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The Play-Ground

The early poem "The Play-Ground" appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1, 1846 (during Whitman's

[New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 1998], 1: 222).

The whole of this manœuvre is about as bungling and poorly worked a game as we ever saw played.

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Peters, House of Representatives.

Peters, 27 June 1870

and then, "I have seen the play often; have even seen Booth in it.

I think Booth did not insist upon that scene—it is not imperative—he did not always play it—probably

have never had an answer from Johnston or a line from the N.Y. printer—guess their enthusiasm has petered

—With the dead girl or boy, the transient play is finished: we know that the worst deeds they ever committed

Shakespeare’s plays were performed by and for all classes in the United States during the nineteenth

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Shakespeare’s plays were performed by and for all classes in the United States during the nineteenth

confined in your room and unable to walk but i am glad to hear your friends is so kind i thought of peter

here the cold weather dont don't affect me so very much) good bie walter Walter dear remember me to peter

for his notions of Atlantis as an antediluvian civilization and for his belief that Shakespeare's plays

Bacon, an idea he argued in his book The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

came in: "I was quite staggered here—it knocked the breath out of me—to read a headline—'The Death of Peter

Doyle'—here in the paper: but it was not our Peter Doyle: it was some old man, somewhere, given the

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

He was the author of numerous plays (including Richard III and Henry VIII), sonnets, and narrative poems

The Play‑Ground.

For there are merry children, the village children come— The cheeriest things on earth, I see them play—I

This manuscript is a draft of the early poem "The Play-Ground," nearly as it appeared in the Brooklyn

The Play-Ground

This manuscript is a draft of the early poem "The Play-Ground," nearly as it appeared in the Brooklyn

home this morning have to cut this short as write a part of it while the car is in motion farewell Peter

Price Ashley Lawson Elizabeth Lorang Janel Cayer Peter Doyle to Walt Whiman, 18 September [1868]

See Iona and Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New York: New York Review of Books,

Whitman is playing here on Hamlet's line in Act 2, Scene 2 of Hamlet : "I am but mad north-north-west

Whitman is playing here on Hamlet's line in Act 2, Scene 2 of Hamlet: "I am but mad north-north-west:

Ingersoll played Richmond .

And how he used to play such parts as Pythias , to Forrest's Damon ?

For such were the plays, and finely sustained, that we used to go and see at the Old Bowery.)

Charley Thorne, who was then young and strong, and rosy and full of fire, played Tressel .

The Lady of Lyons was a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

.; The Last Days of Pompeii was a play by Louisa Medina, who would later marry the actor Tom Hamblin.

It was the first play to achieve a "long run" in the United States, remaining on stage for twenty-nine

Like Booth, he also played Richard III in New York.; The "Kemble school" refers to a style and philosophy

It is clear that Whitman prefers Scott's style of acting.; The Sledge Driver was a play by Eliza Planche

, whose husband, James Robinson Planche, was also a playwright.; The Lady of Lyons was a play by Edward

Saturday contained a long notice, accompanied by extracts of a work which it denominates "Carlyle's Peter

some secret understanding with 'De Santy' has procured advance intelligence of the aforesaid "Life of Peter

Grundy is a character from Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798); by the nineteenth century her

Grundy is a character from Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798); by the nineteenth century her

The quote is from Roman playwright Publius Terentius Afer's adaptation of the ancient Greek play "Heauton

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

for his notions of Atlantis as an antediluvian civilization and for his belief that Shakespeare's plays

Bacon, an idea he argued in his book The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

He was the author of numerous plays, sonnets, and narrative poems.

Henry VIII is one of Shakespeare's history plays, based on the life of Henry VIII, who was the King of

Shakepeare's play was published in the First Folio of 1623.

Smith (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), 445; John Marenbon, The Philosophy of Peter Abelard

The phrase "not wisely, but too well" is from the Shakespeare play Othello , Act Five, Scene Two.

See The Plays of William Shakspeare , ed. Samuel Maunder (London: J.W.

.; The phrase "not wisely, but too well" is from the Shakespeare play Othello, Act Five, Scene Two.

See The Plays of William Shakspeare, ed. Samuel Maunder (London: J.W.

For efforts to promote drawing in the schools see especially Peter C.

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

twinkle through the mists of undeveloped intellect, and by day throw a veil of undefined beauty over the play

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

These jesuits understand how to play their cards as well as the other fellow.

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

The bookThe Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays, authored by the politician

Donnelly was well known for his belief that Shakespeare's plays had been written by Francis Bacon, an

for his notions of Atlantis as an antediluvian civilization and for his belief that Shakespeare's plays

Bacon, an idea he argued in his book The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

works came under scrutiny during the nineteenth-century because of suspicions that he had written plays

For more on the Baconian theory, see Henry William Smith, Was Lord Bacon The Author of Shakespeare's Plays

Cowan is quoting lines spoken by the character of Bottom from William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer

Whitman referred to Mario in Specimen Days & Collect, published in 1882-1883, in the passages entitled Plays

letters but doo do write as often as you can give my love to mrs Mrs. oconor O'Connor and remember me to peter

Peter Doyl Doyle we saw the news of the modoc massacre last sunday Sunday but thought maybee maybe it

fol.00003xxx.00465S.b.89What lurks behind Shakespeare's historical plays?

[manuscript], ca. 1884What lurks behind Shakespeare's historical plays?

leaveshandwritten; A late-stage manuscript of Whitman's essay What lurks behind Shakespeare's historical plays

What lurks behind Shakespeare's historical plays?

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 17 March [1874]

"What Lurks Behind Shakspeare's Historical Plays?"

"What Lurks Behind Shakspeare's Historical Plays?" appeared in The Critic on September 27.

, Whitman introduced the Gilchrists to Joaquin Miller and took them on December 27 to see Miller's play

Whitman himself had attended the opening of the play on December 24; see Miller's December 1877 letter

dear friend I am having quite a good spell to-day, (if it only lasts)—I wish you, in conjunction with Peter

West, here—put duplicate directions on—& send by Adams express—I write to-day to Peter Doyle, same request

Eckler Peter Eckler to Walt Whitman, 4 May 1865

for you if you want it your telegram recd recieved yesterday too late. for the paper Walt Whitman to Peter

W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 29 May [1874]

WW Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 17 September [1875]

performers real good—As I write this I have heard in one direction or another two or three good bands playing

Some of the men are cooking, others washing, cleaning their clothes, others playing ball, smoking lazily

It is better than any play" (Charles E. Feinberg Collection).

Philosopher (1762), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the play

Philosopher (1762), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the play

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 31 May [1873]

The game played yesterday afternoon between the Atlantic and Putnam Clubs, on the grounds of the latter

On the fourth innings the Putnams made several very loose plays, and allowed their opponents to score

9 runs, and those careless plays were sufficient to lose them the game.

On every other innings, they played carefully and well, as the score will show.

The Atlantics, as usual, played splendidly, and maintained their reputation as the Champion Club.

W Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 26 February [1878]

bad week—papers &c. came all right—will try to send you better news next time— WW Walt Whitman to Peter

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 25 September

28"The Play-Ground" (1846), draftloc.07421xxx.01143far.

On the back of the leaf (loc.00264) is a draft of Whitman's early poem The Play-Ground, which was published

The title The Play-Ground is written vertically along the left side of this leaf, presumably labeling

I dont don't want to send you a blue one—Will feel better by next time, Your Walt Walt Whitman to Peter

Price Elizabeth Lorang Kathryn Kruger Zachary King Eric Conrad Postcard from Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle

while—Yesterday was a beautiful day, & I was out a good deal—walked some, a couple of blocks, for the first time—Peter

, the paper I send you has a picture of a railroad depot they are building here—it is for the road Peter

night—have had a good time—I send you a paper —yours regularly rec'd received —So long— W W Walt Whitman to Peter