Zenobia | |
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![]() The play's heroine Queen Zenobia | |
Written by | Arthur Murphy |
Date premiered | 27 February 1768 [1] |
Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
Original language | English |
Genre | Tragedy |
Zenobia is a 1768 tragedy by the Irish writer Arthur Murphy. [2] It is based on the life of Zenobia, ruler of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria and her defiance of Ancient Rome. [3]
The original Drury Lane cast included Ann Street Barry as Zenobia, Spranger Barry as Rhadamistus, Charles Holland as Teribarzus, Francis Aickin as Pharasmanes, William Havard as Megistus, John Hayman Packer as Zopiron and Richard Hurst as Tigranes. [4]
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