''Friendship Improved, or the Female Warrior'' is a 1699
tragedy
Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy ...
by the English writer
Charles Hopkins.
[Wagonheim p.204]
The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included
Thomas Betterton
Thomas Patrick Betterton (August 1635 – 28 April 1710), the leading male actor and theatre manager during Restoration England, son of an under-cook to King Charles I, was born in London.
Apprentice and actor
Betterton was born in August 16 ...
as Zoulis,
John Verbruggen
John Baptista Verbruggen, d. 1708, was an English actor working in London. Verbruggen is first mentioned as a member of the United Company in a Lord Chamberlain's warrant in 1688. His name does not appear in any cast lists until October 1690. Th ...
as Maherbal,
Elizabeth Barry
Elizabeth Barry (1658 – 7 November 1713) was an English actress of the Restoration period.
Elizabeth Barry's biggest influence on Restoration drama was her presentation of performing as the tragic actress. She worked in large, prestigious ...
as Semanthe,
Henrietta Moore
Dame Henrietta Louise Moore, (born 18 May 1957) is a British social anthropologist. She is the director of the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College, London (UCL), part of the Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment. ...
as Cyllene,
Anne Bracegirdle as Locris and
Mary Porter as Orithyia.
References
Bibliography
* Wagonheim, Sylvia Stoler. ''The Annals of English Drama 975-1700''. Routledge, 2013.
* Watson, George. ''The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660–1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.
1699 plays
West End plays
Tragedy plays
Plays by Charles Hopkins
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