Ximena; or, The Heroic Daughter. A Tragedy
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- Ximena; or, The Heroic Daughter. A Tragedy
- Jaar:
- 1792
- URL:
- https://books.google.be/books?id=On1XAAAAcAAJ Google Books
- Onderwerp:
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, United Kingdom)
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (London, United Kingdom)
18th Century (1701-1800)
Play (theater)
London (United Kingdom) - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- London Bell 1792
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.KTS1 C2.44 06I13 (Orpheus Instituut)
- Paginering:
- [i]- 88 pages engraved frontispiece
- Nota:
- Originally published in 1712
based on Pierre Corneille's 'Le Cid', but with a happy end
the publisher, John Bell (1745-1831), was an important printer and typographer whose bookshop, 'British Library', was located in the Strand and who pioneered the regular s (instead of the long s) in English printing
Frontispiece engraving by John Thornthwaite, (b. 1740) after Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832) depicting Mr John Palmer as Don Carlos in Act 5 "My injuril sword shall prove..."; standing, whole length, gesturing with a right fist, dressed in renaissance fashion, facing to the right; in oval frame.
Contains role assignment and casting for Covent Garden
Epilogue spoken by Ximena - Permalink:
- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/orp01:000001321