The politician out-witted, a comedy, in five acts. : Written in the year 1788. / By an American. ; [Two lines from Falconer's Shipwreck]

Title

The politician out-witted, a comedy, in five acts. : Written in the year 1788. / By an American. ; [Two lines from Falconer's Shipwreck]

Author

Low, Samuel, b. 1765.

Publication

New-York: :: Printed for the author, by W. Ross, in Broad-Street, and sold by the different booksellers.,

M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]

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Subject terms

United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1809 -- Drama.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1809 -- Anecdotes

Plays -- 1789.

Satires.

Link to this Item

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Cite this Item

"The politician out-witted, a comedy, in five acts. : Written in the year 1788. / By an American. ; [Two lines from Falconer's Shipwreck]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N17012.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• Dramatis Personae.
• THE POLITICIAN OUT-WITTED.
  • Act I.
    • Scene I. Old LOVEYET'S House.
    • SCENE III. A STREET.
    • SCENE III. Mr. FRIENDLY'S House.
  • Act II.
    • Scene I. FRANKTON'S Lodgings.
    • SCENE II. Old LOVEYET'S House.
    • SCENE III. Another Part of LOVEYET'S House. DOLLY and THOMAS.
  • Act III.
    • Scene I. A BARBER'S SHOP.
    • SCENE II. A STREET.
    • SCENE III. Mr. FRIENDLY'S House.
    • SCENE IV. Another Part of Mr. FRIENDLY'S House.
  • Act IV.
    • Scene I. TRUEMAN'S House.
    • SCENE II. A STREET.
    • SCENE III. HERALD'S House.
    • SCENE IV.—Old LOVEYET'S House.
  • Act V.
    • Scene I. A STREET.
    • SCENE II. Mr. FRIENDLY'S House.
    • SCENE III. A STREET.
    • SCENE IV. The Street before MARIA'S House.
    • SCENE V. A Room in MARIA'S House.
    • SCENE VI. A STREET.
    • SCENE VII. TRUEMAN'S House.