JOHN HODGKINSON was born in Manchester, England, in 1767, died in
Washington, D. C., December 12, 1805. His real name was Meadowcraft.
His first successes were on the Bath stage. He came to America with
the company of Hallam & Henry, and made his debut at the John Street
Theatre in 1793. He bought out Henry's interest, and continued one of
the managers until 1798. He went to Charleston, S. C., in 1803, but
became a victim of yellow fever while travelling, and died near
Washington, D. C.
THE MAN OF FORTITUDE; OR, THE KNIGHT'S ADVENTURE. A Drama in Three
Acts. New York, 1807. 16mo, pp. 32.
Played at the John Street Theatre, New York, June 7, 1797.
Dunlap says that this play was rewritten in prose upon the text of
a manuscript in blank verse in one act called _The Knight's
Adventure_, which Dunlap had submitted to Hodgkinson some years
previously, and declares that the latter seemed unconscious of any
wrong-doing.
ROBIN HOOD; OR, SHERWOOD FOREST. A Comic Opera in Two Acts, by
Leonard Macnally, Esq. From Hodgkinson's Prompt-Book. New York,
1808. 16mo, pp. 68.