The Rival Generals is a 1722 tragedy by the Irish writer James Sterling.
The Rival Generals | |
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Written by | James Sterling |
Date premiered | March 1722 |
Place premiered | Smock Alley Theatre |
Original language | English |
Genre | Tragedy |
It premiered at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. The original cast included Francis Elrington as Spinloi, Richard Elrington as Lorenzo, Henry Giffard as Honorio and Nancy Lyddal as Sygismunda.[1]
Sterling dedicated his play to William Conolly, a leading Irish Whig and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.[2]
References
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edit- Greene, John C. & Clark, Gladys L. H. The Dublin Stage, 1720-1745: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments, and Afterpiece. Lehigh University Press, 1993.
- Walsh, Patrick. The Making of the Irish Protestant Ascendancy: The Life of William Conolly, 1662-1729. Boydell & Brewer, 2010.
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