The Count of Narbonne

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The Count of Narbonne
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Written by Robert Jephson
Date premiered17 November 1781 [1]
Place premiered Covent Garden Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

The Count of Narbonne is a 1781 tragedy by the Irish writer Robert Jephson. [2] It was inspired by Horace Walpole's novel The Castle of Otranto .

It premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre. The original cast featured John Henderson as Austin, Richard Wroughton as Raymond, William Thomas Lewis as Theodore, James Thompson as Fabian, James Fearon as Officer, Elizabeth Satchell as Adelaide and Elizabeth Younge as Hortensia. [3]

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References

  1. Hogan p.476
  2. Nicoll p.277
  3. Hogan p.476

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