The Siege of Aquileia

The Siege of Aquileia is a 1760 tragedy by the British writer John Home.[1] It is set around the time of the Siege of Aquileia during the Roman Empire.

The Siege of Aquileia
Written byJohn Home
Date premiered21 February 1760
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Drury Lane
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

Home was well-known for his 1756 play Douglas which had initially been rejected by David Garrick at the Drury Lane Theatre. However, Garrick did produce the follow-up and several further plays by Home. The original cast included Garrick as Aemilius, Charles Holland as Titus, John Hayman Packer as Lucius and Susannah Cibber as Cornelia.

References

  1. Royle p.146

Bibliography

  • Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  • Trevor Royle. Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature. Macmillan, 1984.
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