Themistocles (play)

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Themistocles
Written by Samuel Madden
Date premiered10 February 1729 [1]
Place premiered Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

Themistocles, the Lover of His Country is a 1729 tragedy by the Irish writer Samuel Madden. [2] It is based on the life of the Ancient Greek general Themistocles.

The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included James Quin as Themistocles, Thomas Walker as Xerses, Thomas Chapman as Artaban, William Milward as Mardonius, Lacy Ryan as Aristides, John Ogden as Demaratus, Anne Berriman as Artemisia and Elizabeth Buchanan as Nesiptolema.

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References

  1. Burling p.127
  2. Nicoll p.343

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