for your files:
American temperance dramas, 1844 to 1916
1840s
Smith, William Henry. The Drunkard; or, the Fallen Saved. New
York: DeWitt Publishing House, 1856. Earlier editions in 1844
and 1847 (Boston).
The Drunkard's Home. New York: Harold Roorbach, [18-?].
Produced in 1847.
Peake, Richard Brinsley. The Bottle Imp. Philadelphia:
Frederick Turner, 184?.
1850s
Pratt, William W. Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. Rpt. in Hiss the
Villain. Michael Booth, editor. New York: B. Blom, 1964. based
on the T. S. Arthur novel of the same name.
Smith, William Henry. The Drunkard; or, the Falled Saved. New
York: DeWitt Publishing House, 1856. Earlier editions in 1844
and 1847 (Boston).
Thayer, C. W. The Drunkard's Warning. New York: Happy Hours,
[18-?]. Produced 1856.
Fowle, William Bentley. The Tear. Boston: Morris Cotton, 1857.
Kidder, Jerome. The Drama of the Earth. New York: A. Ranney,
1857.
Allen, John H. The Fruits of the Wine Cup. New Edition; Revised
and Improved. New York: Happy Hours, 18-?. Produced 1858.
Greenly, Jay. The Three Drunkards. New Albany, Ind.: 1858.
1860s
Baker, George M. A Drop Too Much. Boston: Walter H. Baker &
Co., 1894. Earlier editions in 1865 and 1866.
Baker, George M. A Little More Cider. Boston: Lee and Shepard,
1870. Earlier edition in 1865.
Baker, George M. We're All Teetotalers. Boston: Walter H. Baker
& Co., 1866.
Baker, George M. The Tempter; or, The Sailor's Return. Boston:
W. H. Baker and Co., 1894. Earlier edition in 1868.
Bradley, Nellie H. The First Glass; or, The Power of Woman's
Influence. Rockland, Maine: Z. Pope Vose and Co., 1868.
Bradley, Nellie H. Marry No Man If He Drinks: or, Laura's Plan
and How It Succeeded. Rockland, Maine: Z. Pope Vose and Co.,
1868.
Bradley, Nellie H. Reclaimed; or, The Power of Moderate
Drinking. Rockland, Maine: Z. Pope Vose and Co., 1868.
Bradley, Nellie H. The Young Teetotaler; or, Saved at Last.
Rockland, Maine: Z. Pope Vose and Co., 1868.
Chellis, Mary Dwinell. Which Will You Choose? Rockland, Maine:
Z. Pope Vose, 1869.
Hammond, S. T., editor. A Collection of Temperance Dialogues.
Ottawa: S. T. Hammond, 1869.
McConaughy, Julia E. Loomis, b. 1834. The Drunkard's Daughter,
1869. In A Collection of Temperance Dialogues, comp. S. T.
Hammond. Ottawa, 1869.
Seymour, Harry. Aunt Dinah's Pledge. New York: Happy Hours,
[18-?]. based on the 1869 novel by Mary Dwinell Chellis.
Seymour, Harry. The Temperance Doctor. New York: Samuel French,
18-?.
1870s
Heege, Phillip A. One Month Married; or, Does He Drink?. Ms. at
Copyright Office, Library of Congress. sounds 1870sish.
Pitt, G. D. The Drunkard's Doom; or the Last Nail. Clyde, Ohio:
A. D. Ames, [18-?].
Tardy, Edwin. Saved; or, Woman's Influence. Clyde, Ohio: A. D.
Ames, [18-?]. also sounds 1870sish to me.
Baker, George M. The Last Loaf. Boston: Walter H. Baker Co.,
1898. Earlier editions in 1870 and 1876.
Baker, George M. A Little More Cider. Boston: Lee and Shepard,
1870. Earlier edition in 1865.
Mitchell, Thomas. The Household Tragedy. Albany, New York:
Weed, Parsons & Co., 1870.
Bradley, Nellie H. The Stumbling Block; or, Why a Deacon Gave Up
His Wine. Rockland, Maine: Z. Pope Vose and Co., 1871.
McCloskey, James J. The Fatal Glass; or, The Curse of Drink.
New York & London: Samuel French, [18-?]. Produced in 1871.
Wilkins, W. Henri. Three Glasses a Day; or, the Broken Home.
Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1878. Produced in 1871.
McCloskey, James J. Across the Continent: Scenes from New York
Life and the Pacific Railroad. [18-?]. Rpt. in America's Lost
Plays, volume 4. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1940.
Booth, George H. The Drunkard's Dream. Springfield, Mass.:
Clark W. Bryan and Co., 1872.
Baker, George M. The Little Brown Jug. Boston: Publisher Walter
H. Baker & Co., 1876. Earlier edition in 1873.
Bradley, Nellie H. Wine as Medicine; or, Abbie's Experience.
Rockland, Maine: Z. Pope Vose and Co., 1873.
Morton, Charles H. Three Years in a Man-Trap. Camden, N. J.:
New Republic, 1873. based on the 1873 novel of the same name by
T. S. Arthur. when the novel was published it was promoted as
the "Uncle Tom's Cabin of Temperance." See Arthur's Illustrated
Home Magazine, March 1873, for his assessment of this adaptation.
Baker, George M. Seeing the Elephant. Boston: Lee & Shepard,
1874.
Gilbert, Clayton H. Rescued. Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1874.
Hotchkiss, Zort P. Saved. Richmond, Ind.: Telegram Steam
Printing, 1874.
Comstock, William. Rum; or, the First Glass. New York: Robert
M. De Witt, 1875.
McDermott, [J.] and Trumble, [J.]. A Game of Billiards. New
York: Happy Hours, 1875.
McDermott, [J.] and Trumble, [J.]. The Wrong Bottle. New York:
Happy Hours, [1875.]
Baker, George M. The Last Loaf. Boston: Walter H. Baker Co.,
1898. Earlier editions in 1870 and 1876.
Baker, George M. The Little Brown Jug. Boston: Publisher Walter
H. Baker & Co., 1876. Earlier edition in 1873.
Baker, George M. The Man with the Demijohn. Boston: George M.
Baker & Co., 1876.
Delafield, John H. The Last Drop. New York: Happy Hours, 1876.
Howe, Capt. William Oscar. The Drunkard's Dream; or, The Spirit
of Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Six. Fitchburg, Mass: Sentinel
Printing Co., 1876.
Harrigan, Edward. Sons of Temperance, 1876.
The Wine Cup; or, Saved at Last. New York: Happy Hours, 1876.
Ames, A. D. (arranger). Wrecked. Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1877.
Denison, T. S. The Sparkling Cup. Chicago: T. S. Denison, 1877.
Dunn, E. C. Lost. Rockford, Ill.: Register Co., 1877.
McBride, H. Elliott. The Closing of the "Eagle." New York: Dick
and Fitzgerald, 1877.
McBride, H. Elliott. Don't Marry a Drunkard to Reform Him. New
York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1877.
McBride, H. Elliott. Out of the Depths. New York: Dick and
Fitzgerald, 1877.
McBride, H. Elliott. The Poisoned Darkys. New York: Dick and
Fitzgerald, 1877.
McBride, H. Elliott. Ralph Coleman's Reformation. New York:
Harold Roorbach, [187?].
Murray, Ellen. Licensed Snakes. Temperance Dialogue. In
Dramatic Leaflets: Comprising Original and Selected Plays
(anthology), c. 1877.
McBride, H. Elliott. On the Brink; or, The Reclaimed Drunkard.
Chicago: T. S. Denison, 1878.
Miles, Frank Lee and H. W. Phillips. The Wine-Cup: or The
Tempter and Tempted. [Danville, PA, 1880]. Produced in 1878.
Shears, Mrs. L. D. The Wife's Appeal. New York, 1878.
Wilkins, W. Henri. Three Glasses a Day; or, the Broken Home.
Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1878. Produced in 1871.
Belasco, David. Drink (drama based on Zola's L'Assomoir), 1879.
Cook, S. N. Broken Promises. New York: Happy Hours, 1879.
Cook, S. N. Out in the Streets. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald,
18-?.
Locke, David Ross. Widow Bedott, 1879.
McBride, H. Elliott. Before the Execution. Chicago: Henneberry
Co., n. d.
McBride, H. Elliott. A Bitter Dose. New York: National
Temperance Society and Publishing House, 1879.
McBride, H. Elliott. A Boy's Rehearsal. New York: National
Temperance Society and Publishing House, 1879.
McBride, H. Elliott. A Talk on Temperance. New York: National
Temperance Society and Publishing House, 1879.
Vautrot, Geo. S. Esq. At Last. Clyde, Ohio, A. D. Ames, 1879.
1880s
Arnold, Laura C. Sauce for the Goose. Columbus, Ind.: Democrat
Office, 1880.
Babcock, Charles W., M. D. Adrift. Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames,
c.1880.
Denison, T. S. Hard Cider. Chicago: T. S. Denison, 1880.
Wilkins, W. Henri. The Turn of the Tide; or, Wrecked in Port A
Nautical and Temperance Drama. Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1880.
McBride, H. Elliott. Two Drams of Brandy. New York: Harold
Roorbach, [1881].
McBride, H. Elliott. Under the Curse. New York: Dick and
Fitzgerald, 1881.
Cutler, F. L. Lost!; or, The Fruits of the Glass. Clyde, Ohio:
A. D. Ames, 1882.
McBride, H. Elliott. The Stolen Child; or, a New Hampshire Man
in Boston. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1882.
McBride, H. Elliott. Those Thompsons. New York: Dick and
Fitzgerald, 1882.
McBride, H. Elliott. Well Fixed for a Rainy Day. New York: Dick
and Fitzgerald, [1882.]
Carswell, Edward. Mind Your Business. New York: National
Temperance Society and Publication House, 1884.
Baker, George M. The Flowing Bowl. Boston: W. H. Baker & Co.,
1885.
Buxton, Ida M. Our Awful Aunt. Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1885.
Meriwether, Elizabeth Avery. The Devil's Dance. St. Louis:
Hailman Bros., [1886].
Buxton, Ida M. On to Victory. Clyde, Ohio: A. D. James, 1887.
Murray, Ellen. Cain, Ancient and Modern. Philadelphia: P.
Garrett & Co., 1887.
Sheridan, Eugene. Wrecked and Saved. 1887. Ms. at Library of
Congress.
Signing the Pledge. Philadelphia: P. Garrett, 1887.
Thayer, Julia M. Fighting the Rum Fiend. Philadelphia: P.
Garrett & Co., 1887.
Woodward, T. Trask. The Social Glass; or, Victims of the Bottle.
New York & London: Samuel French, 1887.
Bradley, Nellie H. A Temperance Picnic with the Old Woman Who
Lived in a Shoe. New York: National Temperance Society and
Publishing House, 1888.
Colman, Julia. No King in America. New York: National
Temperance Society and Publishing House, 1888.
Elwyn, Lizzie May. Dot, The Miner's Daughter; or, One Glass of
Wine. Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1888.
Herne, James A. Drifting Apart. (Originally titled Mary, the
Firsherman's Daughter.) Rpt. in The Early Plays of James A.
Herne, Arthur Hobson Quinn, ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP,
1940. Earlier edition in 1888.
Landis, Simon M. Dick Shaw, the Fiend. Detroit, Michigan: Edna
Powell Landis, 1888.
Adkisson, Noble. Ruined By Drink. New York: Samuel French,
1889.
Latour, Rev. H. J. True Wealth. New York: National Temperance
Society and Publishing House, 1889.
1890s
Whalen, E. C. Under the Spell. Chicago: T. S. Denison, 1890.
Todd, J. W. J. Arthur Eustace; or, a Mother's Love. Clyde,
Ohio: Ames Publishing Co., 1891.
Baker, George M. A Drop Too Much. Boston: Walter H. Baker &
Co., 1894. Earlier editions in 1865 and 1866.
Baker, George M. The Tempter; or, The Sailor's Return. Boston:
W. H. Baker and Co., 1894. Earlier edition in 1868.
Penney, Lizzie. How to Fight the Drink; or, The Saloon Must Go!
New York: National Temperance Society and Publishing House, 1894.
Denison, T. S. Only Cold Tea. Chicago: T. S. Denison, 1895.
McBride, H. Elliott. As By Fire. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing
Co., 1895.
McFall, B. G. Among the Moonshiners; or, a Drunkard's Legacy.
Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1897.
Baker, George M. The Last Loaf. Boston: Walter H. Baker Co.,
1898. Earlier editions in 1870 and 1876.
Cowper, Will C. Redemption. 1898. Ms. at Library of Congress.
Merriman, Effie Woodward. The Drunkard's Family. Chicago:
Dramatic Publishing Co., 1898.
Elwyn, Lizzie May. Switched Off. Clyde, Ohio: A. D. Ames, 1899.
1900s
Drake, Clara B. The Doom of King Alcohol. Chicago: Women's
Temperance Publishing Association, 1903.
Humboldt, Archibald [George Otis March]. The Saloon Must Go.
Lebanon, Ohio: March Brothers, 1909.
1910s
Gibney, Charles Francis. Drink Cure. 1910. Ms. at the
Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Griffith, Benjamin L. C. Forget-Me-Nots. Philadelphia: Penn
Publishing Co., 1910.
Gulliver, Lucille. "The Sons of Hopworth Town." The Temperance
Educational Quarterly, 1 (1910): 27-32.
Peace, Robert M. A Drunkard's Wife. Plainview, Texas: Robert M.
Peace, 1911.
Withers, Joseph L. The Dram Shop. 1914. Ms. at Copyright
Office, Library of Congress.
Johnstone, Otto T. Prohibition. 1915. Ms. at Copyright
Office, Library of Congress.
Hunter, Martha A. Weighed in the Balance; or, The Trail of the
Serpent. Cincinnati, Ohio: Monfort and Co., 1916.
SOURCE: 95% of these entries are found in the bibliography of
Ann Ferguson's 1991 Indiana University Ph.D. dissertation, Beyond
the Drunkard: Temperance Drama Reexamined
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