Love's Victim

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Love's Victim
Written by Charles Gildon
Date premieredApril 1701 [1]
Place premiered Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

Love's Victim: or, the Queen of Wales is a 1701 tragedy by the English writer Charles Gildon. [2]

The original cast included Thomas Betterton as Rhesus, Mary Porter as Tyrelius, George Pack as Morganius, Barton Booth as King of Bayonne, John Bowman as Druid, John Hodgson as Dumnacus, Anne Bracegirdle as Guinoenda, Elizabeth Barry as Queen of Bayonne and Mary Willis as Manselia. The epilogue was written by William Burnaby.

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References

  1. Burling p.36
  2. Marsden p.135

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