Bertram (play)

Bertram
Written by	Charles Maturin
Date premiered	9 May 1816
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original language	English
Genre	Tragedy

Bertram; or The Castle of St. Aldobrand is an 1816 Gothic tragedy by the Irish writer Charles Maturin, his first and most successful play. ^[1] It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 9 May 1816. ^[2] The original cast included Edmund Kean as Bertram, Alexander Pope as St Aldobrand, Charles Holland as Prior of St Anselm, John Powell as Monk, Thomas Cooke as Robber, Margaret Somerville as Imogine and Susan Boyce as Clotilda. The prologue was written by John Hobhouse. The 1827 opera Il pirata composed by Vincenzo Bellini uses a libretto by Felice Romani inspired by Maturin's work. A contempary discussion of the play is found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Biographia Literaria.

References

1. Nicoll p.167
2. Greene p.4535

Bibliography

• Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6. Lexington Books, 2011.
• Murray, Christopher John. Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, Volume 2. Taylor & Francis, 2004.
• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1930.