the successful production of Douglas, and after Home had been appointed private secretary to Lord Bute, and tutor to the
Prince of Wales (afterwards George III) Garrick reversed his former rejection, and produced
Agis in Drury Lane. Garrick himself played one of the principal parts, the other parts being taken by Messrs. Mossop, Havard,
Holland, and Davies, and Mrs. Pritchard, Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Cibber.
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MORGAN,
McNamara.
Philoclea. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. Written by M
cNamara Morgan, a Student of the Middle Temple . . .
London: Printed for
R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-mall, And Sold by
M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row.
1754. Price
One Shilling and Six Pence.
PR1241 .L6, [punct.
sic.--
Ed.] v. 18
First Edition. 8vo. 40 leaves.
Baker III, 444.
Clarence, page 354.
McNamara Morgan, d. 1762, was born in Dublin. This tragedy, founded on a part of Sidney’s
Arcadia
, was produced in Covent Garden in January 1754, and ran for nine nights. It is dedicated to George Dodington. In the Preface
the author pays his acknowledgments to “the excellent Performance of Mr. Barry and Miss Nossiter.”
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30
Tragedies by several hands.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 150, no. 15, as above.
1831 Catalogue, page 238, no.
J. 8, as above.
1839 Catalogue, page 619, no.
J. 8. Tragedies, 12mo, viz: Distressed Mother, by A. Philips; Glasgow, 1746.--Oroonoko, by T. Southern; Dublin, 1750.--Fall
of Saguntum, by P. Frowde; London, 1735.--Siege of Damascus, by J. Hughes; London, 1744.--Mariamne, by E. Fenton; London,
1745.
As in the previous entry, Tragedies by several hands, 8vo, the early Library of Congress catalogues repeat Jefferson’s entry, the 1831 Catalogue supplying the new number, 8. In the 1839 Catalogue, no. J. 8 contains the full list as above, and in
the later catalogues the tragedies are found in their alphabetical place.
RACINE,
Jean--PHILIPS,
Ambrose.
The Distrest Mother. A Tragedy.
Glasgow,
1746.
12mo. A copy of an edition printed in
Glasgow was not located, and the above title, taken from the 1849 Library
of Congress Catalogue, may not be accurate. The titles of many editions,
particularly the earlier ones, ascribe the play to Philips alone. The title of the first edition, printed in 1712, reads: The
Distrest Mother. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royale in Drury-Lane.
By Her Majesty’s Servants. Written by Mr. Philips. The title of
Bell’s edition, 1791, reads: The Distrest Mother. A Tragedy. Translated
by Ambrose Philips, from the Andromaque of Racine. Adapted for Theatrical representation, as performed at the
Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane, and Covent Garden . . .
This edition not in any bibliography consulted.
Ambrose Philips, 1675?-1749, English poet, translated and adapted Racine’s
Andromaque
. It was first acted in 1711 and first printed in 1712. The original cast at Drury Lane consisted of Messrs. Palmer, Packer,
Kemble and Barrymore, and Mesdames Kemble, Tidswell, Siddons and Collins.
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SOUTHERNE,
Thomas.
Oroonoko. A Tragedy. By Thomas Southern . . .
Dublin: Printed for
Peter Wilson, in Dame-street,
mdccl
. [1750.]
12mo. 42 leaves, the last 3 for the Catalogue of Books printed for
Peter Wilson.
This edition not in the English bibliographies.
Jones, page 103.
Thomas Southerne, 1660-1746, Irish dramatist.
Oroonoko was first acted at Drury Lane in 1696. The scene is laid in “Surinam, a Colony in the West-Indies; at the Time of the Action
of the Tragedy, in the Possession of the English.” The play is founded on Mrs. Aphra Behn’s novel
Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave
, published with her collected Histories and Novels in 1698.
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