Part 1 (2/2)

”Two affecting scenes in Boston after the flight of the regulars from Lexington, between Lord Boston, messenger and officers of the guard.

”A patriotic scene in the camp at Cambridge, between the Generals Was.h.i.+ngton, Lee, and Putnam, etc., etc.”

It is interesting to note that in the Abbe Robin's discerning remarks, concerning the effect of drama on the pupils of Harvard in 1781, and on the general appeal of drama among the American Patriots, he mentions ”The Fall of British Tyranny” without giving the author's name.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] 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 Princ.i.p.al Place of Action in America./Publish'd According to Act of Parliament./Quis furor o cives! quae tanta licentia ferri?/Lucan. lib. I. ver. 8./What blind, detested madness could afford/Such horrid licence to the murd'ring sword?/Rowe./Philadelphia:/Printed by Styner and Cist, in Second-street,/near Arch-street. M DCC LXXVI.

[2] ”The Medley; or, Harlequin Have At Ye All.” A pantomime produced at Covent Garden, and published in 1778.

[3] From Sabin, I take the following:

BARTON (A.) ”The Disappointment; or, The Force of Credulity.” A new American Comic Opera, of two Acts. By Andrew Barton, Esq. [Motto.] _New York, Printed in the year_ M, DCC, LXVIII. 8vo. pp. v., 58. P. t. Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions, by the Author.

_Philadelphia_, Francis Shallus, 1796. 12 mo. pp. iv., 94, p. 3801.

[Sabin also notes that the Philadelphia Library copy is very rare, with MS Key to the characters, who were Philadelphians. Air No. iv is Yankee Doodle (1767).]

[4] The t.i.tle-page runs as follows:

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/Na.s.sau-Hall/New-Jersey/September 29th, 1762./Philadelphia:/Printed by William Bradford, M, DCC, LXII.

[Ill.u.s.tration: 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 PRINc.i.p.aL PLACE OF ACTION IN AMERICA.

PUBLISH'D. ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

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