Castro (play)
| Castro | |
|---|---|
| Written by | António Ferreira |
| Date premiered | 1598 |
| Place premiered | Portugal |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| Subject | Inês de Castro |
| Genre | Tragedy |
Castro is a Portuguese tradgedy play written by Portuguese poet António Ferreira. It is considered the first classical tragedy composed in Portuguese.
Background
[edit]Castro is a play written in Portuguese by António Ferreira based on the subject of Inês de Castro.[1] The play was first presented in 1598 in Lisbon, Portugal. It was printed by Pedro Crasbeeck.[2] Ferreira's theme for the play is reportedly adapted from the latin poem The Lusiadas by Luís de Camões.
The work was translated to English by Thomas Moore Musgrave in London in 1825.[3]
Characters
[edit]- Castro (Inês de Castro)
- Ama (Caretaker)
- Choro das mocas de Coimbra (Lament of the Girls of Coimbra)
- Iffante D. Pedro (Peter I of Portugal)
- Secretario jeu
- El Rey D. Afonso IIII (Afonso IV of Portugal)
- Pêro Coelho
- Diogo Lopes Pacheco (son of Lopo Fernandes Pacheco)
- Messageiro (Messenger)
Plot
[edit]The Portuguese tragedy is inspired by the tragic story of Inês de Castro, the lover of Pedro I, Portugal's future king.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Adamson, J. (1836). Bibliotheca Lusitana: Or Catalogue of Books and Tracts, Relating to the History, Literature, and Poetry, of Portugal: Forming Part of the Library of John Adamson .... United Kingdom: T. and J. Hodgson.
- ^ FERREIRA, A. (1598). Castro. Tragedia do doutor Antonio Ferreira. (n.p.): (n.p.).
- ^ Adamson, J. (1842). Lusitania Illustrata: Notices on the History, Antiquities, Literature ... of Portugal: Selection of Sonnets, with biographical sketches of the authors. United Kingdom: T. and J. Hodgson.
- ^ Dreams of Waking: An Anthology of Iberian Lyric Poetry, 1400-1700. (2013). United Kingdom: University of Chicago Press.