Columbia and Britannia, a play. As it is performed at the hall in East Hampton Academy. / By Jabez Peck AM ; manuscript, 1786.

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Columbia and Britannia, a play. As it is performed at the hall in East Hampton Academy. / By Jabez Peck AM ; manuscript, 1786.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58773364

Original manuscript prompt copy of the play "Columbia and Britannia," by Jabez Peck, created for a performance of the work at the East Hampton Academy (Clinton Academy, East Hampton, Long Island) in April of 1786. Manuscript bears the owner's inscription by John Lyon Gardiner of East Hampton who is listed for the role of Arator in the manuscript's opening list of dramatis personae. Other cast members include John C. Brush as Fabius (George Washington), David Gardiner as Iracundas (General Putnam), Maltby Gelston as Perjurus (Benedict Arnold), Polly Chapman as Columbia, Nancy Rysam as Britannia, et al. Also included is a prologue by William Payne. Published as : Columbia and Britannia : a dramatic piece. / By a citizen of the United States. MUSA INQUIETA REGIONES INSUETAS EXPLORAT. New-London [Conn.] : Printed by T. Green, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787].

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