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    Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76: An Incident of the Revolution
    Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76: An Incident of the Revolution
    Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76: An Incident of the Revolution
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    Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76: An Incident of the Revolution

    By Oliver Bell Bunce

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    This work presents a short comedy with well-imagined characters, active dialogue and thoroughly described costumes, set in the early months of the American Revolution. It contains a stew of competing beliefs which has modern relevance for understanding the tensions in American society and other hot spots in the world. An entertaining read full of comedy, situations, and turnarounds.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 23, 2019
    ISBN4064066148416
    Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76: An Incident of the Revolution

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      Representative Plays by American Dramatists - Oliver Bell Bunce

      Oliver Bell Bunce

      Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76

      An Incident of the Revolution

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066148416

      Table of Contents

      LOVE IN '76

      OLIVER BELL BUNCE.

      LAURA KEENE'S. NEW THEATRE,

      LOVE IN '76

      COSTUMES.

      LOVE IN '76.

      ACT I.

      ACT II.

      LOVE IN '76

      Table of Contents

      AN INCIDENT OF THE REVOLUTION

      [Illustration: OLIVER BELL BUNCE]

      OLIVER BELL BUNCE.

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      (1828-1890)

      The name of Oliver Bell Bunce is not prominently connected with the American Theatre. Authorities have taken little or no trouble to unearth his association with the plays and players of his time—the mid-period of the nineteenth century. Yet they all agree that, as illustration of parlour comedy, his Love in '76 is a satisfactory example of sprightliness and fresh inventiveness. For this reason, the small comedietta is included in the present collection. It challenges comparison with Royall Tyler's The Contrast for manner, and its volatile spirit involved in the acting the good services of such estimable players as Laura Keene, Stoddart, and Ringgold. In the cast also was J.G. Burnett, author of Blanche of Brandywine, a dramatization of a novel by George Lippard, also produced by Laura Keene.

      Love in '76 was given its première at Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, on February 28, 1857, for the benefit of the Shirt Sewers' Union; and was the second offering of a double bill beginning with Faust and Marguerite. Though the critiques of the time recognized in it a nice little play, they balked at what was considered to be a foolish nomenclature, Comedietta. What was liked about it, particularly, was the absence of patriotic fustian, for the national drama of the time seems to have been loaded down with long flights of fancy on the subject of liberty. Others hailed it as smart in the social sense. As late as March 31, 1892, the little play was revived by amateurs for the benefit of a monument to be erected over the neglected grave of Washington's mother.

      This was not the first time Bunce had appeared as a playwright. There had been seen, on June 10, 1850, at the New York Bowery Theatre, a tragedy entitled Marco Bozzaris; or, The Grecian Hero, and in the cast were J. Wallack, Jr., and his wife, together with John Gilbert. It was not based on the poem by Fitz-Greene Halleck, but, for its colour and plot, Bunce went direct to history. For Wallack he also wrote a tragedy, entitled Fate; or, The Prophecy, and, according to Hutton, during the summer of 1848, the Denin Sisters produced his Morning of Life, at the New York Chatham Theatre.

      Such was the extent of Bunce's drama writing. His life was not cast in the dramatic field, but rather in the publishing world. The plays were done in his early manhood. But he was pledged in interest to the theatre, and there are many significant criticisms and descriptions in print which convey an excellent impression of his attitude toward plays, players, and acting.

      Bunce was a self-made man, with an excellent grasp of literature, which served him well in his various literary ventures. His mind was cast

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