''The Roman Maid'' is a 1724
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 Robert Hurst.
[Nicoll p.31] It is set during the reign of the
Roman Emperor Diocletian
Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...
.
The original cast included
John Ogden John Ogden may refer to:
*John Ogden (colonist) (1609-1682), an American colonial leader
*John Ogden (actor) (died 1732), a British stage actor
* John B. Ogden (1812–?), 19th century Arkansas judge
*John Ogden (academic), co-founder of Fisk Unive ...
as Dioclesian,
Thomas Walker as Galerius Caesar,
Charles Hulett
Charles Hulett (c.1700-1735) was a British stage actor. His name is sometimes written as Charles Hulet.
Hulett was the son of John Hulett, a Yeomen of the Guard and Steward to the Earl of Northampton. Born in Bloomsbury, he acted as an apprent ...
as Carus,
Anthony Boheme
Anthony Boheme (died 1731) was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century.
His year of birth is unknown. From 1720 he was a long-standing part of John Rich's company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre until his death. He was married to the ...
as Paulinus and
Anne Parker as Camilla.
References
Bibliography
* Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750''. CUP Archive, 1927.
1724 plays
British plays
Tragedy plays
West End plays
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