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Tragedy in five acts, based on the story in Josephus, treated the theme with more sympathy and gentleness than its English predecessors. | Tragedy in five acts, based on the story in Josephus, treated the theme with more sympathy and gentleness than its English predecessors. | ||
==Editions, performances | ==Editions, performances== | ||
Premiered in London (Lincoln's-Inn-Fields Th., 22 February 1723) and was a brilliant success. The author is said to have netted a profit of over one thousand pounds. | Premiered in London (Lincoln's-Inn-Fields Th., 22 February 1723) and was a brilliant success. The author is said to have netted a profit of over one thousand pounds. | ||
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[[Category:Second Temple Studies--English|1723 Fenton]] | [[Category:Second Temple Studies--English|1723 Fenton]] | ||
[[Category:Herods (subject)|1723 Fenton]] | |||
[[Category:Herods--fiction (subject)|1723 Fenton]] | |||
[[Category:Herods--literature (subject)|1723 Fenton]] | |||
[[Category:Herod & Mariamne (event)|1723 Fenton]] | [[Category:Herod & Mariamne (event)|1723 Fenton]] | ||
[[Category:Herod the Great (subject)|1723 Fenton]] | [[Category:Herod the Great (subject)|1723 Fenton]] | ||
[[Category:Mariamne (subject)|1723 Fenton]] | [[Category:Mariamne (subject)|1723 Fenton]] | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 11 January 2016
Mariamne (1723) is a play by Elijah Fenton.
Abstract
Tragedy in five acts, based on the story in Josephus, treated the theme with more sympathy and gentleness than its English predecessors.
Editions, performances
Premiered in London (Lincoln's-Inn-Fields Th., 22 February 1723) and was a brilliant success. The author is said to have netted a profit of over one thousand pounds.
External links
Categories:
- 1723
- Fiction--1700s
- Fiction--English
- Literature--1700s
- Plays
- English language--1700s
- Made in the 1720s
- Second Temple Studies--1700s
- Second Temple Studies--Fiction
- Second Temple Studies--English
- Herods (subject)
- Herods--fiction (subject)
- Herods--literature (subject)
- Herod & Mariamne (event)
- Herod the Great (subject)
- Mariamne (subject)