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By furnishing Mariamne with a noble lover (for whom there was no historical foundation), the author provided that four-cornered overlapping of triangles so beloved by the French. Herod, enamored of Mariamne, is jealous of Tyridates; while Salome, enamored of Tyridates, is jealous of Mariamme. The two noble, if illicit, lovers meet their gory death together with the villains, the male rivals swearing with their final breath to continue the duel in ghostly form. | By furnishing Mariamne with a noble lover (for whom there was no historical foundation), the author provided that four-cornered overlapping of triangles so beloved by the French. Herod, enamored of Mariamne, is jealous of Tyridates; while Salome, enamored of Tyridates, is jealous of Mariamme. The two noble, if illicit, lovers meet their gory death together with the villains, the male rivals swearing with their final breath to continue the duel in ghostly form. | ||
==Editions, performances | ==Editions, performances== | ||
Written in 1661-62, premiered in London [England]: Dorset Garden, 28 October 1673. Published in London [England]: Cademan, 1673. | Written in 1661-62, premiered in London [England]: Dorset Garden, 28 October 1673. Published in London [England]: Cademan, 1673. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[[Category:1673| | [[Category:1673| Pordage]] | ||
[[Category:Fiction--1600s|1673 Pordage]] | [[Category:Fiction--1600s|1673 Pordage]] | ||
[[Category:Fiction--English|1673 Pordage]] | [[Category:Fiction--English|1673 Pordage]] | ||
[[Category:Literature--1600s|1673 Pordage]] | [[Category:Literature--1600s|1673 Pordage]] | ||
[[Category:Plays|1673 Pordage]] | [[Category:Plays|1673 Pordage]] | ||
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[[Category:Second Temple Studies--Fiction|1673 Pordage]] | [[Category:Second Temple Studies--Fiction|1673 Pordage]] | ||
[[Category:Herods (subject)|1673 Pordage]] | |||
[[Category:Herods--fiction (subject)|1673 Pordage]] | |||
[[Category:Herods--literature (subject)|1673 Pordage]] | |||
[[Category:Herod & Mariamne (event)|1673 Pordage]] | [[Category:Herod & Mariamne (event)|1673 Pordage]] | ||
[[Category:Herod the Great (subject)|1673 Pordage]] | [[Category:Herod the Great (subject)|1673 Pordage]] | ||
[[Category:Mariamne (subject)|1673 Pordage]] | [[Category:Mariamne (subject)|1673 Pordage]] | ||
Revision as of 13:40, 11 January 2016
Herod and Mariamne (1673) is a play by Samuel Pordage.
Abstract
By furnishing Mariamne with a noble lover (for whom there was no historical foundation), the author provided that four-cornered overlapping of triangles so beloved by the French. Herod, enamored of Mariamne, is jealous of Tyridates; while Salome, enamored of Tyridates, is jealous of Mariamme. The two noble, if illicit, lovers meet their gory death together with the villains, the male rivals swearing with their final breath to continue the duel in ghostly form.
Editions, performances
Written in 1661-62, premiered in London [England]: Dorset Garden, 28 October 1673. Published in London [England]: Cademan, 1673.
External links
Categories:
- 1673
- Fiction--1600s
- Fiction--English
- Literature--1600s
- Plays
- English language--1600s
- Made in the 1670s
- Second Temple Studies--1600s
- Second Temple Studies--English
- Second Temple Studies--Fiction
- Herods (subject)
- Herods--fiction (subject)
- Herods--literature (subject)
- Herod & Mariamne (event)
- Herod the Great (subject)
- Mariamne (subject)