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. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• THE DEDICATION.
• THE PREFACE.
• THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY.
• THE PROLOGUE,
• Dramatis Personae.
• THE FALL OF BRITISH TYRANNY, &c.
  • ACT I.
    • SCENE I.
    • SCENE II.
    • SCENE III.
    • SCENE IV.
    • SCENE V.
  • ACT II.
    • SCENE I.
    • SCENE II.
  • ACT III.
    • SCENE I.
    • SCENE II.
    • SCENE III. In a Street in BOSTON.
    • SCENE IV. In BOSTON, while the Regulars were flying from LEXINGTON.
    • 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.
    • SCENE I.
    • SCENE II. Near the state-room.
    • SCENE III.
    • SCENE IV. Lord Kidnapper comes up on the quar|ter deck.
    • SCENE. V.
    • SCENE VI. In the Cabin.
    • SCENE VII. In BOSTON. A council of war after the battle of BUNKER's HILL.
  • ACT V.
    • SCENE I.
    • SCENE II. A dungeon.
    • SCENE. III. In the camp at CAMBRIDGE.
    • SCENE III.
    • SCENE IV.
• THE EPILOGUE.