No More Learning

The Forty Thieves; a romantic drama in two acts by Sheridan, R. B. and
Colman the younger. Duncombe's edn of the British Theatre. Vol. 11. 1825.


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3. Poems
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4. Biography and Criticism
All the best edns and commentaries quoted above have also appreciations.
Besser, R. R. B. Sheridan. Die Neueren Sprachen. Vol. XIX. Marburg,
1911-12.
Earle, W. Sheridan's Life and Times, by an Octogenarian. 1859.
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B. Minor Writers for the Stage
Abridged list. For comprehensive and fairly accurate record of theatrical
activity from 1660 to 1830 see Genest, J. , History of the English Stage, 1832.
Most of the later eighteenth century plays have never been rptd. The best
are preserved by Inchbald, Mrs E. , in The British Theatre, 1806-9 (25 vols. );
The Modern Theatre, 1809 (10 vols. ); A Collection of Farces, 1809 (7 vols. ).
For early and mid eighteenth century plays see Bell's British Theatre, 1797
(began to appear 4 May 1796).
Baillie, Joanna. A Series of Plays; in which it is attempted to delineate
the strange passions of the mind, each passion being the subject of
a tragedy and a comedy, 1798 (includes De Montfort, which Kemble
produced in 1800). Plays on the Passions, vol. 11, 1802 (sequel to the
above). Miscellaneous Plays, 1804. (On more conventional lines. )
Family Legend, 1810. Plays on the Passions, vol. III, 1812. Miscel-
laneous Plays. 3 vols. 1836. See Dramatic and Poetical Works of
Joanna Baillie; Annual Register, 1851. See, also, bibliography to
chap. x, ante.
Bentley, R. (youngest son of the scholar). The Wishes, aoted Drury Lane,
1761. Philodamus (tragedy), 1767. The Prophet (comedy), acted post-
humously, 1788.
Bickerstaff, Isaac. See bibliography to vol. x, chap. iv, ante.
Brand, Miss Hannah (d. 1821). Huniades (tragedy). Acted, 1792. Dramatic
and Poetical Works, 1798. Dramatic and Poetical Works. 2 vols. 1808.
Burgoyne, General J. The Maid of the Oaks, 1774. Acted, Drury Lane,
1775. Lord of the Manor (comic opera), 1780. The Heiress, 1786.
Fonblanque, E. B. de. Political and military episodes from the life
and correspondence of General Burgoyne. 1876.
Celesia, Dorothea (born Mallet). See bibliography to vol. x, chap. IV, sect. II,
ante.
Cobb, J. The Contract, or Female Captain, 1779. The Humourist, 1785.
Strangers at Home (opera), 1785. The Haunted Tower, 1789. Many
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Colman, G. , the elder. See bibliography to vol. x, chap. iv, ante.
Colman, G. , the younger. Two to One, 1784. Turk and no Turk, 1785. Inkle
and Yarico (1787). The Battle of Hexham, acted 1789, ptd 1808. The
Surrender of Calais, acted 1791, ptd 1808. The Mountaineers, 1793. The
Iron Chest, 1796. The Heir at Law, acted 1797, ptd 1808. John Bull,
acted 1803, ptd 1805.
Cowley, Hannah. See bibliography to chap. VIII, ante.
Cradock, J. See bibliography to vol. x, chap. iv, sect. II, ante.
Cumberland, R. The Brothers (comedy), 1769. The West Indian (comedy),
1771. Timon of Athens (tragedy, adapted from Shakespeare), 1771. The
Fashionable Lover (comedy), 1772. The Choleric Man (comedy), 1774.
Arundel (novel), 1789. The Jew (comedy), 1794. Henry (novel), 1795.
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1812. Also, Paston, G. , Richard Cumberland, Little Memoirs of the
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Delap, J. Hecuba, acted 1761, ptd 1762. The Royal Suppliants, acted and
ptd 1781. The Captains, 1786. Dramatic Poems: Gunilda, Usurper,
Matilda, and Abdalla, 1803.
Dibdin, C. Actor and dramatist. Best known for his sea songs. His
innumerable farces and operettas almost worthless.
Foote, S. See bibliography to vol. x, chap. iv, ante.
Garrick, David. See bibliography to vol. x, chap. iv, ante.
Goldsmith, Oliver. See bibliography to vol. x, chap. ix, ante.
Griffith, Elizabeth. A Double Mistake, 1765. The School for Rakes, 1769.
A Wife in the Right, 1772.
Hawkesworth, John (17157-1773). Edgar and Emmeline, 1761.
Hayley, W. (1745-1820). Plays of three Acts and in Verse, written for a
Private Theatre. 1784.
See, also, bibliography to chap. VIII, ante.
Hoare, P. Such Things Were (Trag. ), 1788. No Song, No Supper (Farce),
1790. Many musical farces and operas.
Holcroft, T. The Crisis, acted 1778. Duplicity, 1781. The Road to Ruin, 1792.
The Deserted Daughter, 1795. See, also, bibliography to chap. XIII, post.
Home, J. Agis (Trag. ) completed 1747 but not acted. Douglas acted in
Edinburgh 1756, London 1757. (Many pamphlets on subject of a minister
writing plays). Agis, acted 1758. Siege of Aquileia, acted 1760. The
Tragedies, published 1760. Alfred, acted 1778. Collected Works, by
Mackenzie, H. , 1822.
Hoole, John. See bibliography to vol. x, chap. IV, ante.
Hull, Thomas (1728-1808). Henry the Second, or the Fall of Rosamond
(tragedy), 1774. The History of Sir William Harrington (novel), 4 vols. ,
1771.
Inchbald, Mrs E. The Mogul Tale, acted 1784, ptd 1824. I'll tell you What,
acted 1785, ptd 1786. Such Things Are, acted 1787, ptd 1788. Everyone
has his Fault, 1793. Wives as they Were, 1797. To Marry or not to
Marry, 1805. See, also, bibliography to chap. XIII, post.
Ireland, W. H. (1777-1835). Literary forger. Composed Vortigern and
Rowena, also Henry II, alleging both to be by Shakespeare. Sheridan
produced Vortigern and Rowena at Drury lane, 1795. Many pamphlets
occasioned by the forgeries.
Jephson, Robert. Braganza, 1775. The Count of Narbonne, 1781. Julia, or
the Italian Lover, 1787. Roman Portraits, 1794. The Conspiracy, 1796.
Kelly, Hugh. See bibliography to vol. x, chap. IV, ante.
Kemble, J. P. Belisarius, acted 1778. The Farm House, 1789. Love in Many
Masks, 1790. For a full list of Kemble's adaptations, chiefly from Shakes-
peare, see Biographia dramatica, ed. Jones, Stephen, vol. 1, pt 11, 1812.
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Kenrick, W. (1725 ? -1779). The Duellist, 1773. See, also, bibliography to
chap. XIV, sect. v, post.
Lewis, M. G. The Castle Spectre, 1797. The East Indian, 1799. Adelmorn,
or, The Outlaw, 1801. Alfonso, King of Castile, 1802. Adelgitha, 1807.
Venoni, or The Novice of St Mark's, 1808. (Partly transl. from Les
Victimes Cloistrées and anticipates a situation in Monte Cristo. ) Timour
the Tartar, 1811. See, also, bibliography to chap. XIII, post.
Macnally, L. Retaliation, 1782. Coalition, 1783. Fashionable Levities, 1785.
Mason, W. Elfrida, 1752 (dramatic poem). Caractacus, 1759. Sappho, 1797
(lyrical drama). See, also, bibliography to vol. x, chap. XVII.
More, Hannah. The Search after Happiness, 1762 (pastoral drama for
children). The Inflexible Captive, 1774. Percy, produced by Garrick,
1777, published 1785. The Fatal Falsehood produced 1779. Sacred
Dramas published 1782. Collected Works, 1834. See Meakin, A. M. B. ,
Hannah More, a biographical study, 1911. See, also, bibliography to
chap. XV, post.
Morton, T. Columbus, 1792. The Way to get Married, 1796. A Cure for
the Heartache, 1797. Speed the Plough, 1798. The School for Reform,
1805.
O'Brien, W. Actor and dramatist. Cross Purposes, 1772. The Duel, 1773.
Both adaptations from French.
O'Keeffe, J. Actor and dramatist. Composed about fifty musical pieces,
of which the songs are the best part. Wild Oats, 1791.
Reynolds, F. Werter, 1785 (tragedy). Eloisa, 1786 (tragedy). The Drama-
tist, 1789 (comedy). Produced about a hundred other comedies and
tragedies.
Tobin, John (1770-1804). The Honey Moon, 1805. The Curfew, 1807. The
School for Authors, 1808.
Vaughan, T. Love's Metamorphoses, acted 1776, ptd as Love's Vagaries,
1791. The Hotel, 1776.
CHAPTER XIII
THE GROWTH OF THE LATER NOVEL
I. GENERAL WORKS
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Conant, Martha P. The Oriental tale in England in the 18th century.
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Dibelius, W. Englische Romankunst. Die Technik des englischen Romans
im xviiten und zu Anfang des xixten Jahrh. Vol. 1. (Palaestra. Vol.
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Ker, W. P. Romance, English Assoc. pamphlet. 1909. Rptd 1913.
L'Estrange, A. G. K. The Life of M. R. Mitford. 1870.
The Friendships of M. R. Mitford as recorded in letters from her literary
rrespondents. 2 vols. 1882.
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Nichols, John. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century and Illustra-
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Raleigh, Sir W. The English novel.