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Herod and Mariamne is a 1671 tragedy by the English writer Samuel Pordage. It was first performed by the Duke's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London shortly before they moved to the Dorset Gardens Theatre. It was the company's attempt to respond to the great success of John Dryden's heroic drama The Conquest of Granada by the rival King's Company. It is inspired by the accounts of Josephus portraying the reign of Herod II.
The Siege of Babylon is a 1677 tragedy by the English writer Samuel Pordage. It was originally staged at the Dorset Garden Theatre by the Duke's Company. The original cast included Thomas Betterton as Orontes, Matthew Medbourne as Lysimachus, Thomas Jevon as Eumenes, John Crosby as Ptolomy, William Smith as Perdicas, Henry Harris as Cassander, Henry Norris as Araxis, Mary Betterton as Statira, Mary Lee as Roxana and Anne Quin as Thalestris.
Herod and Mariamne is a 1671 tragedy by the English writer Samuel Pordage. It was first performed by the Duke's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London shortly before they moved to the Dorset Gardens Theatre. It was the company's attempt to respond to the great success of John Dryden's heroic drama The Conquest of Granada by the rival King's Company. It is inspired by the accounts of Josephus portraying the reign of Herod II.
The Siege of Babylon is a 1677 tragedy by the English writer Samuel Pordage. It was originally staged at the Dorset Garden Theatre by the Duke's Company. The original cast included Thomas Betterton as Orontes, Matthew Medbourne as Lysimachus, Thomas Jevon as Eumenes, John Crosby as Ptolomy, William Smith as Perdicas, Henry Harris as Cassander, Henry Norris as Araxis, Mary Betterton as Statira, Mary Lee as Roxana and Anne Quin as Thalestris.