Word: thinfellow
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...before a most enthusiastic audience. The play was excellent and compared favorably with the sophomore theatricals of the past. It was called, "Ye Courtshippe of Myles Staundyshe,' a Piece of Puritanical Persiflage in two Acts, four Scenes and Several Situations" and was purported to be written by R. H. Thinfellow. The play describes the passion of Myles for Priscilla, how he got John Alden to plead for him and how Priscilla repulsed Myles but accepted John. The intrigues of Hobomok, the chief of the Wampums with Myles and the tragic end of John Alden created much laughter. The Overseers Scene...
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