''Ingomar the Barbarian'' is an 1851

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by the British writer and former actress

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. It was based on the German play ''Der Sohn der Wildnis'' by Friedrich Halm. It premiered at the

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on 9 June 1851. The original cast included

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as the Timarch of Masillia, James Robertson Anderson as Ingomar and

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as Parthenia. It appeared frequently on the American stage for the remainder of the nineteenth century. Mary Anderson as Parthenia by Napoleon Sarony 1883

Mary Anderson as Parthenia by Napoleon Sarony 1883

Adaptation

In 1908 it provided the basis for the American

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'' directed by

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.Mayer p.278

References

Bibliography

* Jackson, Allan Stuart. ''The Standard Theatre of Victorian England''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1993. * Mayer, David. ''Stagestruck Filmmaker: D. W. Griffith and the American Theatre''. University of Iowa Press, 2009. 1851 plays West End plays British plays Historical plays {{19thC-play-stub