n. d. (Covent Garden, London, 3 Dec, 1825; Park Theatre, New York, 20 May, 1826.)
The White Maid [or Lady]. An Opera. (Covent Garden, 2 Jan., 1827; Park Theatre, New York, 21 May, 1832.)
Procrastination. A Comedy. (Haymarket Theatre, London, 21 Sept., 1829.)
The Lancers. An Interlude, In One Act. London (Cumberland), n. d. (Drury Lane, London, 29 Nov., 1827; Bowery Theatre, New York, 4 March, 1828.)
The Spanish Husband, or First and Last Love. (Drury Lane, London, 25 May, 1830; Park Theatre, New York, 1 Nov., 1830.)
Oswali of Athens. A Tragedy. (Chatham Theatre, New York, 13 June, 1831.)
Woman's Revenge. A Comedy. Original autograph MS. (Olympic Theatre, London, 27 Feb., 1832.)
Virginia; or, The Patrician's Perfidy. (Park Theatre, New York, 19 Feb., 1834.)
The following titles of plays by Payne (arranged alphabetically) are uncertain as to identification or date of first performance:
The Boarding-School; or, Life among the Little Folks. A Farce. (Park Theatre, New York, 17 Nov., 1841.)
The Bridge of Kehl. (Chatham Theatre, New York, 1848.)
The Fall of Algiers. A Comic Opera. London, n. d. (Drury Lane, London, 19 Jan. 1825.)
Fricandeau; or, The Coronet and the Cook. A Farce. (Haymarket Theatre, London, 9 Aug., 1931.)
Grandpapa. (Drury Lane, London, 25 May, 1825.)
Italian Bride. Play in Four Acts. (Not acted; written after 1832.)
Maid and Magpie. (Covent Garden, London, 15 Sept., 1815.)
Mazeppa. (Bowery Theatre, New York, 22 June, 1833.)
Norah: or, The Girl of Erin. (Covent Garden, London, 1 Feb., 1826.)
The Post-Chaise. (Park Theatre, New York, 21 Apr., 1826.)
The Robbers. (Sadler's Wells Theatre, 20 Sept., 1820.)
Sylla, A Tragedy, in five Acts. New York, 1827. (Chatham Theatre, New York, 15 Jan., 1827.)
Tyrolese Peasants. Opera. (Drury Lane, London, 8 May, 1832.)
The following plays exist in manuscript:
The Last Duel in Spain. Autograph MS. (88 pp.) in "the possession of Mr. E. J. Wendell, of New York. Romulus, the Shepherd King: a Tragic Play in five Acts. (Never acted.) MS. in Library of Harvard University.
The Two Sons-in-Law. A Comedy in five Acts. London, 26 March, 1823. (m leaves.) MS. in the possession of Mr. Wendell.
The following plays appearing in Harrison's list (John Howard Payne, 1885, pp. 395-6) are known only by title:
All for the Best. (Comedy.) Azendai (written c. 1823, with Washington Irving's aid). The Borrower. (Comedy.) The Duel; or, The Veteran's Repose. England's Good Old Days. (Opera.) The Festival of St. Marck. The Guilty Mother. Jaconde. The Judge and the Attorneys. Madame deBarri. Man of the Black Forest. Married and Single. (Comedy.) (Written c. 1823. A version by Poole was acted at Haymarket, London, 16 July, 1824. See Genest, ix, 263.) The Mill of the Lake. The Miller's Man. Not Invited. (A Farce.) Novido, the Neapolitan. Old England's Merry Days. Paoli. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. (Tragedy.) Plots at Home. (Comedy.)
