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American artist, critic, theatrical producer and playwright. Born 19
February, 1766 in Perth Amboy, N.J. Died New York 28 September, 1839
All were first performed in New York.
- The Father, or American Shandyism. Comedy, 5 acts. Published
1789. Produced John Street Theatre, Sept. 7, 1789. Early version
of The Father of an Only Child.
- Darby's Return. Comic sketch, 1 act. Published 1789. Produced
John Street Theatre, Nov. 24, 1789.
- Leicester. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1806. Produced,
John Street Theatre, Apr. 24, 1794, as The Fatal Deception or The
Progress of Guilt.
- Fontainville Abbey. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1806.
Produced
John Street Theatre, Feb. 16, 1795.
- The Archers, or The Mountaineers of Switzerland. Opera,
3 acts. Published 1796. Produced John Street Theatre, 1796. Music:
Benjamin Carr.
- Ribbemont, or The Feudal Baron. Tragedy, 5 acts. Produced 1796, as
The Mysterious Monk.
- Tell Truth and Shame Devil. Comedy, 2 acts. Published 1797.
Produced John Street Theatre, Jan. 9, 1797. Adapted from A.-L.-B. Robineau's Jérôme
Pointu.
- André. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1798. Produced Park
Theatre, Mar. 30, 1798.
- Lovers' Vows. Play, 5 acts. Published 1814. Produced Park
Theatre, Mar. 11, 1799. Adapted from August von Kotzebue 's Kind
der Liebe.
- The Italian Father. Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1810. Produced
Park Theatre, Apr. 15, 1799. Based on Thomas Dekker's The Honest Whore.
- The False Shame, or The American Orphan in Germany. Comedy,
4 acts. Published in 1940. Produced Park Theatre, Dec. 11, 1799. Adapted
from Kotzebue's Falsche Scham.
- The Wild Goose Chase. Play, 4 acts. Published 1800. Produced
Park Theatre, Jan. 24, 1800. Adapted from Kotzebue's Der Wildfang.
- The Virgin of the Sun. Play, 5 acts. Published 1800. Produced
Park Theatre, Mar. 12, 1800. Adapted from Kotzebue's Die Sonnenjungfrau.
- Pizarro in Peru, or The Death of Rolla. Play, 5 acts. Published
1800. Produced Park Theatre, Mar. 26, 1800. Adapted from Kotzebue's Die
Spanier in Peru.
- Fraternal Discord. Drama, 5 acts. Published 1809. Produced
Park Theatre, Oct. 22, 1800. Adapted from Kotzebue's Die Versöhnung
der Bruderzwist.
- Abaellino, the Great Bandit. Dramatic romance, 5 acts. Published
1802. Produced Park Theatre, Feb. 11, 1801. Adapted from Heinrich Zschokke's Abd/lino,
der Grosse Bandit.
- Peter the Great, or The Russian Mother. Play, 5 acts. Published
1814. Produced Park Theatre, 1802. Adapted from Joseph Marius von Babo's Die
Strelizen.
- The Voice of Nature. Drama, 3 acts. Published 1803. Produced
Park Theatre, Feb. 4, 1803. Adapted from L.-C. Caigniez's Le jugement
de Salomon.
- The Good Neighbor. Interlude, 1 act. Published 1814. Produced
Feb. 28, 1803. Adapted from the German of August Wilhelm Iffland.
- The Glory of Columbia: Her Yeomanry! Play, 5 acts. Published
1817. Produced Park Theatre, July 4, 1803. Adapted from André.
- The Wife of Two Husbands. Drama, 5 acts. Published 1804.
Produced Park Theatre, Apr. 4, 1804. Adapted from Guilbert de Pixérécourt's La
femme d deux maris.
- The Father of an Only Child. Play. Published 1806. Revision
of The Father, or American Shandyism.
- Yankee Chronology, or Huzza for the Constitution! Musical
inter-lude, 1 act. Published 1812. Produced Park Theatre, Sept. 7,
1812.
- Thirty Years, or The Gambler's Fate. Play, 3 days. Published
1940. Produced Bowery Theatre, Feb. 22, 1828. Adapted from Trente
ans, ou La vie d'un joueur, by Prosper Goubaux and Victor Ducange.
- A Trip to Niagara, or Travellers in America. Farce, 3
acts. Published 1830. Produced Bowery Theatre, Nov. 28, 1828.
Play Attributed to Dunlap
Rinaldo Rinaldi, or The Great Banditti (pub. 1810).
EDITIONS
- Dramatic Works, 2 vols., New York, 1806—1815;
- False Shame
and Thirty Years, ed. by O. S. Coad, America's Lost Play, vol.
II, Princeton, N.J., 1940—1941.
- André. Published in Representative American Plays from 1767
to the Present Day, ed. by A. H. Quinn, 7th ed., rev. and
era., New York, 1953.
CRITICISM
- O. S. Coad, William Dunlap: A Study of His Life and Works and of His
Place in Contemporary Culture, New York, 1917;
- R. H. Canary, William
Dunlap, New York, 1970.
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