''Sethona'' is a 1774
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 British writer
Alexander Dow.
[Nicoll p.257] It is set in
Ancient Egypt at a time when
Menes
Menes (fl. c. 3200–3000 BC; ; egy, mnj, probably pronounced *; grc, Μήνης) was a pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt and as the founder of the ...
is heir to the crown.
The original Drury Lane cast included
Spranger Barry
Spranger Barry (23 November 1719 – 10 January 1777) was an Irish actor.
Life
He was born in Skinner's Row, Dublin, the son of a silversmith, to whose business he was brought up. He took over the business but was not successful.
His fir ...
as Serapis,
Samuel Reddish
Samuel Reddish (1735–1785) was a theatre manager and an actor in England. He made a reputation with Mossop's company in Smock Alley, Dublin in the seasons of 1761-2 and appeared at Drury Lane, London, 1767, where he remained during ten season ...
as Menes,
Francis Aickin
Francis Aickin (died 1805), was an Irish actor, who worked at the Edinburgh Theatre in Scotland, and the between 1765 and 1792 in theatres in the West End of London.
Francis Aickin first appeared in London in 1765 as Dick Amlet in John Vanbru ...
as Amasis,
James Aickin
James Aickin (died 1803), was an Irish stage actor who worked at the Edinburgh Theatre in Scotland and in theatres in the West End of London.
He was the younger brother of the actor Francis Aickin (died 1803) with whom he shared the stage at the ...
as Orus,
John Hayman Packer as Otanes and
Ann Street Barry
Ann Street Barry aka Ann Dancer later Ann Crawford (1734 – 29 November 1801), was a British singer, dancer and stage actress.
Life
Barry was born in Bath, England, to an apothecary named James Street. Her brother, William Street, later became ...
as Sethona.
References
Bibliography
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III''. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
* Hogan, C.B (ed.) ''The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.
External link
full book from google 1774 plays
Scottish plays
Tragedy plays
West End plays
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