTIONS OF PLAYS
(In chronological order)
This list excludes contemporary collections (e. g. Dodsley's) which
are confined to earlier English dramas.
A Select Collection of English Plays. 6 vols. Edinburgh. 1755.
A Select Collection of Farces, As Acted at London and Edinburgh. Edin-
burgh, 1762.
The English Theatre. . . . Containing the most valuable Plays which have been
acted on the London Stage. 8 vols. 1765.
The Theatre: or, Select Works of the British Dramatic Poets. . . . To which
are prefixed, the Lives of these celebrated Writers, and Strictures on
Most of the Plays. 12 vols. Edinburgh, 1768.
A Collection of New Plays by Several Hands. 4 vols. Altenburg, 1774-8.
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The New English Theatre. . . containing the Most Valuable Plays which have
been Acted on the London Stage. 12 vols. 1776-7. [Separate plays
variously dated, 1775-88. ]
Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays.
24 vols. 1776, etc. 34 vols. 1791, etc.
A Collection of the most esteemed Farces and Entertainments performed on
the British Stage. A new edition. 6 vols. Edinburgh, 1786-8.
[Parsons's] The Minor Theatre: being a Collection of the most approved
Farces, Operas, and Comedies, in one, two, and three acts. With some
account of the respective authors. 7 vols. 1794.
Jones's British Theatre. 10 vols. Dublin, 1795. [Individual plays with
separate title-pages and pagination. ]
The British Drama; comprehending the best plays in the English language
[edited by Sir Walter Scott]. 3 vols. in 5 (vol. I, Tragedies, in two
parts; vol. 11, Comedies, in two parts; vol. 111, Operas and Farces]. 1804.
Sharpe's British Theatre. 18 vols. 1804.
The British Theatre; or, A Collection of Plays. . . with biographical and
critical remarks, by Mrs Inchbald. 25 vols. 1808.
A Collection of Farces and other Afterpieces. . . selected by Mrs Inchbald.
7 vols. 1809. [Another edn. 7 vols. 1815. ]
English Comedy: a Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramas, since the
Commencement of the Reformation of the Stage by Sir Richard Steele
and Colley Cibber. 6 vols. 1810.
The Modern British Drama.
(Anon. )
1764. What we must All come to. C. in two acts, As it was intended to be
Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent garden. (Anon. )
1767. The School for Guardians. C. (Covent-garden. ) (Anon. )
1768. Zenobia. T. (Drury lane. ) By the Author of the Orphan of China.
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438
Bibliography
1772. The Grecian Daughter. T. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1773. Alzuma. T. (Covent garden. )
1776. Three Weeks after Marriage. C. in two acts. (Covent garden. )
[Altered from What we must All come to, 1764. ]
1778. Know your own Mind. C. (Covent garden. ) (Anon. )
1793. The Rival Sisters. T. Adapted for Theatrical Representation,
(Drury lane. )
1798. Arminius. T.
1786. Works [dramatic). 7 vols. [Vol. iy contains The Choice, acted 1764,
and News from Parnassus, acted 1776, apparently not previously printed. ]
B. Other Works
1762. An Essay on the Life and Genius of Henry Fielding. [In vol. 1 of
Works of Henry Fielding, 4 vols. ]
1793. An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. (In
vol. 1 of Works of Samuel Johnson, 6 vols. , Dublin. ]
1801. The Life of David Garrick, Esq. 2 vols.
1811. The Life of Arthur Murphy, Esq. By Jessé Foot, Esq. his executor.
I
Mrs Frances Sheridan (1724-1766)
[Mother of Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
A. Plays
1763. The Discovery. C. (Drury lane. ) Written by the Editor of Miss
Sidney Bidulph.
1764. The Dupe. C. (Drury lane. ). . . By the Author of The Discovery.
B. Other Works
1761. Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph. (A novel. ] 2 vols. Dublin.
1767. The History of Nourjahad. By the Editor of Sidney Bidulph.
Lefanu, Alicia Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs Frances
Sheridan . . . by her grand-daughter. 1824.
James Thomson (1700-1748)
See bibliography to chap. v, post.
Richard Tickell (1751-1793)
1778. The Camp. A musical entertainment,
1781. The Carnival of Venice.
James Townley (1714-1778)
1759. High Life Below Stairs. F. of two acts. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
William Whitehead (1715-1785)
1750. The Roman Father. T. (Drury lane. )
1754. Creusa, Queen of Athens. T. (Drury lane. )
1762. The School for Lovers. C. (Drury lane. ) By William Whitehead,
Esq; Poet Laureat.
1770. A Trip to Scotland. (Drury lane. ) (Anon. )
1774. Plays and Poems. 2 vols.
Edward Young
See bibliography to chap. VII, post.
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439
II. ENGLISH ADAPTATIONS OF VOLTAIRE
Performed on the English Stage, 1734–1776
1735 [acted 1734]. Junius Brutus. T. (Drury lane. ) [Brutus, adapted by
William Duncombe. ]
1736. The Tragedy of Zara. (Drury lane. ) (Zaire, adapted by Aaron
Hill. ]
1736. Alzira. T. (Lincoln's inn fields. ) [Alzire, adapted by Aaron Hill. )
1744. Mahomet the Imposter. T. (Drury lane. ) [Le Fanatisme, ou
Mahomet le Prophète, adapted by James Miller and (? ) John Hoadly,
to whom is ascribed the fifth act. ]
1749. Meropé [sic]. T. (Drury lane. ) [Mérope, adapted by Aaron Hill. ]
1759. The Orphan of China. T. (Drury lane. ) [Orphelin de la Chine,
adapted by Arthur Murphy. )
1760. The English Merchant. c. (Drury lane. ) [L'Ecossaise, adapted by
George Colman, the elder. ]
1764. No One's Enemy but His Own. C. in three acts. (Covent garden. )
[L’Indiscret, altered by Arthur Murphy. ]
1765. Mahomet the Imposter. T. (Drury lane. ) [James Miller's 1744
version, altered by (? ) Garrick. ]
(1769 acted. Orestes. [Oreste, adapted by Thomas Francklin, and acted at
Covent garden, but not printed separately. Included in his translation
of Voltaire's Works. ])
1771. Almida. T. (Drury lane. ) By a Lady. [Tancrède, adapted by
Dorothea (Mallet) Celesia. ]
1771. Zobeide. T. (Covent garden. ) [Les Scythes, adapted by Joseph
Cradock. ]
1776. Semiramis. T. (Drury lane. ) [Sémiramis, adapted by George
Edward Ayscough.
]
In addition to translations and adaptations of Voltaire quoted above, other
English dramas show his influence, notably, e. g. , John Hoole's Cyrus (1768),
Arthur Murphy's Alzuma (1773). For a full discussion of Voltaire's relation
to English drama see Lounsbury, T. R. , Shakespeare and Voltaire, New York
and London, 1902. See also Ballantyne, A. , Voltaire's Visit to England,
1726–9, 1893, and Collins, J. Churton, Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau in
England, 1908. (Revised from Bolingbroke, a Historical Study, and Vol-
taire in England, 1886. ) For a full bibliography of Voltaire, see that by
Anderson, J. P. , in Espinasse, F. , Life of Voltaire (Great Writers Series),
1892.
III. MINOR DRAMATIC PIECES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PERIOD
Clive, Mrs Catherine. The Rehearsal: or, Bays in Petticoats. C. in two
acts. (Drury lane. ) 1753.
Coffey, Charles. The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos’d. 0.
(Drury lane. ) 1731.
Dodsley, Robert. The Toy Shop. A Dramatick Satire. By Robert Dodsley,
Author of The Art of Charming. 1735.
For full bibliography, see Robert Dodsley, Poet, Publisher and Play-
wright, by Straus, R. , London and New York, 1910.
Johnson, Samuel (of Cheshire). Hurlothrumbo: or, The Super-Natural.
(New Theatre, Haymarket. ) 1729.
The Blazing Comet: The Mad Lovers; or, The Beauties of the Poets.
A Play. (New Theatre, Haymarket. ) 1732.
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440
Bibliography
Miller, James. The Humours of Oxford. C. As it is Acted at the Theatre-
Royal. . . . By a Gentleman of Wadham-College. 1730.
For Miller's Mahomet the Imposter see sec. II, ante (English
Adaptations of Voltaire).
Reed, Joseph. The Register Office. F. of two acts. 1761.
Pantomimes, etc.
A Dramatic Entertainment, call’d The Necromancer: or, Harlequin, Doctor
Faustus. (Lincoln's inn fields. ) 6th edn. 1724.
Argentina Strega per Amore: or Harlequin Multiply'd by Argentina's
Witchcraft, for Love. With their wonderful Flights and Apparitions ;
and the Magick Transformation of Silvio, Cittio, and Brighella. C.
(Haymarket. ) By the Company of Italian Comedians. 1726.
Perseus and Andromeda. With The Rape of Colombine: or, The Flying
Lovers. In five interludes; three Serious, and two Comic. The Serious
compos'd by Mons. Roger, and the Comic by Mr John Weaver, Dancing-
Masters. 1728.
Merlin, or The Devil of Stone-henge. An Entertainment. 1734. [Intro-
duces Harlequin. ]
A New Dramatic Entertainment called The Royal Chace; or, Merlin's Cave.
With several new Comic Scenes of Action introduced into the Grotesque
Pantomime of Jupiter and Europa. 1736.
Orpheus and Eurydice. 0. (Covent garden. ) Music by Lampe, J. F. 1739.
[Comic characters include Harlequin, Pantaloon, Colombine, etc. )
Harlequin Student: or The Fall of Pantomime, with the Restoration of the
Drama; an Entertainment, As it is now performing . . . at the late Theatre
in Goodman's Fields. With the Scenes of Action and Tricks . . . Also, A
Description of the Scenes and Machines. . . And the Words of the Songs
and Chorus's. 1741.
Harlequin Sorcerer: with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine. (Covent
garden. ) 1752.
[Acted originally at Lincoln's inri fields, 1725. Words by Lewis
Theobald. ]
O'Hara, Kane. Midas; an English Burletta. (Covent garden. ) 1764.
The Golden Pippin: an English Burletta, in three acts. (Covent
garden. ) 1773.
Reed, Joseph. Tom Jones. C. O. (Covent garden. ) 1769. (Founded on
Fielding's novel. ]
I
IV. CONTEMPORARY AND EARLY COLLECTIONS OF PLAYS
(In chronological order)
This list excludes contemporary collections (e. g. Dodsley's) which
are confined to earlier English dramas.
A Select Collection of English Plays. 6 vols. Edinburgh. 1755.
A Select Collection of Farces, As Acted at London and Edinburgh. Edin-
burgh, 1762.
The English Theatre. . . . Containing the most valuable Plays which have been
acted on the London Stage. 8 vols. 1765.
The Theatre: or, Select Works of the British Dramatic Poets. . . . To which
are prefixed, the Lives of these celebrated Writers, and Strictures on
Most of the Plays. 12 vols. Edinburgh, 1768.
A Collection of New Plays by Several Hands. 4 vols. Altenburg, 1774-8.
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The New English Theatre. . . containing the Most Valuable Plays which have
been Acted on the London Stage. 12 vols. 1776-7. [Separate plays
variously dated, 1775-88. ]
Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays.
24 vols. 1776, etc. 34 vols. 1791, etc.
A Collection of the most esteemed Farces and Entertainments performed on
the British Stage. A new edition. 6 vols. Edinburgh, 1786-8.
[Parsons's] The Minor Theatre: being a Collection of the most approved
Farces, Operas, and Comedies, in one, two, and three acts. With some
account of the respective authors. 7 vols. 1794.
Jones's British Theatre. 10 vols. Dublin, 1795. [Individual plays with
separate title-pages and pagination. ]
The British Drama; comprehending the best plays in the English language
[edited by Sir Walter Scott]. 3 vols. in 5 (vol. I, Tragedies, in two
parts; vol. 11, Comedies, in two parts; vol. 111, Operas and Farces]. 1804.
Sharpe's British Theatre. 18 vols. 1804.
The British Theatre; or, A Collection of Plays. . . with biographical and
critical remarks, by Mrs Inchbald. 25 vols. 1808.
A Collection of Farces and other Afterpieces. . . selected by Mrs Inchbald.
7 vols. 1809. [Another edn. 7 vols. 1815. ]
English Comedy: a Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramas, since the
Commencement of the Reformation of the Stage by Sir Richard Steele
and Colley Cibber. 6 vols. 1810.
The Modern British Drama.
