RICHARD PENN SMITH, born in Philadelphia in 1790, died there in 1854.
He was educated as a lawyer. For five years he was editor of _The
Aurora_, and contributed to a number of other periodicals. His books,
not dramatic, were a novel, in 1831, called _The Forsaken_, in two
volumes; and _The Actress of Padua and Other Tales_. He died August
12, 1854. He wrote fifteen plays in all.
THE 8TH OF JANUARY. A Drama in Three Acts. Philadelphia, 1829. 16mo,
pp. iv.-54.
THE DEFORMED; OR, WOMAN'S TRIAL. A Play, Philadelphia, 1830. 12mo,
pp. 87.
THE DISOWNED; OR, THE PRODIGALS. A Play. Philadelphia, 1830. 12mo,
pp. 67.