The Imperial Captives

The Imperial Captives
Written by	John Mottley
Date premiered	29 February 1720 [1]
Place premiered	Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original language	English
Genre	Tragedy

The Imperial Captives is a 1720 tragedy by the British writer John Mottley.

The original cast included James Quin as Genseric, Lacy Ryan as Thrasimond, Anthony Boheme as Aspar, John Egleton as Honoric, Richard Diggs as Narbal, Anna Maria Seymour as Eudosia and Jane Rogers as Sophronia. The prologue was written by Charles Beckingham and the epilogue by Christopher Bullock.

References

1. Burling p.81

Bibliography

• Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.