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news and the Shakespeare controversy, agreeing that the Stratford actor was not the author of the plays

Peter Van Egmond. Hartford: Transcendental Books, 1972. Traubel, Horace.

Peter Doyle, Sr. was a blacksmith (Bucke, 22).

Francis was nearly ten years older than Peter.

It remains unclear what happened to Peter's father.

Peter's Roman Catholic Church on Capitol Hill.

Peter's Catholic Church ( ., 2: 113).

Martin G.MurrayDoyle, Peter (1843–1907)Doyle, Peter (1843–1907)The romantic friendship that Walt Whitman

shared with Peter Doyle embodied the "love of comrades" celebrated in Whitman's "Calamus" poems.

Peter Doyle is buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.Martin G.

"Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle."

Doyle, Peter (1843–1907)

of Lucrece (1594), and 154 sonnets, this Renaissance poet and playwright remains best known for his plays

, which include histories, comedies, tragicomedies (the so-called problem plays), tragedies (most notably

While he recognized and acknowledged Shakespeare's poems and plays as masterpieces, he at the same time

Shakespeare's works, reading and rereading them and even carrying a copy of the Sonnets or one of the plays

Indeed, Whitman memorized long passages from Shakespeare's plays (especially from Richard II), then "

Peter Buffett's musical score merges various voices, emphasizing the film's themes of hope, joy, compassion

(Available on video.)Whitman is frequently quoted in director Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society (1989),

produced Song of Myself (first broadcast 9 March 1976), starring Rip Torn as Whitman and Brad Davis as Peter

which set Whitman's verse to original synthesizer music.In 1995 playwright Alan Brody and composer Peter

between Whitman's last breath of inspiration and his last exhalation, with dialogues between Whitman and Peter

proposition in the two-volume The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in the So-Called Shakespeare Plays

Bacon-authorship proposal had been launched first in book form—Was Lord Bacon the Author of Shakespeare's Plays

The theory gained prominence through Delia Bacon's The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded

Turkey (1871–1875) and Russia (1875) and is best known for Francesca da Rimini (staged 1855), a popular play

Boker was dissatisfied with his theatrical career and desperately wanted a following for his Plays and

Sadakichi (ca. 1867–1944) Like the character he played in the 1924 film The Thief of Bagdad, Whitman

Sadakichi Hartmann played court magician to successive bohemian circles.

However, both Peter Rechnitzer's recent study and the Canadian film Beautiful Dreamers, which depicts

Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 1992. 141–151.Rechnitzer, Peter A. R.M.

The poem serves as a summation of Whitman's career and poses a tableau wherein the light and dark playing

1860), "Waves" receives little critical attention, but it chronicles a moment in the poet's life and plays

Hugo's plays were also enjoying successful performances on the New York stage.

Whitman told Horace Traubel that "Hugo's immortal works were the dramas, the plays, the poems: least

November Boughs (1888), and Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) are important Whitman sources for the names of plays

Whitman called Cushman the greatest performer he had seen and admired her for playing any role that would

toward Forrest, however, and barely mentions Macready in his articles.Thomas Hamblin (1800–1853) played

Kemble (1809–1893) impressed Whitman in his early days; he claims to have seen her every night she played

finds the revision rather pointless because he feels that for all the poet's supposed intimacy with Peter

New York: Peter Smith, 1932. Mississippi River

another occasion many years later, in 1888, Whitman was deep in memories of his dearest companion Peter

I can't think of the author's name—my memory plays me such shabby tricks these days—(though I should

We do not know if Whitman was aware that the author was born in Limerick, birthplace of his friend Peter

Peter Barr Sweeny, one of the original Ring organizers, was a Tammany sachem and city chamberlain, and

He wrote to Peter Doyle: The N.

Nonetheless, in a letter to Peter Doyle remarking on the commencement, Whitman seemed to feel his poem

Bemoaning lover problems, Whitman in 1870 compared Vaughan with Peter Doyle, admonishing himself: "Remember

.: Peter Smith, 1972. Long Island Patriot

In 1865 Whitman engaged Peter Eckler to print the first issue of Drum-Taps but after Abraham Lincoln's

Calamus: A Series of Letters Written during the Years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter

Peter Uwe Hohendahl and Sander L. Gilman. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1991. 199–223.

.: Peter Smith, 1972. lviii–lix n15. Kaplan, Justin. Walt Whitman: A Life.

.: Peter Smith, 1972. Long Island Star

This view seems to play out Werner's notion that this "feudal element" was so important that Whitman

And if, as Miller suggests, the muse plays a different tune to the older poet, Whitman never loses sight

friendships with Charles Eldridge, Lewy Brown, William and Ellen O'Connor, John and Ursula Burroughs, and Peter

critical biography, Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867).Whitman found friendship with Peter

Peters. 3 vols. Detroit: Wayne State UP, 1967–1969.____. Memoirs of John Addington Symonds. Ed.

.: Peter Smith, 1972. 139–141. ———. Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts. Ed. Edward F.

He was a minor but colorful poet whose romantic verse, plays, and prose mainly glorified the West.

turned to the Bowery b'hoy, a figure of urban street culture who had been mythologized in popular plays

Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1972.____. "Walt Whitman and His Poems." In Re Walt Whitman. Ed.

Allen sees the grandfather in this story as a variation on the cruel father theme that plays through

When played by the regimental band in the western wilderness, rather than in a city opera house, the

"The Play-Ground," a poem about children at play, appears in theEagle. LATE JUNE.

Peter Doyle's brother, police officer Fran cis M.

Whitman sends a postcard greeting to Peter Doyle.

Peter Doyle visits Whitman (DN,2:325). g DECEMBER.

"'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle."

In his poetry and prose, Simpson has played an influential role in the ongoing "dialogue" between post-World

.: Peter Smith, 1972. Long Islander

Menken played a deposed prince.

His initial success was followed by a prolific series of poems, novels, and plays.

In a 1946 essay Hughes expressed his belief that, since Whitman had played with slave children in his

In January 1865, in his capacity as Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Ashton played a

cooped up and paralytic in his Camden, New Jersey, home, Whitman's isolation and winter loneliness play

Kaplan's point is borne out by a brief and informative biography of Peter Doyle, Martin G.

Murray's "'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle" (1994), which sketches Whitman's relationship

"'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12 (1994): 1-51. 

When he died, Whitman left Stafford his silver watch, originally intended for Peter Doyle.  

New York: Peter Smith, 1932. Art and Daguerreotype Galleries

democracy.Some critical interest (e.g., Howard Waskow, John Schwiebert) has focused on the roles readers play

Christian (1870–1950) Jan Christian Smuts was an influential South African leader and prime minister who played

There is some humorous play in the sketch.

Its history from 1854 to the time of Whitman's visit was a crucible for the struggle that played such

he unceremoniously exited Washington for Camden, which left him separated from his intimate friend, Peter

And it in turn solidified his conviction that the teacher played a pivotal role in their education.

Murray Doyle, Peter (1843–1907) The romantic friendship that Walt Whitman shared with Peter Doyle embodied

Peter Doyle made a lasting contribution to Whitman biography in 1897 when he allowed Richard Maurice

Peter Doyle is buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Martin G.

"Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12 (1994): 1–51.

newspapers; edited several books, including Authors at Home (1888); and wrote a novel, a couple of plays

root word of hymn, the holy songs of the Christian tradition—an etymological source Whitman may be playing