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Mercy Otis Warren ( September 14, 1728 - October 19, 1814) was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts. She married James Warren in 1754 and moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts. She felt it was her duty to participate in the Patriot cause during the American Revolution. Her brother was the noted Patriot lawyer James Otis. During the time of the revolution, she hosted political meetings in her home, and in 1772, she published her play, The Adulateur. After the war, in 1790, Mrs. Warren published a volume of poetry in her name. In 1805, she wrote History of the American Revolution.Mercy Otis Warren died in Plymouth.
List of Plays:
- The Adulateur, a five-act play, published in 1773
- The Defeat, excerpts from a play, published 1773
- The Group, a three-act play, published in 1775
- The Blockheads, a three-act play, published in 1776This article is about the year 1776. For the musical, see 1776 (musical Events January 10 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense March 17 American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overl, shortly after the BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the merger of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England in 1707 (see Act of Union 1707). A single parliament and government, based in Westminster in London, ran the entire kingdom. They had shared a monarch si withdrew from Boston
- The Motley Assembly, a farceDefinition A farce is a comedy written for the stage, or a film, which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely and extravagant yet often possible situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, w, published in 1779Events The Iron Bridge is completed across the Severn river in Shropshire; the first all cast-iron bridge ever constructed. Boulton and Watt's Smethwick Engine, now the oldest working engine in the world, is brought into service. The city of Tampere is fo.
Warren, Mercy Otis
Warren, Mercy Otis
Warren, Mercy Otis
Warren, Mercy Otis
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