l Piercy.
"A diverting scene between a Whig and a Tory.
"A spirited scene between General Prescott and Colonel Allen.
"A shocking scene, a dungeon, between Colonel Allen and an officer of
the guard.
"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
Washington, 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 Principal 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 Title-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/Nassau-Hall/New-Jersey/September 29th,
1762./Philadelphia:/Printed by William Bradford, M, DCC, LXII.
[Illustration: 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. JA
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