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William Dunlap
William Dunlap , 1766-1839, American dramatist and theatrical manager, b. Perth Amboy, N.J. Inspired by the success of The Contrast by Royall Tyler, he began to write plays for the American Company (see Hallam, Lewis ). His second comedy, The Father; or, American Shandyism, produced in 1789,... Read more |
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Americas Lost Plays
America's Lost Plays. The celebrated anthology was first published in a series of twenty volumes by Princeton University Press in the early 1940s, under the general editorship of Barrett H. Clark. The anthology dealt with the work of such early playwrights as William Dunlap and James A. Herne... Read more |
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Pizarro
Pizarro (1800). Richard Brinsley Sheridan's long‐popular tragedy of a noble Inca's doomed battle against the Spanish invader, its most famous scene depicted the hero, Rolla, leaping over a chasm with a young child in one hand and his defending sword in another. Sheridan had based his play on... Read more |
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Andre
André (1798), a tragedy by William Dunlap. [Park Theatre, 3 perf.] Major André ( John Hodgkinson) has been captured and condemned to die for being a British spy. His friends, including patriotic Americans, admire him enough to attempt to save him. First among these friends is Bland (... Read more |
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John Hodgkinson
Hodgkinson, John [né Meadowcroft] (1767–1805), actor and manager. Son of a British farmer turned publican, he enlisted in a troupe playing in Bristol and Bath, then in 1791 wrote to Lewis Hallam Jr. and John Henry, requesting a position in their company. Hodgkinson made his American... Read more |
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Thomas Wignell
Wignell, Thomas (1753–1803), actor and manager. The English‐born performer was brought to America in 1774 by his cousin, the younger Lewis Hallam. However, the outbreak of the Revolution forced him to sail almost immediately for Jamaica, and he did not begin to earn a name for himself... Read more |
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Dunlap, William
Dunlap, William (1766–1839), manager and playwright...Quinn concluded a long chapter devoted to Dunlap by noting, “[he] had the soul of an artist...remain secure.” Autobiography: Diary of William Dunlap, 1930. |
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André
André (1798), a tragedy by William Dunlap. [Park Theatre, 3 perf.] Major André...against England remained strong, Dunlap's attempt to be evenhanded in...Five years after its premiere Dunlap revived the work and presented it as... |
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Trip to Niagara, a; or, Travellers in America
...in America (1828), a play by William Dunlap. [Bowery Theatre, in repertory...this was only natural since even Dunlap confessed he had written the work as a...important American spectacles and gave Dunlap, ironically, his biggest commercial... |
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Theater
...Hallam and his successors were eventually bought out by William Dunlap (1766–1839) a playwright, manager, and first towering...Museum, whose company was led by two beloved players, William Warren and Mrs. Vincent. By the later nineteenth century... |
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Father, the; or, American Shandyism
...the; or, American Shandyism (1789), a comedy by William Dunlap.[John Street Theatre, in repertory.] Mr. Racket...Comedy bids fair to be a favorite entertainment,” Dunlap himself concluded, “Its merits have never entitled... |
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Hodgkinson, John
...Southwark Theatre in 1792 as Belcour in The West Indian. William Dunlap described him as “five feet ten inches in height...himself in the title role of André and as Rolla in Dunlap's version of Pizarro. His looks and fine acting won... |
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American Company, The
...by Hallam Jr., John Henry, John Hodgkinson, and William Dunlap who moved the company to the new Park Theatre in 1798...American Company. The name remained until 1805, when Dunlap went bankrupt and Thomas Abthorpe Cooper assumed the... |
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Martin, John
Martin, John (1770–1807), actor. Although William Dunlap calls him the first native American to become a professional...American to have an extended career on his native stages. Dunlap wrote of him, “He was of fair complexion, middle... |
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Cooke, George Frederick
...Park Theatre in 1810 as Richard III, considered his best role. Dunlap recalled, “The high key in which he pitched his voice, and its sharp...first welcomed. Biography: The Life of George Frederick Cooke, William Dunlap. 1813. |
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Drama
...for time, money, and souls. William Dunlap (1766–1839), the eighteenth‐century...Bronson Howard, Clyde Fitch, and William Vaughn Moody.The second period of...Thornton Wilder, Lillian Hellman, William Inge, and Edward Albee, among... |
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"Manly Exercises": Post-Revolutionary Performances of Authority in the...
...attracted by, and united in, manly exercises. --William Dunlap, The History of the American Theatre (1832) I cannot...Milton, Areopagitica (1644) In 1787, 21-year-old William Dunlap forsook his first-chosen vocation, painting, to... |
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William Dunlap: What a Find! Artist Breaks Old Ground With His Archaeological...
...understand a good part of artist William Dunlap's work. "I'm still that 9...and marbles in his pocket," says Dunlap in the accent of deep Mississippi...strata of the earth are echoed in Dunlap's artworks, with their layers... |
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William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history.(ART,...
N7483 2004-018193 1-55849-475-8 William Dunlap and the construction of an American art history. Lyons...p. $34.95 Lyons (art history, Drake U.) sees Dunlap's (1766-1839) History of the Rise and Progress... |
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT ISSUES ORDER REGARDING WILLIAM E. DUNLAP AND LINDA...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- United States Tax Court issued the following order on Jan. 17: WILLIAM E. DUNLAP JR. & LINDA LEE DUNLAP, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent Docket No. 16036-10S ORDER On January... |
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Major Jack Martin Dunlap, Jr.
...Conneaut Lake, Pa.; and a nephew, J.C. Kenna of Conneaut Lake, Pa. Major Dunlap was preceded in death by a son, Bruce Dunlap; and a brother, William Dunlap. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend a funeral service from... |
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Obituary: DUNLAP, DONALD
Donald W. Dunlap1920 ~ 2009 Donald William Dunlap, 88, passed away May 11, 2009 in Taylorsville...1920 in Flatrock, Illinois, son of Luther William and Silvia Marie Miller Dunlap. Married Lois LaVon Pickle October 28, 1943... |
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Obituary: DUNLAP, DENNIS
...1946 to Willis Gordon Dunlap and Irene Lepak Dunlap. His sister Phyllis helped raise him after his...consultant. Survivors include Alexander Gordon Dunlap (Shelly), Martin William Dunlap, Adrienne Marie Dunlap and grandson ... |
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Dunlap, friend of Covina community
Bill Dunlap loved walking around his neighborhood making friends and being involved in the community he loved. Dunlap, born William Wayne Dunlap, died April 18 at the age of 76. The Missouri native enjoyed... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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OBIT - DUNLAP, PHELAN ANDERSON
...son of the late Phelan Quincy and Rush William Anderson Dunlap, and brother of the late William Petty Dunlap and Carl Anderson Dunlap. He was retired...wife, he is survived by his sons, William David Dunlap ... |
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OBIT - DUNLAP, HALSTEAD MCCOWN
...his wife, Lois Webster Alphin Dunlap. Mr. Dunlap was Chief Inspector at Modine for 20 years...survived by three sons, Halstead McClure (Hootie) Dunlap of Lexington, William Halstead Dunlap of Sterling, Va. and Thomas Henry ... |
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