Plays

Old New York, or Democracy in 1689: a tragedy in five acts (1848)

[Published: New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1853.]

Destiny (~1848)

a rough typescript of the play is available here, from The University of Virginia. Another MS of the same play, entitled “Masaniello” is held in the Elizabeth Oakes Smith papers at the New York Public Library. The versions have not been compared or collated).

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The Roman Tribute (1850)

[Scripts used for performances in Philadelphia, November 1850 held in the Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.]

Hand-stitched and copied performance edition of Act I of The Roman Tribute. Click to view larger.