See, also,
bibliography
to
chap.
chap.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v11
Châteauneuf, A.
H.
La Duègne et le Juif Portugais.
1827.
A Trip to Scarborough. A Comedy altered from Vanbragh's Relapse. 1781,
1786. [Produced 1777. ]
The School for Scandal, a Comedy. n. d. [1778? ). [Produced 1777. ]
Rpts. 1781, 1782, 1783. A Volume of Plays. . . Containing The School
for Scandal. Theatre Royal, Smoke-Alley, Dublin. 1785, etc.
Annotated edns. Lake, J. W. , The School for Scandal . . . with a
biographical sketch, critical notice, vocabulary of difficult words, a key
to the proper names of the dramatis personae and of those mentioned
in the course of the play, 1853; Westley, R. H. , The School for Scandal,
No. 5, Masterpieces of English Literature, 1861; Aitken, G. A. , The
School for Scandal, Temple Dramatists, 1897.
French Translations and Adaptations. 1788; Delille, Brunel, 1789;
Famin, P. N. , 1807; Villemain, A. F. , Chefs-d'œuvre des Théâtres
étrangers, tom. I, 1822; L'École du Scandale . . . imitée . . . par Crosnier,
Jouslin de Lasalle et Saint Maurice), 1824; Châteauneuf, A. H. , 1824;
Pichot, M. A. , 1852; Fougas, Tapon, 1863.
German Translations. Leonhardi, 1782; Meissner, C. , 1863; No. 30,
Classische Theater-Bibliothek aller Nationen, 1868; Klapperich, J. , Zur
Sprache des Lustspieldichters, R. B. Sheridan, 1892.
Italian Translations. Anno Teatrale. Anno Secondo, tom. 111, 1796;
Leoni, M. , 1818.
The Critic, or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. A dramatic piece in three Acts, as it is
performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. 1781. [Produced 1779. ]
Rpts. Aitken, G. A. Temple Dramatists. 1897. Carr, P. Mer-
maid Repertory Theatre Acting Edn. 1905.
The Critick Anticipated; or, the Humours of the Green Room. A farce.
1779. (An imitation which anticipated Sheridan's burlesque. ]
The Critic: or, A Tragedy Rehearsed: a new dramatic piece in
three acts; as it is performed by His Majesty's Servants, with
the greatest applause. By the author of the Duenna. 1780.
[Really a political squib on the Government. ]
Pizarro; a tragedy in five acts. . . taken from the German drama of Kotzebue
and adapted to the English Stage. 1799.
Rpts. Kean, C. Sheridan's Play of Pizarro . . . arranged for representa-
tion . . . with notes. 1856. Dicks, J. Dicks Standard Plays. No. xv. 1883.
Sheridan's Address to the People, i. e. The Speech of Rolla in Pizarro,
rptd on the occasion of the threatened invasion. 1803.
Bahlsen, L. Kotzebue und Sheridan. 1889.
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
Clio's Protest, or the Picture Varnished. 1771, 1819.
The General Fast; a lyric ode. 1775.
Ode to Scandal. 1819.
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.
Fitzgerald, P. Lives of the Sheridans. 1887.
Moore, T. Life of Sheridan. 1825.
Oliphant, Mrs. Sheridan. (English Men of Letters Series. ) 1883.
Pearson, C. H. Sheridan. Reviews and Critical Essays. 1896.
Rae, W. Fraser. Sheridan: a Biography. 1896.
Sanders, L. C. A life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (Great Writers Series).
1890. [Contains a bibliography of Sheridan's writings by Anderson, J. P. ]
Sichel, W. Sheridan from new and original material: including a manuscript
diary by Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. 2 vols. 1909. [Contains
a full bibliography of Sheridan's works. ]
Smyth, W. A Memoir of Mr Sheridan. 1840.
Watkins, J. Life of Sheridan. 1816.
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
other productions, mostly operatic.
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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.
See Mudford, W. , Critical Examination of the writings of R. Cumberland,
1812. Also, Paston, G. , Richard Cumberland, Little Memoirs of the
Eighteenth Century, 1901.
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.
A Trip to Scarborough. A Comedy altered from Vanbragh's Relapse. 1781,
1786. [Produced 1777. ]
The School for Scandal, a Comedy. n. d. [1778? ). [Produced 1777. ]
Rpts. 1781, 1782, 1783. A Volume of Plays. . . Containing The School
for Scandal. Theatre Royal, Smoke-Alley, Dublin. 1785, etc.
Annotated edns. Lake, J. W. , The School for Scandal . . . with a
biographical sketch, critical notice, vocabulary of difficult words, a key
to the proper names of the dramatis personae and of those mentioned
in the course of the play, 1853; Westley, R. H. , The School for Scandal,
No. 5, Masterpieces of English Literature, 1861; Aitken, G. A. , The
School for Scandal, Temple Dramatists, 1897.
French Translations and Adaptations. 1788; Delille, Brunel, 1789;
Famin, P. N. , 1807; Villemain, A. F. , Chefs-d'œuvre des Théâtres
étrangers, tom. I, 1822; L'École du Scandale . . . imitée . . . par Crosnier,
Jouslin de Lasalle et Saint Maurice), 1824; Châteauneuf, A. H. , 1824;
Pichot, M. A. , 1852; Fougas, Tapon, 1863.
German Translations. Leonhardi, 1782; Meissner, C. , 1863; No. 30,
Classische Theater-Bibliothek aller Nationen, 1868; Klapperich, J. , Zur
Sprache des Lustspieldichters, R. B. Sheridan, 1892.
Italian Translations. Anno Teatrale. Anno Secondo, tom. 111, 1796;
Leoni, M. , 1818.
The Critic, or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. A dramatic piece in three Acts, as it is
performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. 1781. [Produced 1779. ]
Rpts. Aitken, G. A. Temple Dramatists. 1897. Carr, P. Mer-
maid Repertory Theatre Acting Edn. 1905.
The Critick Anticipated; or, the Humours of the Green Room. A farce.
1779. (An imitation which anticipated Sheridan's burlesque. ]
The Critic: or, A Tragedy Rehearsed: a new dramatic piece in
three acts; as it is performed by His Majesty's Servants, with
the greatest applause. By the author of the Duenna. 1780.
[Really a political squib on the Government. ]
Pizarro; a tragedy in five acts. . . taken from the German drama of Kotzebue
and adapted to the English Stage. 1799.
Rpts. Kean, C. Sheridan's Play of Pizarro . . . arranged for representa-
tion . . . with notes. 1856. Dicks, J. Dicks Standard Plays. No. xv. 1883.
Sheridan's Address to the People, i. e. The Speech of Rolla in Pizarro,
rptd on the occasion of the threatened invasion. 1803.
Bahlsen, L. Kotzebue und Sheridan. 1889.
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.
## p. 456 (#478) ############################################
456
[CH.
Bibliography
3. Poems
Clio's Protest, or the Picture Varnished. 1771, 1819.
The General Fast; a lyric ode. 1775.
Ode to Scandal. 1819.
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.
Fitzgerald, P. Lives of the Sheridans. 1887.
Moore, T. Life of Sheridan. 1825.
Oliphant, Mrs. Sheridan. (English Men of Letters Series. ) 1883.
Pearson, C. H. Sheridan. Reviews and Critical Essays. 1896.
Rae, W. Fraser. Sheridan: a Biography. 1896.
Sanders, L. C. A life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. (Great Writers Series).
1890. [Contains a bibliography of Sheridan's writings by Anderson, J. P. ]
Sichel, W. Sheridan from new and original material: including a manuscript
diary by Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. 2 vols. 1909. [Contains
a full bibliography of Sheridan's works. ]
Smyth, W. A Memoir of Mr Sheridan. 1840.
Watkins, J. Life of Sheridan. 1816.
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
other productions, mostly operatic.
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The Georgian Drama
457
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.
See Mudford, W. , Critical Examination of the writings of R. Cumberland,
1812. Also, Paston, G. , Richard Cumberland, Little Memoirs of the
Eighteenth Century, 1901.
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.
8
9
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458
[CH.
Bibliography
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.
