Nathaniel Bannister


Nathaniel Harrington Bannister was an American actor and playwright.
Bannister wrote over 40 plays, including Putnam, the Iron Son of '76 about the American Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam which played for 78 consecutive nights in New York at the Bowery Theatre, unusually successful for its time. The bulk of Bannister's many works, only some of which were published, are historical dramas.
Bannister was born in Delaware in 1813, and made his first appearance on stage in Baltimore at age 16 in the role of Young Norval. He died in poverty in New York on November 2, 1847.
Bannister was married to actress Amelia Greene, who was previously married to John Augustus Stone.

Plays (incomplete list)

Rathanemus Gaulantus the Gault The Destruction of Jerusalem England's Iron Days The Gentleman of Lyons, or the Marriage Contract The Maine Question Titus Andronicus Old English IronsidesRobert EmmettMurrell, the Land PirateRoman SlavesTwo SpaniardsCaius SiliusPsammetichus, or the Twelve Tribes of Egypt The Wandering JewWashingtonInfidelityGustavaniThe Fall of San AntonioTis Freedom's CallAdventures of a SailorThe Serpent's GlenThe Midnight MurderSurrender of Lord CornwallisChief of the McIvorTexas and FreedomLife in New OrleansThe Three Brothers: Or Crime Its Own Avenger