The Glory of Columbia, Her Yeomanry

The Glory of Columbia, Her Yeomanry is an 1803 play by the American playwright William Dunlap. It was first performed at the Park Theatre, New York, on 4 July, 1803.[1]

The Glory of Columbia is a piece resonating with the populist tone in theatre at the time. Much of it is adapted from Dunlap's earlier unsuccessful play André; a Tragedy in Five Acts. Unlike André, The Glory of Columbia was an instant success,[2] and continued to be regularly produced for fifty years.

References
  1. Wegelin, Oscar. "Early American Plays 1714-1830". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  2. Reed, Peter P. (2009). "Treason and Popular Patriotism in The Glory of Columbia". In Reed, Peter P. (ed.). Rogue Performances. Rogue Performances: Staging the Underclasses in Early American Theatre Culture. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 79–100. doi:10.1057/9780230622715_4. ISBN 978-0-230-62271-5.


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