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Wainwright, D. Wadsworth, Wheat and Chaff. A Comedy in Five Acts
New York Charles Roe 1858
Preliminaries omitted.
Walcot, Charles Melton, 1815–1868, A Good Fellow; A Petite Comedy in One Act. With Cast of Characters, Stage Business, Costumes, Relative Positions, Etc., Etc. As Performed at the American Theatres
New-York Samuel French 1856
Preliminaries omitted.
Walcot, Charles Melton, 1815–1868, Hi-a-wa-tha; or, Ardent Spirits and Laughing Water. A Musical Extravaganza. With Cast of Characters, Stage Business, Costumes, Relative Positions, &c., &c. As Performed at the Principal Theatres
New York Samuel French 1856
Preliminaries omitted.
Walcot, Charles Melton, 1815–1868, Nothing to Nurse: An Original Farce, in One Act. With Cast of Characters, Stage Business, Costumes, Relative Positions, &c., &c. As Performed at Laura Keene's Theatre, N. Y., September, 1857
New-York Samuel French 1857
Preliminaries omitted.
Walcot, Maria Grace, The Cup and the Lip. A Comedy, in Five Acts. From the French Comedy, “Le Testament De Cæsar Girodot,” by M. M. Adolphe Belot and Edmond Villetard. First Produced at the Odeon, Paris, 30th Sept., 1859
New York Samuel French 1861?
Preliminaries omitted.
Walker, Alfred, Kathleen O'More; or The Pledge of Love, a Drama in Three Acts
Utica D. C. Grove, Printer 1854
Preliminaries omitted.
Walker, Patrick, Wall-Street; or, Ten Minutes Before Three. A Farce, in Three Acts
New-York Publisher unknown 1819
Preliminaries omitted.
Wallack, James William, 1791?–1864, Congreve's Comedy of Love for Love, Carefully Revised, Curtailed, and Altered by James W. Wallack, and Produced for the First Time on Any Stage in Its Present Form, March 1st, 1854, at Wallack's Theatre, New-York. Correctly Marked as Acted, by Henry B. Phillips, Prompter
New-York D. Appleton And Company 1854
Preliminaries omitted.
Wallack, Lester, 1820–1888, Rosedale; Or, The Rifle Ball By Lester Wallack [in, Davy Crockett & Other Plays by Leonard Grover: Frank Murdock: Lester Wallack: G. H. Jessop: J. J. McCloskey: Edited by Isaac Goldberg and Hubert Heffner]
Princeton Princeton University Press 1940
Wallack, Lester, 1820–1888, The Veteran; or, France and Algeria. A Drama, in Six Tableaux. As Performed at Wallack's Theater, January 17, 1859
New York Samuel French 1859
Preliminaries omitted.
Wallack, W. H., Paul Jones; or The Pilot of the German Ocean. A Melo Drama, in Three Acts. Adapted to the New-York Theatres
New-York Elton's Dramatic Repository And Print Store 1828
Preliminaries omitted.
Ward, Thomas, Flora, or The Gipsy's Frolic; a Pastoral Opera in Three Acts. Drama and Music by Thomas Ward
New York French & Wheat, Printers 1858
Preliminaries omitted.
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728–1814, Sans Souci, Alias Free and Easy: Or An Evening's Peep into a Polite Circle. An Intire New Entertainment. In Three Acts
Boston Warden and Russell 1785
Preliminaries omitted.
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728–1814, The Adulateur. A Tragedy, as It Is Now Acted in Upper Servia
Boston New Printing-Office 1773
Preliminaries omitted.
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728–1814, The Defeat
City unknown Publisher unknown 1773
Preliminaries omitted.
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728–1814, The Group
Boston Edes And Gill 1775
Preliminaries omitted.
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728–1814, The Ladies Of Castile [in, Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous]
Boston I. Thomas And E. T. Andrews 1790
Only “The Ladies Of Castile” included.
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728–1814, The Motley Assembly, a Farce. Published for fhe Entertainment of the Curious
Boston Nathaniel Coverly 1779
Preliminaries omitted.
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728–1814, The Sack of Rome [in, Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous]
Boston I. Thomas And E. T. Andrews 1790
Only “The Sack of Rome” included.
Watterston, George, 1783–1854, The Child of Feeling. A Comedy, in Five Acts
George Town Joseph Milligan 1809
Preliminaries omitted.
Wells, Anna Maria (Foster), Mrs., 1795?–1868, The Owl And The Swallow. A Pastoral [in, Poems and Juvenile Sketches]
Boston Carter, Hendee & Babcock 1830
Only “The Owl And The Swallow. A Pastoral” included.
Wells, John, The Conspirators; a Drama
New-York Pudney & Russell, Printers 1856
Preliminaries omitted.
Wetmore, Alphonso, 1793–1849, The Pedlar: A Farce in Three Acts. Written for the St. Louis Thespians, by Whom it Was Performed with Great Applause
St. Louis John A. Paxton 1821
Preliminaries omitted.
White, Charles, 1821–1891., Bone Squash. A Comic Opera, in Two Acts and Eight Scenes. Arranged by C. White. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, etc. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Six]
New York Happy Hours Company [1875]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., Mazeppa. An Equestrian Burlesque, in Two Acts. Transposed and Arranged by C. White. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, Etc. ... [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Six]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., Oh! Hush! Or, The Virginny Cupids! An Operatic Olio. Arranged by C. White. In One Act and Three Scenes. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. ... [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Two]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., Old Dad's Cabin. A Negro Farce. In One Act and One Scene. Written and Arranged by C. White ... The Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Five]
New York Happy Hours Company [1875]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Black Shoemaker. A Negro Farce. Arranged by C. White. In One Act and One Scene. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. ... [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Three]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Black Statue: A Negro Farce, in One Act and One Scene. Arranged by C. White. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, Etc. ... [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Six]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Coopers. A Farce in One Act and One Scene. Written and Arranged by C. White. Time of Playing, Thirty Minutes. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Two]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Hop of Fashion. A Negro Farce. Arranged by C. White. In One Act and Two Scenes. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Four]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Jolly Millers, A Negro Farce. In One Act and One Scene. Written and Arranged by C. White. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Two]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Magic Penny: A Negro Farce. Arranged by C. White. In One Act and Three Scenes. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Five]
New York Happy Hours Company [1875]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Mischievous Nigger. A Negro Farce. Arranged by C. White. In One Act and One Scene. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers all over the Union. Part Two]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Sham Doctor. A Negro Farce. In One Act and Three Scenes: Written and Arranged by C. White. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Two]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Virginny Mummy: A Negro Farce, in One Act and Four Scenes. Arranged by C. White. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, Etc. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers all over the Union. Part Two]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., The Wreck: A Nautical Negro Farce. Arranged by C. White. In One Act and One Scene. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Four]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., Uncle Jeff. A Negro Farce. Arranged by C. White. In One Act and Five Scenes. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. ... [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Three]
New York Happy Hours Company [1874]
White, Charles, 1821–1891., Vilikens and Dinah. A Negro Farce. In One Act and One Scene. Written and Arranged by C. White. With the Stage Business, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, &c. ... [in, Darkey Plays, a Collection of Ethiopian Dramas, Farces, Interludes, Burlesque Operas, Eccentricities, Extravaganzas, Comicalities, Whimsicalities, Etc., Etc., as Played by the Principal “Burnt Cork” Performers All Over the Union. Part Five]
New York Happy Hours Company [1875]
White, John Blake, 1781–1859, Foscari, or, The Venetian Exile; a Tragedy, in Five Acts. As Performed at the Charleston Theatre
Charleston J. Hoff 1806
Preliminaries omitted.
White, John Blake, 1781–1859, Modern Honor: A Tragedy, in Five Acts; As Performed at the Charleston Theatre, South-Carolina
Charleston J. Hoff 1812
Preliminaries omitted.
White, John Blake, 1781–1859, The Forgers; a Dramatic Poem, Performed at the Charleston Theatre, 1825 And 1826
New York Octavius A. White 1825
Preliminaries omitted.
White, John Blake, 1781–1859, The Mysteries of the Castle, or The Victim of Revenge. A Drama, in Five Acts. As Performed at the Charleston Theatre
Charleston J. Hoff 1807
Preliminaries omitted.
White, John Blake, 1781–1859, The Triumph of Liberty, or Louisiana Preserved. A National Drama, in Five Acts
Charleston J. Hoff 1819
Preliminaries omitted.
White, William Charles, 1777–1818, Orlando
Boston John Russell 1797
Preliminaries omitted.
White, William Charles, 1777–1818, The Clergyman's Daughter; a Tragedy, in Five Acts. As Performed at the Boston Theatre
Boston Joshua Belcher 1810
Preliminaries omitted.
White, William Charles, 1777–1818, The Poor Lodger; a Comedy, in Five Acts; as Performed at the Boston Theatre
Boston Joshua Belcher 1811
Preliminaries omitted.
Whitley, Thomas W., The United States Democratic Review
New York J. & H. G. Langley 1850
Only “The Jesuit; Or The Amours Of Capt. Effingham And The Lady Zarifa” included.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856–1923., The Old Peabody Pew Dramatised by Kate Douglas Wiggin from Her Book of the Same Title
New York London Samuel French [1917]
Wiley, Sara King, 1871–1909, Cromwell: An Historical Play, in Five Acts [in, Poems Lyrical and Dramatic: To Which is Added Cromwell: An Historical Play by Sara King Wiley]
London Chapman & Hall 1900
Wilkins, Ed. G. P. (Edward G. P.), d. 1861, My Wife's Mirror: A Comedy in One Act. To which Are Added, a Description of the Costume—Cast of the Characters—Entrances and Exits—Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the Whole of the Stage Business. As First Performed at Laura Keene's Varieties, N. Y.
New-York Samuel French 1856
Preliminaries omitted.
Wilkins, Ed. G. P. (Edward G. P.), d. 1861, Young New York; A Comedy in Three Acts. As Produced at Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, Monday Evening, Nov. 24, 1856
New York John Perry 1856
Preliminaries omitted.
Wilkins, John H., d. 1853., Signor Marc: A Play in Five Acts By John H. Wilkins [in, Metamora & Other Plays by John Augustus Stone: Silas S. Steele: Charles Powell Clinch: Joseph M. Field: H. J. Conway (?): John H. Wilkins: Joseph Stevens Jones: John Brougham: Edited by Eugene R. Page]
Princeton Princeton University Press 1941
Williams, Charles, Gonzalvo; or, The Corsair's Doom. A Tragedy in Five Acts. The Elopement. A Petit Comedy, in Two Acts. Neoma. In Three Cantos. And Other Poems
Philadelphia T. K. And P. G. Collins 1848
Only “Gonzalvo; Or, The Corsair's Doom” included.
Williams, Marie Josephine, A Brown Paper Parcel: By M. J. W. ... [in, French's Acting Edition ... Volume 144]
London New York Samuel French [1899]
Williams, Marie Josephine, A Nice Quiet Chat: By M. J. W. ... [in, French's Acting Edition ... Volume 144]
London New York Samuel French [1899]
Williamson, J. B. (John Brown), d. 1802, Preservation; or, The Hovel of the Rocks: A Play, in Five Acts: Interspersed with Part of Lillo's Drama, in Three Acts, Called “Fatal Curiosity.”
Charleston T. C. Cox 1800
Only “Preservation” included.
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806–1867, Bianca Visconti; or The Heart Overtasked
New-York Samuel Colman 1839
Preliminaries omitted.
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806–1867, Two Ways of Dying for a Husband. I. Dying to Keep Him, or Tortesa the Usurer. II. Dying to Lose Him, or Bianca Visconti. By N. P. Willis, Esq.
London Hugh Cunningham 1839
Preliminaries omitted.
Winstanley, William, fl. 1793–1806, The Hypocrite Unmask'd: A Comedy, in Five Acts
New-York Geo. F. Hopkins 1801
Preliminaries omitted.
Woods, Walter, Billy The Kid by Walter Woods [in, The Great Diamond Robbery & Other Recent Melodramas by Edward M. Alfriend & A. C. Wheeler: Clarence Bennett: Charles A. Taylor: Lillian Mortimer: Walter Woods: Edited by Garrett H. Leverton
Princeton Princeton University Press 1940
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, Address Written for the Opening of the Warren Theatre [in, The Poetical Works of Samuel Woodworth. Edited by his son]
New York Charles Scribner 1861
Preliminaries and introductory matter omitted.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, Address for the Opening of the New Park Theatre&Mdash;Spoken by Mrs. Barnes, in the Character of Melpomene [in, The Poetical Works (1861)]
New York Charles Scribner 1861
Preliminaries and introductory matter omitted.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, Address, Spoken by Mr. Hamblin on the Occasion of a Complimentary Benefit to Mr. Cooper the Tragedian [in, The Poetical Works of Samuel Woodworth. Edited by his son]
New York Charles Scribner 1861
Preliminaries and introductory matter omitted.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, Epilogue, to Cox's Opera of Rokeby Spoken by Barnes, Placide, and Hilson [in, The Poetical Works of Samuel Woodworth. Edited by his son]
New York Charles Scribner 1861
Preliminaries and introductory matter omitted.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, Epilogue, to the Native Drama of “Narrah Mattah.” Spoken by Mrs. Sharpe, in the character of Narrah Mattah [in, Melodies, Duets, Trios, Songs, and Ballads, Pastoral, Amatory, Sentimental, Patriotic, Religious, and Miscellaneous. Together with metrical epistles, tales and recitations. By Samuel Woodworth. Third edition, comprising many late productions never before published]
New York Published for the author, by Elliot & Palmer 1831
Only verse included.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, King's Bridge Cottage. A Revolutionary Tale. Founded on an Incident which Occured a Few Days Previous to the Evacuation of N. York by the British, a Drama in Two Acts. Written by a Gentleman of N. York, and Performed at the Amateur Theatre
New-York E. Dunigan 1826
Preliminaries omitted.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, La Fayette, or The Castle of Olmutz. A Drama, in Three Acts, as Performed at the New-York Park Theatre, with Unbounded Applause
New-York C. N. Baldwin 1824
Preliminaries omitted.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, New-Year Morning: A petit opera, in one act [in, The New-York Mirror: A Repository of Polite Literature and the Arts. Vol. VIII, January 8, 1831]
New-York J. Seymour 1831
Only “New-Year Morning” included.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, Prize Address, on the Opening of a Circus [in, The Poetical Works of Samuel Woodworth. Edited by his son]
New York Charles Scribner 1861
Preliminaries and introductory matter omitted.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, Shooting Stars: Or, The Battle Of The Comets. An Unwritten Tragedy, in Two Acts. Not by Shakespeare
New York Charles Scribner 1861
Only “Shooting Stars: Or, The Battle Of The Comets” included.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, The Deed of Gift. A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As Performed at the Boston Theatre
New-York C. N. Baldwin 1822
Preliminaries omitted.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, The Ninth Anniversary Of The New York Mirror, July, 1831 [in, The Poetical Works of Samuel Woodworth. Edited by His Son. In Two Volumes. Vol. II]
New York Charles Scribner 1861
Only “The Ninth Anniversary Of The New York Mirror, July, 1831” included.
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784–1842, The Widow's Son, or, Which Is the Traitor. A Melo-Drama, in Three Acts. As Performed at the New-York Park Theatre. Music—by J. H. Swindells, of New-York
New-York C. N. Baldwin 1825
Preliminaries omitted.
Woolf, Benjamin Edward, 1836–., The Mighty Dollar By Benjamin E. Woolf [in, Favorite American Plays of the Nineteenth Century: Edited with an Introduction by Barrett H. Clark]
Princeton Princeton University Press 1943
Workman, James, d. 1832, Liberty In Louisiana; A Comedy, Performed at the Charleston Theatre. The Second Edition, with Additions and Corrections
Charleston Query And Evans 1804
Preliminaries omitted.
Wright, Frances, 1795–1852, Altorf, a Tragedy. First Represented in the Theatre of New-York, Feb. 19, 1819
Philadelphia M. Carey & Son 1819
Preliminaries omitted.
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