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O., and then go around awhile—possibly going to Niblo's Theatre , as they play Shakespeare's "Julius

readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter

Walt Whitman did not see this play on September 9, 1870, since that was the one evening in the week on

Walt Whitman did not see this play on September 9, 1870, since that was the one evening in the week on

Playing in the Park P LAYING IN THE P ARK .— It is customary for numbers of boys, of pleasant days, to

congregate in the Park, and amuse themselves by running races, trundling hoops, playing marbles, and

other public grounds, any quantity of the offspring of the rich and fashionable may be daily seen playing

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

A poem that has been attributed to Walt Whitman, titled " The Play-Ground " and signed "W.," appears

the master has given us a holiday, next Thursday, because he is going to Peter Brown's wedding!

Peter bid me go and seek him out, and deliver to him a message, written on paper.

"And now you have all of my story—and I must go, for it is time Peter Brown received his answer."

What were Peter's thoughts about? Nothing more or less than love .

'"; A poem that has been attributed to Walt Whitman, titled "The Play-Ground" and signed "W.," appears

is a very pleasant forenoon— When you write tell me if you have read Charles Reade's novel of "Foul Play

readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter

Foul Play, by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault, was published in Boston in 1868.

Peter, you are a good boy, & shall have your reward in Heaven, if not on earth.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 29 September [1868]

The play, produced according to the advertisements at a cost of $20,000, included a Parisian ballet and

"To love Rome more than Caesar" refers to Shakespeare's play, "Julius Caesar."

The play is about the fall of Caesar and the war that ensues after Caesar's assassination.

Hughes and the New Era Bishop John Hughes (1797–1864), who played an important role in New York City

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.; "To love Rome more than Caesar" refers to Shakespeare's play, "Julius Caesar."

The play is about the fall of Caesar and the war that ensues after Caesar's assassination.

Adams, distinguishing all three from the current Democrats.; Bishop John Hughes (1797–1864), who played

dust—not a car to be seen or heard—green grass every where—no smell of coal tar —As I write a party are playing

Your loving Walt Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 27 June [1872]

There was a very exciting game of Base Ball Baseball Played here to day, between the Nationals, & the

opera troupe Playes here next week but i see by the bills there is no new Pieces the same old Playes Plays

write more but i am afraid you tired of this already no more at Present but Remain Yours Forever Pete Peter

The Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays is composed of approximately 250,000 volumes of American

and Canadian poetry, plays, and vocal music dating from 1609 to the present day.

Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays

Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays

Century in his mail and a letter from Charlie at Burlington—also letter from Peter Eckler enclosing money

After a pause, "I wish you would write Peter Eckler for me—Peter Eckler, 35 Fulton St.

I find he has no enthusiasm over the best piano playing.

fellows, across the sea and here—there can be no ban: use your judgment—use Kennedy's—let it have its play

seen it—they say it is quite a success, & they are introducing them in other cities—but it will get played

yet be together, & have good times just being with each other, no matter how poor Walt Whitman to Peter

Harry, I should say, was one of the greatest actors ever was—not tragic, but in such characters as Sir Peter

He played in 'London Assurance'—Oh! what is the character there?

touches then, wit—flashes of satire—delicate ironies, the vivid effects peculiar to the time, the play

, audience—which would not be what it was to the modern play-goers.

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.

I hear that the Rickings opera troupe is playing to very good Houses have not been to see them yet Gen

Price Ashley Lawson Janel Cayer Elizabeth Lorang Peter Doyle to Walt Whitman, 1 October [1868]

The chief traps for these good folks are the mock auction shops, or "Peter Funk" establishments.

"Peter Funk" was a popular term for a decoy purchaser who falsely bid up prices on a product in partnership

See Louise Pound, "'Peter Funk': The Pedigree of a Westernism," American Speech 4.3 (February 1929),

the client's clothes while he slept" (Shane White, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson, Graham White, Playing

the client's clothes while he slept" (Shane White, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson, Graham White, Playing

I should like to have seen that match played between the Nat. & Olympics.

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 25 September 1868

Bolton Comfort is a character from the play The Irish Heiress: A Five Act Comedy by Dion Boucicault,

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

Bolton Comfort is a character from the play The Irish Heiress: A Five Act Comedy by Dion Boucicault,

very badly hurt, I fear it is put out, the doctor has given it up—by an arrow yesterday, the boys playing—I

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 9[–10] October [1873]

presentment of "The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England," (which is probably more Marlowe's play

From first to last it was a continuous stretch of unsurpassed by–play and fine elocution.

Only the morbid appetite for unnatural strained effect can complain of want of interest in such a play

Arthur took the sympathies of the whole house; she played with quiet, grace, and modesty.

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Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P.

Rice, ca. 1869 A sitting with Peter Doyle from the same session as another photograph of the couple.For

Rice, see Ed Folsom, "1868 Photograph of Peter Doyle," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, 4 (Spring 1987)

And, for an extended look at Whitman's relationship with Peter Doyle, see Martin G.

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

Davidson's review of Ignatius Donnelly's The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

, which argued that Shakespeare's plays had been written by Francis Bacon.

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).

Grundy, a term for an extremely conventional or priggish person, refers to a character in the play Speed

This quotation is from a collection of conversations between Goethe and Johann Peter Eckermann.

Grundy, a term for an extremely conventional or priggish person, refers to a character in the play Speed

Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P.

Rice, ca. 1869 This is the first extant photo of Whitman with anyone else, here Peter Doyle, Whitman's

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

And, for an extended look at Whitman's relationship with Peter Doyle, see Martin G.

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

of penalties for crime—the oftener the farce of the people "in legislative assembly convened" is played—just

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

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

In New York City the party often played a minority role to the dominance of the Democratic Party in the

Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman's Journalism and the First Leaves of Grass, 1840-1855 (New York: Peter

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

In New York City the party often played a minority role to the dominance of the Democratic Party in the

novella is the Native American "Arrow-Tip," who is falsely accused of both theft and the murder of Peter

Later, on a hunting trip, Arrow-Tip gets into an altercation with Peter Brown and strikes him, severely

At the end of the novella, as the Deer mourns the death of his brother Arrow-Tip and Peter Brown goes

the front page of the issue, and the June 1, 1846, issue of the paper featured Whitman's poem " The Play-Ground

On the back of the leaf is a draft of Whitman's early poem "The Play-Ground," which was published in

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

On the reverse of this leaf is a draft of Whitman's poem "The Play-Ground." far. Amongst this

On the back of the leaf is a draft of Whitman's early poem "The Play-Ground," which was published in

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

from digital images of the original.; On the reverse of this leaf is a draft of Whitman's poem "The Play-Ground

Giacosa —the Shakspear of Italy—whose Play on Wed. night at the Standard Theater Sarah Bernhard Bernhardt

The French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923) starred in stage productions of popular French plays in

She had roles in plays by Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas and played males roles, including Shakespeare's

He played numerous parts during his career, including taking on a number of Shakespearean roles, sometimes

November 1890, Booth and Barrett, as part of their acclaimed 1889–1890 tour, performed in several plays

there; the plays included Francesca da Rimini, George Henry Boker's 1855 tragedy based on Dante, as

well as Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1839 historical play Richelieu, along with Shakespeare's Hamlet, Othello

the first of the week, & was interested in your acc't account of your week of laying off, & of the playing

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 3[–4] October [1873]

Whitman here quotes from the play Tragedy of Brutus written by John Howard Payne in 1818.

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

.; Whitman here quotes from the play Tragedy of Brutus written by John Howard Payne in 1818.; Bishop

28The Play-Ground (1846).

A.MS. draft.loc.00264xxx.00741The Play-GroundAbout 1846poetryhandwritten1 leaf20 x 16.5 cm; A draft of

the early poem The Play-Ground, nearly as it appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1, 1846 (during

The Play-Ground

9Doyle, Peter.

humility's book]1868poetryhandwritten2 leaves; A draft of a poem on the verso of an 1868 draft letter to Peter

Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman's Journalism and the First Leaves of Grass, 1840-1855 (New York: Peter

The time is rapidly approaching when a new and balancing force will come into play—a force composed of

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

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)

deficient in loveableness lovableness , as to not be pleased with the spectacle of little children at play

Celebration of children at play was a relatively new concept used by upper-middle class families who

Whitman references children at play to point to a particular type of family one would see at a park,

Celebration of children at play was a relatively new concept used by upper-middle class families who

Whitman references children at play to point to a particular type of family one would see at a park,

Claude Melnotte is a character in the play The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride, which was written by

The play was first performed in London's Convent Garden Theatre in the late-1830s, and it became the

Fragments of three plays are held in the Hamlin Garland Collection at the University of Southern California

He published only one play, entitled "Under the Wheel: A Modern Play in Six Scenes."

(an instrument, by the by, which discourses very eloquent music, well–played, and is cheap to buy, and

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Peters, Moulton, Ala.

Peters, 28 December 1871

Peter and Paul (Catholic) You might also read the Catholic life of Jesus Christ Pray Sts.

Peter and Paul to cure you and have Votive Masses (P & P) prayers and Communions made on 29.

Peters, House of Representatives.

Pleasants to John Peters, 9 December 1867

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

In accordance with your request I met Peter Doyle at Milburn's after office and we proceeded to your

room and made up the package as you directed, and Peter took it to the Adams Express office.

Military land at Point Peter, Georgia, I have the honor to enclose the certified copy of a deed from

Peter lands. Geo.

Suppose, in case of a war, we should play our game after the same fashion.

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He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a

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

He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a

Peter M. Dox, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

Akerman to Peter M. Dox, 24 April 1871