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a| Racine, Jean d| 1639-1699 4| aut 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q742 9| 5767

a| The Distrest Mother. b| A Tragedy. Translated from the Andromaque of Racine

a| London b| Bell c| 1791

a| [i]-80 pages b| engraved frontispiece

a| Originally published as 'Andromaque' (1667)

a| translation/adaptation first produced at Drury Lane Theatre and first printed in 1712

a| 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;

a| Philips' neoclassical tragedy is an adaptation of Jean Racine's Andromaque, which is, in turn, an adaptation of the Euripides' ancient Greek tragedy Andromache (ca. 426 BC). Philip took Racine's play and moulded it to appeal to English taste.

a| Dedicated to "Her Grace the Dutchess of Montague"

a| Contains role assignment and casting for Drury Lane and Covent Garden

a| Prologue written by Mr. Steele (Richard Steele, 1672-1729)

a| Epilogue written by Mr. Budgell, of the Inner Temple, Spoken by Andromache (Eustace Budgell, 1687-1737, English writer and politician, member of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court and a professional association for barristers and judges)

a| Frontispiece engraving by John Thornthwaite, (b. 1740) after Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832) depicting Mr Farren as Orestes in Act 1 scene 1 "Madam, tis done; your orders are obeyed: The Tyrant lies expiring at the altar"; standing, left hand gesturing, right hand holding a sword, facing diagonal; in oval frame.

a| Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane, and Covent-Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-books, by Permission of the Managers. The Lines distinguished by inverted Commas, are omitted in the Representation .

a| Play (theater) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25379 9| 21414

4| trl 4| adp a| Philips, Ambrose d| 1674-1749 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2404968 9| 6036

4| adp a| Euripides d| 480BC-406BC) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q48305 9| 5566

a| Andromaque

u| https://books.google.bj/books?id=I_cVAAAAYAAJ

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a| boek

b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.44 06I20

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