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'''''Caesar in Egypt''''' is a 1724 [[tragedy]] by the British writer [[Colley Cibber]]. It is inspired by [[Pierre Corneille]]'s 1642 French play ''[[The Death of Pompey]]'' about [[Julius Caesar]]'s intervention in the Egyptian Civil War between Cleopatra and her brother. Cibber also incorporated elements of [[Plutarch]] and [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]]'s ''[[The False One]]''.<ref>Koon p.107</ref> The Drury Lane company invested lots of resources to make it a particularly extravagant production in the traditional style of a [[Restoration theatre|Restoration]] [[heroic drama]].<ref>Koon p.108</ref> |
'''''Caesar in Egypt''''' is a 1724 [[tragedy]] by the British writer [[Colley Cibber]]. It is inspired by [[Pierre Corneille]]'s 1642 French play ''[[The Death of Pompey]]'' about [[Julius Caesar]]'s intervention in the Egyptian Civil War between Cleopatra and her brother. Cibber also incorporated elements of [[Plutarch]] and [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]]'s ''[[The False One]]''.<ref>Koon p.107</ref> The Drury Lane company invested lots of resources to make it a particularly extravagant production in the traditional style of a [[Restoration theatre|Restoration]] [[heroic drama]].<ref>Koon p.108</ref> |
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The cast included [[Barton Booth]] as Julius Caesar, [[Robert Wilks]] as Antony, [[Theophilus Cibber]] as Ptolemy, [[John Mills (stage actor)|John Mills]] as Photinus, Colley Cibber as Achoreus, [[John Thurmond]] as |
The cast included [[Barton Booth]] as Julius Caesar, [[Robert Wilks]] as Antony, [[Theophilus Cibber]] as Ptolemy, [[John Mills (stage actor)|John Mills]] as Photinus, Colley Cibber as Achoreus, [[John Roberts (stage actor)|John Roberts]] as First Centurion, [[John Thurmond]] as Second Centurion, [[Mary Porter (actress)|Mary Porter]] as Cornelia and [[Anne Oldfield]] as Cleopatra. |
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The play was not well-received, its style increasingly regarded by audiences as old-fashioned. This effectively ended Cibber's career as a playwright.<ref>Koon p.108</ref> |
The play was not well-received, its style increasingly regarded by audiences as old-fashioned. This effectively ended Cibber's career as a playwright.<ref>Koon p.108</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:17, 22 September 2020
| Caesar in Egypt | |
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| Written by | Colley Cibber |
| Date premiered | 9 December 1724[1] |
| Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Tragedy |
Caesar in Egypt is a 1724 tragedy by the British writer Colley Cibber. It is inspired by Pierre Corneille's 1642 French play The Death of Pompey about Julius Caesar's intervention in the Egyptian Civil War between Cleopatra and her brother. Cibber also incorporated elements of Plutarch and John Fletcher's The False One.[2] The Drury Lane company invested lots of resources to make it a particularly extravagant production in the traditional style of a Restoration heroic drama.[3]
The cast included Barton Booth as Julius Caesar, Robert Wilks as Antony, Theophilus Cibber as Ptolemy, John Mills as Photinus, Colley Cibber as Achoreus, John Roberts as First Centurion, John Thurmond as Second Centurion, Mary Porter as Cornelia and Anne Oldfield as Cleopatra.
The play was not well-received, its style increasingly regarded by audiences as old-fashioned. This effectively ended Cibber's career as a playwright.[4]
References
Bibliography
- Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
- Koon, Helene. Colley Cibber: A Biography. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
- Nicoll, Allardyce. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 2. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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