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Creusa, Queen of Athens

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Creusa, Queen of Athens
Original languageEnglish
Written byWilliam Whitehead
GenreTragedy
Premiere
Date20 April 1754
PlaceTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

Creusa, Queen of Athens is a 1754 tragedy by the British writer William Whitehead.[1] It is based on the story of Creusa of Athens.

The original Drury Lane cast included David Garrick as Aletes, Maria Macklin as Ilyssus, Hannah Pritchard as Creusa, Henry Mossop as Phorbas and Edward Berry as Xuthus.

References

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  1. ^ Watson p.861

Bibliography

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  • Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  • Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.