''The Pledge; Or, Castilian Honour'' is an 1831 tragedy by the British writer James Kenney. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 8 April 1831. It is inspired by the play ''

Hernani Hernani may refer to: *Hernani, Eastern Samar, a municipality in Eastern Samar, Philippines *Hernani, Gipuzkoa, a town in Gipuzkoa, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain * ''Hernani'' (drama), a Romantic drama by Victor Hugo *Hernani CRE, a Spanish ru ...

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Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

.France & Haynes p.236 The original London cast included William Macready as Don Leo,

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as Hernani, John Cooper as Don Carlos and George Yarnold as Don Ricardo.

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* France, Peter & Haynes, Kenneth. ''The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English:: Volume 4: 1790-1900''. Oxford University Press, 2006. * Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850''. Cambridge University Press, 1930. 1831 plays West End plays British plays Tragedy plays Plays set in Spain Plays by James Kenney {{19thC-play-stub