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• Androboros A bographical [sic] farce in three acts, viz. The senate, the consistory, and the apotheosis. (Printed at Monoropolis [i.e., New York : by William Bradford], since August, 1714), by Robert Hunter (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The Military glory of Great-Britain, an entertainment, given by the late candidates for bachelor's degree, at the close of the anniversary commencement, held in Nassau-Hall New-Jersey September 29th, 1762. (Philadelphia: : Printed by William Bradford,, M,DCC,LXII. [1762]), by College of New Jersey. Class of 1762 (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The Paxton boys, a farce. / Translated from the original French, by a native of Donegall. ([Philadelphia] : Printed [by Anthony Armbruster], in the year, MDCCLXIV. [1764]) (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Juvenile poems on various subjects. With The prince of Parthia, a tragedy. / By the late Mr. Thomas Godfrey, Junr. of Philadelphia. ; To which is prefixed, some account of the author and his writings. ; [One line from Horace] (Philadelphia, : printed by Henry Miller, in Second-Street., MDCCLXV. [1765]), by Thomas Godfrey, Nathaniel Evans, and John Green (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The disappointment: or, The force of credulity. A new American comic-opera, of two acts. / By Andrew Barton, Esq; ; [Four lines of verse] (New-York: : [s.n.], Printed in the year, M,DCC,LXVII. [1767]), by Thomas Forrest and John Leacock (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The conquest of Canada: or, The siege of Quebec. An historical tragedy, of five acts. / By George Cockings, author of War: an heroic poem. (Albany: : Printed by Alexander and James Robertson, at their printing office in Pearl-Street., M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]), by George Cockings (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The adulateur. A tragedy, as it is now acted in Upper Servia. : [Six lines from Cato] (Boston: : [s.n.] Printed and sold at the new printing-office near Concert-Hall., MDCCLXXIII. [1773]), by Mercy Otis Warren (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The inflexible captive. A tragedy. / By Miss Hannah Moore [i.e., More]. ([Philadelphia] : Bristol, printed: Philadelphia, re-printed; for John Sparhawk, by James Humphreys, Junior., MDCCLXXIV. [1774]), by Hannah More and Frances Boscawen (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening; being the substance of a conversation on the times, over a friendly tankard and pipe. : Between Sharp,-- a country parson. Bumper,-- a country justice. Fillpot,-- an inn-keeper. Graveairs,-- a deacon. Trim,-- a barber. Brim,-- a Quaker. Puff,-- a late representative. / Taken in short hand, by Sir Roger De Coverly. ; [Two lines from Horace] ([Boston] America: : [s.n.], Printed and sold in the year MDCCLXXV. [1775]), by Roger De Coverly (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Americans roused, in a cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening; being the substance of a conversation on the times, over a friendly tankard and pipe. Between Sharp, a country parson. Bumper, a country justice. Fillpot, an inn-keeper. Graveairs, a deacon. Trim, a barber. Brim, a Quaker. Puff, a late representative. / Taken in short-hand, by Sir Roger de Coverly. ; [Two lines in Latin from Horace] ([New York] : New-England, printed; New-York, re-printed, by James Rivington., [1775?]), by Roger De Coverly (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The group; as lately acted, and to be re-acted to the wonder of all superior intelligences, nigh head-quarters at Amboyne. : The author has thought proper to borrow the following spirited lines from a late celebrated poet, and offer to the public by way of prologue, which cannot fail of pleasing at this crisis. : [Twelve lines of verse] (Boston: : Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street., 1775), by Mercy Otis Warren (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The group, a farce: as lately acted, and to be re-acted, to the wonder of all superior intelligences; nigh head quarters, at Amboyne. : In two acts. ([Philadelphia] : Jamaica, printed; Philadelphia, reprinted; by James Humphreys, Junior, in Front-Street., M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]), by Mercy Otis Warren (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The motley assembly, a farce. : Published for the entertainment of the curious. (Boston: : Printed and sold by Nathaniel Coverly, in Newbury-Street,, M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]), by Mercy Otis Warren (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The Battle of Brooklyn, a farce of two acts: as it was performed on Long-Island, on Tuesday the 27th day of August, 1776. By the representatives of the tyrants of America, assembled at Philadelphia. : [Six lines from Hudibras] (New-York: : Printed for J. Rivington, :, in the year of the rebellion. 1776) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Blockheads: or, The affrighted officers. A farce. (Boston: : Printed [by John Gill] in Queen-Street., M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]), by Mercy Otis Warren (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The battle of Bunkers-Hill. A dramatic piece, of five acts in heroic measure. / By a gentleman of Maryland. ; [Two lines of quotations] (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street., MDCCLXXVI. [1776]), by H. H. Brackenridge, John Parke, and John Norman (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The fall of British tyranny: or, American liberty triumphant. The first campaign. : A tragi-comedy of five acts, as lately planned at the Royal Theatrum Pandemonium, at St. James's. The principal place of action in America. : Publish'd according to act of Parliament. : [Three lines of quotation] (Philadelphia: : Printed by Styner and Cist, in Second-Street, near Arch-Street., MDCCLXXVI. [1776]), by John Leacock (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The fall of British tyranny: or American liberty triumphant. The first campaign. : A tragi-comedy of five acts, as lately planned at the Royal Theatrum Pandemonium at St. James's. The principal place of action in America. : Published according to act of Parliament. : [Three lines of quotation] ([Boston] : Philadelphia, printed: New-England, Boston; reprinted by John Gill, and Powars and Willis, in Queen-Street,, [1776?]), by John Leacock (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Death of General Montgomery (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church., M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]), by H. H. Brackenridge, John Parke, thomas Mifflin, and John Norman, illust. by N. G. (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The blind beggar of Bethnal Green. A dramatic performance: : with several instructive and entertaining pieces. / By Robert Dodsley, author of the Original fables. (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street., MDCCLXXVII. [1777]), by Robert Dodsley, engraver Smith, and Saint-Evremond (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Downfall of justice; and the farmer just return'd from meeting on Thanksgiving Day. A comedy, lately acted in Connecticut. (Danvers [Mass.]: : Printed and sold by E. Russell, next the Bell-Tavern. The ladies are desired to remember he still continues to pay cash for linnen rags, sail-cloth, and weaver's thrums., [1777]) (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The Double conspiracy, or Treason discovered but not punished. A matter of fact, delineated after the life, in the form of a play. : [One line of text in Latin] ([Hartford?] : Printed [by Hudson and Goodwin?], in the year 1783) (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The patriot chief. A tragedy. : [Five lines from Thomson] (Philadelphia: : Printed for the author, and sold by Wm. Prichard, at his circulating library, and book-store, in Market-Street,, MDCLXXXIV. [1784]), by Peter Markoe (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The mercenary match, a tragedy. / By Barna Bidwell. ; Characteristics. ; [Twenty six lines of text] (New-Haven: : Printed by Meigs, Bowen and Dana, in Chapel-Street., [1785?]), by Barnabas Bidwell (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Sans souci. Alias Free and easy: or An evening's peep into a polite circle. An intire [sic] new entertainment. In three acts. (Boston: : Printed by Warden and Russell, M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]), by Mercy Otis Warren (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The widow's vow. A farce, in two acts, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, and by the Old American Company, New-York. ([New-York] : London: printed: New-York: re-printed by H. Gaine, at the Bible, in Hanover-Square,, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]), by Mrs. Inchbald and Old American Company (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Sacred dramas, chiefly intended for young persons: the subjects taken from the Bible. : To which are added: Reflections of King Hezekiah, and Sensibility, a poem. / By Hannah More. ; [Three lines from Cowley] (Philadelphia: : Printed for Thomas Dobson, in Second-Street, between Market and Chesnut-Street., M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]), by Hannah More and Elizabeth Beaufort (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Columbia and Britannia: a dramatic piece. / By a citizen of the United States. ; [One line in Latin] (New-London [Conn.]: : Printed by T. Green, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]), by Jabez Peck and Nathaniel Niles (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Ami des enfans. English. Selections (Newbury-Port [Mass.]: : Printed and sold by John Mycall; sold also by Isaac Beers in New-Haven., [1789?]), by M. Berquin, Christian Felix Weisse, Joachim Heinrich Campe, and Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The better sort: or, The girl of spirit. An operatical, comical farce: : [Seven lines from the Epilogue] (Printed at Boston, : by Isaiah Thomas and Company. Sold at their bookstore, no. 45, Newbury Street, and at said Thomas's bookstore in Worcester., MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]), by William Hill Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Occurences of the times. Or, The transactions of four days. (Viz.--from Friday the 16th, to Monday the 19th January, 1789. A farce. In two acts. : [Six lines of verse] ([Boston] : Printed [by Benjamin Russell] for the purchasers., [1789]), by William Hill Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Darby's return. A comic sketch. As performed at the New-York theatre, November, 24, 1789, for the benefit of Mr. Wignell. / Written by William Dunlap. (New-York: : Printed by Hodge, Allen, and Campbell. And sold at their respective bookstores, and by Berry and Rogers., M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]), by William Dunlap and John O'Keeffe (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The fatal effects of seduction. A tragedy. Written for the use of the students of Clio Hall, in Bennington, to be acted on their quarter-day, April 28, 1789. : Founded on the story of an unhappy young lady of Boston. / By a friend to literature. ([Bennington, Vt. : Printed by Haswell and Russell., 1789]), by Friend to literature, Martin Harmon, and William Adams Griswold (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The politician out-witted, a comedy, in five acts. : Written in the year 1788. / By an American. ; [Two lines from Falconer's Shipwreck] (New-York: : Printed for the author, by W. Ross, in Broad-Street, and sold by the different booksellers., M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]), by Samuel Low (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The reconciliation; or The triumph of nature: a comic opera, in two acts. / By Peter Markoe. ; [Three lines of quotations] (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Prichard & Hall, in Market Street, between Front and Second Streets., M.DCC.XC. [1790]), by Peter Markoe, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas McKean, and Salomon Gessner (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The contrast, a comedy; in five acts: / written by a citizen of the United States; ; performed with applause at the theatres in New-York, Philadelphia, and Maryland; ; and published (under an assignment of the copy-right) by Thomas Wignell. ; [Two lines in Latin from Virgil with two line English translation] (Philadelphia: : From the press of Prichard & Hall, in Market-Street, between Second and Front Streets., M.DCC.XC. [1790]), by Royall Tyler (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous. By Mrs. M. Warren. ; [Two lines from Pope] (Printed at Boston, : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. At Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street., MDCCXC. [1790]), by Mercy Otis Warren and George Washington (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Darby's return. A comic sketch. As performed at the New-York and Philadelphia theatres. / Written by William Dunlap. (Philadelphia. : Printed and sold by Enoch Story., --1791.--), by William Dunlap and John O'Keeffe (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Dramatic pieces, calculated to exemplify the mode of conduct which will render young ladies both amiable and happy, when their school education is completed. : In three volumes. Volume I[-III]. ... (New-Haven: : Printed by Abel Morse., M.DCC.XCI. [1791]), by P. I. (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The Yorker's stratagem; or, Banana's wedding. A farce in two acts. As performed at the theatre in New-York, by the Old American Company of Comedians, with universal applause. / By J. Robinson, comedian. (New-York: : Printed by T. & J. Swords, no. 27, William Street., --1792.--), by J. fl. 1792 Robinson and Old American Company (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The British album. A collection of poems. : [Three lines of anonymous verse] ([Boston] : Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Hall. Sold at their office State Street, and at the several bookstores., MDCCXCIII. [1793]), by Robert Merry, Mrs. Cowley, Miles Peter Andrews, Mr. Jerningham, Joseph Reed, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and Samuel Hill (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Dramatic dialogues for the use of schools. By Charles Stearns, A.M. Pastor of the church, and preceptor of the Liberal School in Lincoln. ; [Five lines from Milton] ; Published according to act of Congress. (Leominister, Massachusetts, : Printed by John Prentiss, & Co. for the author., 1798), by Charles Stearns and Mass.) Liberal School (Lincoln (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The Quaker; a comic opera. In two acts. As performed at the theatre in Boston. (Boston: : Printed by P. Edes and S. Etheridge, for William P. Blake, no. 59, Cornhill, and William T. Clap, no. 90, Newbury-Street., 1794), by Charles Dibdin and John O'Keeffe (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Every one has his fault: a comedy, in five acts, / by Mrs. Inchbald. ; As it is performed at the New Theatre, Philadelphia. ; Mark'd with alterations (by permission of the managers) by William Rowson, prompter. (Philadelphia: : Printed for H. & P. Rice, and Mathew Carey., MDCCXCIV. [1794]), by Mrs. Inchbald, William Rowson, Edward Nares, Miles Peter Andrews, and Pa.) Chestnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The search after happiness: a pastoral drama; from the poetry of Miss More. / By a lady in Connecticut. (Catskill [N.Y.] : Printed by M. Croswell & Co., M,DCC,XCIV. [1794]), by Lady in Connecticut and Hannah More (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Columbus: or The discovery of America. An historical play. : As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, London. / By Thomas Morton, of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-Inn. (Boston: : Printed and sold by William Spotswood, sold also by H. & P. Rice, Philadelphia., 1794), by Thomas Morton, William Thomas Fitzgerald, and Miles Peter Andrews (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The triumphs of love; or, Happy reconciliation. A comedy. In four acts. / Written by an American, and a citizen of Philadelphia. ; Acted at the New Theatre, Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: : Printed by R. Folwell, no. 33, Arch-Street., September 10, 1795), by John Murdock and Joseph H. Seymour (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Belisarius: a tragedy. / By Margaretta V. Faugeres. (New-York: : Printed by T. and J. Swords, no. 99 Pearl-Street., --1795.--), by Margaretta V. Faugeres and George Graham, illust. by Archibald Robertson (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Spectre de l'ocean. English ([New York? : s.n., 1795?]), by Flareau and Cromwell (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The chimera; or, Effusions of fancy: a farce in two acts. / By Mrs. Marriott of the Old American Company. (New-York: : Printed by T. and J. Swords, no. 167 William-Street., --1795.--), by Mrs Marriott (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Surprising life and death of Dr. John Faustus, D.D. Commonly called the history of the devil and Dr. Faustus. : To which is now added the Necromancer, or, Harlaquin [sic] Doctor Faustus; as performed at the theatres. / Truly translated from the original copies. (Printed at Worcester [Mass.]. : [by Isaiah Thomas], 1795) (HTML at Evans TCP)

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