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. : Published according to act of Parliament. : [Three lines of quotation]
- Title
- 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. : Published according to act of Parliament. : [Three lines of quotation]
- Author
- Leacock, John.
- Publication
- [Boston] :: Philadelphia, printed: New-England, Boston; reprinted by John Gill, and Powars and Willis, in Queen-Street,,
- [1776?]
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- Subject terms
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
- Plays -- 1776.
- Satires.
- Poems -- 1776.
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"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. : Published according to act of Parliament. : [Three lines of quotation]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N11731.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 31, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- THE DEDICATION.
- THE PREFACE.
- THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY.
- THE PROLOGUE,
- Dramatis Personae.
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THE FALL OF BRITISH TYRANNY,
&c. - ACT I.
- ACT II.
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ACT III.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III. In a Street in BOSTON.
- SCENE IV. In BOSTON, while the Regulars were flying from LEXINGTON.
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SCENE V. Lord
Boston and guards on a hill in BOSTON, that overlooks CHARLESTOWN. -
SCENE VI.
Roger and Dick , two sheppards near LEXINGTON, after the defeat and flight of the Regulars. - SCENE VII. In a chamber, near BOSTON, the morning after the battle of BUNKER'S HILL.
- ACT IV.
- ACT V.
- THE EPILOGUE.