Sesostris (play)

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Sesostris
Written byJohn Sturmy
Date premiered17 January 1728 [1]
Place premiered Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

Sesostris is a 1728 tragedy by the British writer John Sturmy. It is based on the life of the Ancient Egyptian ruler Sesostris.

The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included Anthony Boheme as Omar, Lacy Ryan as Sesostris, William Milward as Phanes and Thomas Chapman as Dion, John Ogden as Ammon, Anne Berriman as Nitocris and Elizabeth Younger as Ariaspe.

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References

  1. Burling p.124

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