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Burleque Plays and Poems, Introduction

Burleque Plays and Poems, Introduction

by Henry Morley

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Editor
Morley, Henry, 1822-1894
Title
Burlesque Plays and Poems
Credits
Produced by Susan Skinner, Jane Robins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English drama
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 53606
Release Date
November 26, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.BURLESQUE PLAYS AND POEMS
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.The Rime of Sir Thopas.
  4. 4.THE RIME OF SIR THOPAS.
  5. 5.THE Knight of the Burning Pestle . — ACT I.—Scene I. — ACT II.—Scene I. — ACT III.— Scene I. — ACT IV.—Scene I. — ACT V.—Scene I.
  6. 6.The Rehearsal . — PROLOGUE. — ACT I.— Scene I. — ACT II.— Scene I. — ACT III.— Scene I. — ACT IV.—Scene I. — SCENE II. — ACT. V.—Scene I. — EPILOGUE.
  7. 7.The Splendid Shilling.
  8. 8.Two "Odes." — To Miss Margaret Pulteney, Daughter of Daniel Pulteney, Esq., in the Nursery . April 27, 1727. — To Miss Charlotte Pulteney, in her Mother's Arms . May 1, 1724. — NAMBY PAMBY: — A WORD UPON PUDDING.
  9. 9.THE TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES: OR, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF Tom Thumb the Great . — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. — ACT I. — ACT II. — ACT III.
  10. 10.Chrononhotonthologos : — PROLOGUE.
  11. 11.The Rovers ; OR, THE DOUBLE ARRANGEMENT. — PROLOGUE. — ACT I.— Scene I . — ACT II. — ACT IV.
  12. 12.Bombastes Furioso . — Scene IV .— A Wood.
  13. 13.Rejected Addresses .
  14. 14.LOYAL EFFUSION.
  15. 15.THE BABY'S DEBUT.
  16. 16.AN ADDRESS WITHOUT A PHŒNIX.
  17. 17.CUI BONO? — To the Secretary of the Managing Committee of Drury Lane Playhouse.
  18. 18.IN THE CHARACTER OF A HAMPSHIRE FARMER.
  19. 19.THE LIVING LUSTRES.
  20. 20.THE REBUILDING.
  21. 21.DRURY'S DIRGE.
  22. 22.A TALE OF DRURY LANE. — The Night. — The Burning. — The Revival.
  23. 23.JOHNSON'S GHOST.
  24. 24.THE BEAUTIFUL INCENDIARY.
  25. 25.FIRE AND ALE.
  26. 26.PLAYHOUSE MUSINGS.
  27. 27.DRURY LANE HUSTINGS. A NEW HALFPENNY BALLAD.
  28. 28.ARCHITECTURAL ATOMS. Translated by Dr. B.
  29. 29.THEATRICAL ALARM BELL.
  30. 30.THE THEATRE. — A PREFACE OF APOLOGIES.
  31. 31.THE THEATRE.
  32. 32.To the Managing Committee of the New Drury Lane Theatre.
  33. 33.Case No. I. MACBETH.
  34. 34.Case No. II. THE STRANGER.
  35. 35.Case No. III. GEORGE BARNWELL.
  36. 36.PUNCH'S APOTHEOSIS. — RECITATIVE.
  37. 37.Odes and Addresses to Great People .
  38. 38.ODE TO MR. GRAHAM. THE AERONAUT.
  39. 39.ODE TO MR. M'ADAM.
  40. 40.ODE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN.
  41. 41.TO SYLVANUS URBAN, ESQUIRE,
  42. 42.AN ADDRESS TO THE STEAM WASHING COMPANY.
  43. 43.LETTER OF REMONSTRANCE FROM BRIDGET JONES,
  44. 44.ODE TO R. W. ELLISTON, ESQUIRE, THE GREAT LESSEE!
  45. 45.ODE TO RICHARD MARTIN, ESQUIRE,
  46. 46.ODE TO W. KITCHENER, M.D.
  47. 47.ROUTLEDGE'S EXCELSIOR SERIES OF STANDARD AUTHORS,
  48. 48.ROUTLEDGE'S STANDARD LIBRARY,

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