Distressed Innocence
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| Original language | English |
| Written by | Elkanah Settle |
| Genre | Tragedy |
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| Date | October 1690 |
| Place | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London |
Distress'd Innocence; Or, The Princess Of Persia is a 1690 tragedy by the English writer Elkanah Settle.[1] It was first performed by the United Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. Incidental music was composed for the play by Henry Purcell.
The original cast included John Bowman as Isdigerdes, William Mountfort as Hormidas, George Powell as Theodosius, John Hodgson as Audas, George Bright as Cleontes, Edward Kynaston as Otrantes, Samuel Sandford as Rugildas, John Freeman and John Verbruggen as Persian Magi, Elizabeth Barry as Orundana, Anne Bracegirdle as Cleomira and Katherine Corey as Doranthe.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "An account of the English dramatick poets, or, Some observations and remarks on the lives and writings of all those that have publish'd either comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies, pastorals, masques, interludes, farces or opera's in the English tongue by Gerard Langbaine". University of Michigan Library Digital Collection. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- ↑ Van Lennep p.390
Bibliography
[edit]- Brown, Frank Clyde. Elkanah Settle. University of Chicago Press, 1910.
- Schab, Alon. 'Distress'd Sources? A Critical Consideration of the Authority of Purcell's "Ayres for the Theatre"'. Early Music, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov., 2009), 633-645.
- Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
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