Strafford (play)
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Written by | Robert Browning |
Date premiered | 1 May 1837 |
Place premiered | Covent Garden Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Genre | Historical |
Setting | London, 1641 |
Strafford is an 1837 tragedy by the British writer Robert Browning.[1] It portrays the downfall and execution of Lord Strafford, the advisor to Charles I shortly before the English Civil War.
The play was fist staged at the Covent Garden Theatre in London's West End. The original cast included William Macready as Strafford, as Lord Savile, John Vandenhoff as John Pym, George John Bennett as Denzil Hollis, John Langford Pritchard as Benjamin Rudyard and Helena Faucit as Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle. It was one of the last plays to premiere in the pre-Victorian era.
References[]
- ^ Nicoll p.272
Bibliography[]
- Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
Categories:
- 1837 plays
- West End plays
- Historical plays
- Tragedy plays
- Plays by Robert Browning
- Plays set in London
- Plays set in the 17th century
- 19th-century play stubs