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John Maddison Morton

(Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891)

John Maddison Morton (3 January 1811 – 19 December 1891) was an English playwright who specialised in one-act farces. His most famous farce was Box and Cox (1847). He also wrote comic dramas, pantomimes and other theatrical pieces. (From Wikipedia)

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Scott, Clement, 1841-1904

Books by John Maddison Morton:

Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Box and Cox: A Romance of Real Life in One Act (illustrated HTML with commentary at royalengineers.ca)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Box and Cox: A Romance of Real Life in One Act (New York: Douglas, 1848) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Comediettas and Farces (New York: Harper and Bros., 1886), contrib. by Clement Scott (Gutenberg text)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A Desperate Game: A Comic Drama in One Act (London: T. H. Lacy, ca. 1853) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Drawing Rooms, Second Floor, and Attics: A Farce, in One Act (London: T. H. Lacy, ca. 1864) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Woodcock's Little Game: A Comedy-Farce, In Two Acts (London and New York: S. French, ca. 1864) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Additional books by John Maddison Morton in the extended shelves:

Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: ... Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw. A farce in one act. (Samuel Franch, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: [Plays] ([Various places of publication, 1889), also by Thomas Morton (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: After a storm, comes a calm A comedietta, in one act. (De Witt, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: After a storm, comes a calm, a comedietta in one act. (Dramatic Pub. Co., 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: All that glitters is not gold. (A.D. Ames, Publisher, 1880), also by Thomas Morton and A. D. Ames (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: All that glitters is not gold : a comic drama in two acts (W. Taylor, 1850), also by Thomas Morton (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: All that glitters is not gold; a comic drama, in two acts (French, 1905), also by Thomas Morton (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: At sixes and sevens. An original comedietta, in one act ... (S. French;, in the 1880s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Atchi! (H. Roorbach, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Atchi! A comedietta ... (T.H. Lacy, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Atchi : a comedietta in one act. As first performed at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, under the management of Miss Marie Wilton, September 21, 1868. To which is added, a description of the costumes, cast of the characters. (R.M. De Witt, 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Aunt Charlotte's maid. A farce. (G. M. Baker & co., 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Aunt Charlotte's maid, a farce in one act. (T.H. Lacy, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Away with melancholy. A farce, in one act. (Lacy, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The barbers of Bassora : a comic opera in two acts (Chapman and Hall, 1838), also by Pierce Egan, John Hullah, and Covent Garden Theatre (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Betsy Baker (Harold Roorbach, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Betsy Baker (Samuel French, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Betsy Baker! or, Too Attentive by Half; A Farce, in One Act (Gutenberg ebook)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Box and cox : a romance of real life (Walter H. Baker, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Box and Cox; a romance of real life in one act. (Douglas, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Box and cox; a romance of real life, in one act. (Scott & Co., 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Box and Cox : a romance of real life in one act (T.H. Lacy, 1847) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Box and Cox. A romance of real life, in one act. With the stage business, cast of Characters, costumes, relative positions, etc. (Samuel French, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Brother Ben, a farce in one act. (T.H. Lacy, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A capital match!; a farce in one act (Samuel French, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A captal match! A farce. In one act. (French, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Comediettas and farces (Harper & brothers, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Comediettas and farces (Harper, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The corporal's wedding! or, A kiss from the bride. A farce, in one act. (French, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Cousin Lambkin: an original farce in one act. (French, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A day's fishing : a farce in one act (Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Declined--with thanks. (De Witt, 1886), also by Henry Llewellyn Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Declined -- with thanks. An original farcical comedietta, in one act and one scene ... (De Witt, 1886), also by Henry Llewellyn Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A desperate game : a comic drama, in one act (T.H. Lacy, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A desperate game. A comic drama, in one act. (French, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Dinner for six (S. French, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Done on both sides : a farce in one act (Samuel French, Ltd.;, 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Done on both sides : a farce in one act (T. H. Lacy, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Don't judge by appearances : a farce in one act (Charles H. Spencer, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Drawing rooms, second floor, and attics. A farce, in one act. (Lacy, 1864) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Eight hours at the sea-side. A farce, in one act. (French, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: An Englishman's house is his castle. In one act. (French, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: First come, first served. (De Witt, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: First come, first served. A comedietta, in one act. (De Witt, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Fitzsmythe of Fitzsmythe hall, a farce in one act. (French, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Friend Waggles : a farce, in one act (Duncombe, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: From village to court. A comic drama. In two acts. (French, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A game of romps : a farce in one act (S. French, 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Going to the derby. An original farce, in one act. (Lacy, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw; a farce in one act. (W. Taylor, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw : a farce in one act (H. Lacy, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw. A farce, in one act. (Dramatic Pub. Co., in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw : a farce, in one act (T.H. Lacy, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Guttle and Gulpit. A farce, in two acts. (W. Taylor, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A hopeless passion: a petite comedy, in one act. (French, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: How stout you're getting; a farce, in one act (A.D. Ames, in the 1870s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A husband to order : a serio-comic drama, in two acts (W.H. Baker, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A husband to order : a serio comic drama in two acts. (Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: If I had a thousand a year. A farce in one act. (Dramatic Pub. Co., in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: In the pigskin (Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The Irish tiger: a farce, in one act ... ([n.p.], 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: John Dobbs. A farce, in one act. (T. H. Lacy, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Lend me five shillings : a farce in one act (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Lend me five shillings : a farce in one act (W. Taylor, 1846), also by M. Xavier (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Lend me five shillings : a farce in one act (T.H. Lacy, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Lend me five shillings : a farce in one act (Dramatic Pub., 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Lend me five shillings : a farce in one act (Penn Pub. Co., 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Lend me five shillings : a farce in one act (Penn Pub. Co., 1915) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: "Little mother", a comic piece, in two acts. (French, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The little savage. A farce in one act. (T.H. Lacy, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Love and Hunger, a farce in one act. (T.H. Lacy, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Master Jones's birthday. A farce, in one act ... As first performed at the Princess's Theatre, London ... August 24, 1868 . (R.M. De Witt, 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The midnight watch : a drama, in one act (De Witt Pub. House, in the 1890s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The midnight watch! an original drama, in one act. (Duncombe and Moon, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The midnight watch : an original drama in one act (T.H. Lacy, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A Most unwarrantable intrusion; a comic interlude in one act. (Samuel French, 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A most unwarrantable intrusion; a comic interlude in one act. (S. French, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A Most unwarrantable intrusion : a comic interlude in one act / by John Maddison Morton. (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The mother and child are doing well. A farce, in one act. (Turner & Fisher, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The mother and child are doing well : a farce in one act (H. Roorbach, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The mother and child are doing well; a farce in one act. (French, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The muleteer of Toledo; or, King, queen, and knave. A comic drama, in two acts. (T. H. Lacy, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: My bachelor days, etc., a collection of six entirely new pieces ... with preface. (Dramatic Authors' Society, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: My first fit of the gout. An original farce, in one act. (Lacy, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: My precious Betsy : a farce in one act (G.M. Baker & Co., 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: My wife's second floor : an original farce in one act (S. French ;, 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: My wife's second floor, an original farce in one act (T. H. Lacy, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A narrow squeak. An original farce, in one act. (French, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Newington Butts! A farce, in two scenes. (Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Old honesty, a comic drama in two acts. (French, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: On the sly : a farce in one act (Clyde, Ohio : Ames, [186-?], in the 1860s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The original : an interlude in one act (Chapman and Hall, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Our wife (T.H. Lacy, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Pepperpot's little pets. A comedietta, in one act. (De Witt, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Pepperpot's little pets! A comedietta, in one act ... (De Witt, 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Plays for home performance (Ward, Lock, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Poor Pillicoddy. A farce, in one act. (C. T. De Witt, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Poor Pillicoddy : a farce, in one act (Turner & Fisher, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Pouter's wedding. A farce, in one act (T.H. Lacy, 1865) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A regular fix : a farce in one act (Dick & Fitzgerald, in the 1860s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A regular fix : a farce in one act ... (Penn Pub. Co., 1908) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The rights and wrongs of woman, a farce in one act. (Lacy, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Sent to the tower; a farce, in one act. (W.V. Spencer, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Sent to the tower; a farce in one act. (S. French, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Sent to the tower : a farce in one act / by John Maddison Morton. (T.H. Lacy, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The sentinel, a musical burletta in one act. (French, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: She would and he wouldn't; a comedy in two acts. (Samuel French, 1862) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: She would and he wouldn't, a comedy, in two acts ... (Lacy, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Sink or swim! : a comedy, in two acts (T.H. Lacy, 1852), also by Thomas Morton (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Slasher and crasher (W.H. Baker, in the 1920s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Slasher and Crasher! An original farce in one act. (T.H. Lacy, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A slice of luck. A farce, in one act. (Spencer, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Slight mistakes! An original farce, in one act. (Samuel French;, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Slight mistakes! An original farce in one act. Rev. and re-written for present representation. (French, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Something to do. A farce in one act. Rev. and re-written for present representation. (French, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Steeple-chase, or, In the pigskin : an original farce, in one act ... (S. French, Ltd., 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: "Take care of Dowb--." A farce, in one act. (Lacy, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Taken from the French : an original comedietta in one act. (S. French, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Thirty-three next birthday; a farce, in one act (A.D. Ames, in the 1910s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A thumping legacy ; a farce in one act (T.H. Lacy, 1843) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: A thumping legacy; an original farce in one act, as performed at the London and American theatres ... (French, in the 1860s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Ticklish time; a farce in one act. (S. French, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Ticklish times : a farce in one act (William V. Spencer, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Ticklish times; a farce in one act. (S.French, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The two Bonnycastles. (Lacy, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The two Bonnycastles. (1800), also by James Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The two Bonnycastles; a farce in one act. (S. French, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The two Bonnycastles a farce, in one act (S. French, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Two bonnycastles : a farce, in one act (Clinton T. De Witt, in the 1870s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The two buzzards, or Whitebait at Greenwich; a farce in one act. With a memoir of E.F. Keach. (W.V. Spencer, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The two puddifoots; a farce in one act. (C.H. Spencer, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The two puddifoots : a farce in one act (Geo. M. Baker, 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Unwarrantable intrusion (W.V. Spencer, in the 1860s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Waiting for an omnibus in the Lowther arcade on a rainy day. A farce, in one act. (Lacy, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Waiting for an Omnibus in the Lowther Arcade on a Rainy Day: A Farce, in One Act (Gutenberg ebook)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The wedding breakfast, a farce in one act. (French, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The wedding breakfast: A farce, in one act ... (J. Duncombe, in the 1840s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Where there's a will there's a way. A comic drama, in one act. (Lacy, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Which of the two? A comedietta in one act. (Dramatic Pub. Co., 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Which of the two? A comedietta in one act. (Lacy, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Which of the two? : a comedietta, in one act (Dramatic Pub. Co., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Who stole the pocket-book (W.V. Spencer, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Who's the composer? A comic drama. In two acts. (French, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The woman I adore! A farce. In one act. (Lacy, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Woodcock's little game : a comedy farce in two acts (New York : Robert M. De Witt, [1868?], 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Woodcock's little game, a comedy-farce in two acts (H. Roorbach, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Wooing one's wife : a farce, in one act (Thomas Hailes Lacy, 89, Strand (opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market,), 1861) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: The writing on the wall! : a melodrama, in three acts (Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1862), also by Thomas Morton (page images at HathiTrust)
Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891: Your life's in danger. A farce, in one act. (French, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)

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