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Philotas (play)
''Philotas'' is a 1731 tragedy by the British writer Philip Frowde.Kern p.41 It is based on the life of the Ancient Greek warrior Philotas who was executed for conspiring against Alexander the Great. The story had previously been written as a 1604 play by Samuel Daniel. The cast included Lacy Ryan as Philotas, James Quin as Clitus, Anne Berriman as Antigona, John Ogden as Perdiccas, Thomas Chapman as Lysimachus, William Milward William Milward (1702-1742) was a British stage actor. He began his career with John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and also appeared at the Haymarket. From 1734 he became part of the company at Drury Lane where he remained f ... as Arsaces and Thomas Walker as Cassander. References Bibliography * Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992. * Kearn, Jean B. ''Dramatic Satire in the Age of Walpole, 1720-1750''. Iowa State University Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Frowde
Philip Frowde (died 1738) was an English poet and dramatist. Life Frowde was the son of Ashburnham Frowde, deputy postmaster-general from 1678 to 1688. His grandfather, Colonel Philip Frowde, for his faithful adherence to Charles I and Charles II was knighted on 10 March 1664–5, and appointed governor of the post office. From Eton College, where young Philip was contemporary with Robert Walpole, Frowde passed to Magdalen College, Oxford, as a gentleman-commoner, and became one of Joseph Addison's pupils. He did not take a degree. Frowde died unmarried at his lodgings in Cecil Street, Strand, in December 1738, and was buried in the cemetery in Lamb's Conduit Fields. Works To vol. ii. of ''Musarum Anglicanarum Analecta'' (Oxford, 1699, edited by Addison), Frowde contributed ''Cursus Glacialis, Anglicè, Scating''. In May 1720 Edmund Curll published these verses as Addison's, together with an English version also supposed to be Addison's, and a preface by one T. N., who stated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ogden (actor)
John Ogden (died 1732) was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century. He spent his entire stage career with John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre which he joined in 1715. He was adept at playing both comedy and tragedy. During his time on the stage he had several runs in with the law and was arrested and sent to Newgate Prison for speaking "treasonable words". Presumably an opponent of the Hanoverian Succession, he was charged in January 1723 with resisting arrest, drawing his sword and threatening anybody who didn't support the Jacobite pretender James III. After serving three months he was released and returned to the theatre.Johanson p.410 Selected roles * Sir Jasper Manly in ''The Cobbler of Preston'' (1716) * Butler in '' Woman Is a Riddle'' (1716) * Lucilius in ''Scipio Africanus'' (1718) * Freeman in ''A Bold Stroke for a Wife'' (1718) * Petruchio in '' The Traitor'' (1718) * Wade in ''Sir Walter Raleigh'' (1719) * Duke of Bouillon in ''Henry IV of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragedy Plays
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West End Plays
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British Plays
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1731 Plays
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Thomas Walker (actor)
Thomas Walker (1698–1744) was an English actor and dramatist. Early life He was the son of Francis Walker of Soho, London. At around the year 1714, he joined the Shepherd's company (perhaps the Shepherd who was at William Pinkethman's theatre in Greenwich in 1710). Barton Booth saw Walker in a droll, ''The Siege of Troy'', and recommended him to the management of the Drury Lane Theatre. Actor In November 1715 Walker seems to have played Tyrrel in Colley Cibber's ''Richard III''; on 12 December 1715 he was Young Fashion in a revival of ''The Relapse'' (John Vanburgh). On 23 September 1721 he appeared at Lincoln's Inn Fields as Edmund in ''King Lear'', and he remained there until 1733. On 29 January 1728 Walker took on his major original part, Captain Macheath in the ''Beggar's Opera'', and his reputation was established. On 10 February 1733, at the new Covent Garden Theatre, Walker was the first Periphas in John Gay's ''Achilles''.At this house he played Lothario, Banquo, Hec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Milward
William Milward (1702-1742) was a British stage actor. He began his career with John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and also appeared at the Haymarket. From 1734 he became part of the company at Drury Lane where he remained for the rest of his career.The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama p.lix Selected roles * Wingrave in ''Money the Mistress ''Money the Mistress'' is a 1726 comedy play by the Irish writer Thomas Southerne. It was his final play. Staged by John Rich (producer), John Rich at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, the cast included James Quin as Warcourt, Lacy Ryan as Mourv ...'' by Thomas Southerne (1726) * Curtius in ''The Fall of Saguntum'' by Philip Frowde (1727) * Antigonus in ''Philip of Macedon (play), Philip of Macedon'' by David Lewis (poet), David Lewis (1727) * Eumenes in ''The Virgin Queen (play), The Virgin Queen'' by Richard Barford (1728) * Pahnes in ''Sesostris (play), Sesostris'' by John Sturmy (1728) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Chapman (actor)
Thomas Chapman (1683-1747) was a British stage actor. A long-standing member of John Rich's Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre company, he was popular for his comedy roles. Although he also played in tragic plays, his reception for them were less acclaimed.The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama p.xli Selected roles * Meanwell in ''The Impertinent Lovers'' by Francis Hawling (1723) * Beggar in ''The Beggar's Opera'' by John Gay (1728) * Dion in ''Sesostris'' by John Sturmy (1728) * Mirza in '' The Virgin Queen'' by Richard Barford (1728) * Ridolpho in ''Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburgh'' by Eliza Haywood (1729) * Artaban in ''Themistocles'' by Samuel Madden (1729) * Dogrel in '' The Wife of Bath'' by John Gay (1730) * Constant in '' The Coffee House Politician'' by Henry Fielding (1730) * Alcander in ''Periander'' by John Tracy (1731) * Lysimachus in ''Philotas'' by Philip Frowde (1731) * Nicanor in '' Merope'' by George Jeffreys (1731) * Barzanes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Berriman
Anne Parker (1696-1740) was a British stage actress of the eighteenth century. She is also known by her married names Anne Berriman and Anne Hallam. She first appeared at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in 1720 as Regan in ''King Lear'' and Melinda in ''The Recruiting Officer'' and from 1723 she was a regular part of John Rich's company there. In 1726 she married a fellow Lincoln's Inn actor Joseph Berriman. Following his death in 1730 she remarried to another actor William Hallam and was known as Mrs Hallam for the remainder of her career. From 1732 she moved with the rest of Rich's company to the newly-built Covent Garden Theatre. She became particularly known for her performances as Lady Macbeth. She died on 5 June 1740 and was buried in Mitcham.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.32 Selected roles * Adeliza in ''Edwin'' by George Jeffreys (1724) * Valeria in ''Belisarius'' by William Phillips (1724) * Camilla in ''The Roman Maid'' by Robert Hurst (1724) * Cleora in ''The Bath Unm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Lisle's Tennis Court was a building off Portugal Street in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. Originally built as a real tennis court, it was used as a playhouse during two periods, 1661–1674 and 1695–1705. During the early period, the theatre was called Lincoln's Inn Fields Playhouse, also known as The Duke's Playhouse, The New Theatre or The Opera. The building was demolished and replaced by a purpose-built theatre for a third period, 1714–1728. The tennis court theatre was the first public playhouse in London to feature the moveable scenery that would become a standard feature of Restoration theatres. Historical background The period beginning in England in 1642 and lasting until 1660 is known as the Interregnum, meaning "between kings." At this time, there was no monarch on the throne, and theatre was against the law. Spanning from 1642 to 1649, the English Civil War occurred. This war was an uprising against the current King of England, King Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Quin
James Quin (24 February 1693 – 21 January 1766) was an English actor of Irish descent. Life Quin was born in King Street, Covent Garden, London, an illegitimate son of James Quin, an Irish-born barrister, and his partner (whom he apparently never lawfully married) Mrs. Grinsell. He was the grandson of Mark Quin, Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1667–8. William Whitshed, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, was his first cousin. He was educated in Dublin, and probably spent some time at Trinity College, Dublin. His grandfather, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, who caused a sensation by committing suicide in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in 1674, supposedly because of his wife's infidelity, was one of the richest men in Dublin. James unsuccessfully claimed a share of the family fortune,Sturgeon, Sinéad "Quin, James" ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' but he could not prove that his parents had been lawfully married, since his mother had a previous husband who was still alive. Soon after his fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
