Tancred and Sigismunda

Tancred and Sigismunda
David Garrick playing Tancred in 1752, by Thomas Worlidge
Written by	James Thomson
Date premiered	18 March 1745
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original language	English
Genre	Tragedy
Setting	Palermo, Italy

Tancred and Sigismunda is a 1745 tragedy by the British writer James Thomson. ^[1] It is inspired by one of the story's from Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron .

The original cast included David Garrick as Tancred, Thomas Sheridan as Siffredi, Dennis Delane as Osmond, William Havard as Rodolpho and Susannah Arne as Sigismunda.

References

1. Nicoll p.360

Bibliography

• Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750. CUP Archive, 1927.
• Wilson, Brett D. A Race of Female Patriots: Women and Public Spirit on the British Stage, 1688-1745. Lexington Books, 2012.