Julian and Agnes

Julian and Agnes
Julian and Agnes
	Drury Lane
Written by	William Sotheby
Date premiered	25 April 1801
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Original language	English
Genre	Tragedy
Setting	Great St Bernard Pass, Switzerland

Julian and Agnes is an 1801 Gothic tragedy by the British writer William Sotheby.^[1] Best known as a poet he wrote several tragedies, but this was his only play to be performed in London's West End.^[2] It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 25 April 1801.^[3] The original cast included John Philip Kemble as Jullian, Sarah Siddons as Agnes, Richard Wroughton as Provost, John Hayman Packer as Prior, William Barrymore as Confesser, Charles Holland as Infirmier, Walter Maddocks as Steward, William Powell as Francis and Anne Biggs as Ellen.^[4]

References

^ Evans p.242
^ Nicoll p.395
^ Greene p.4508
^ The European Magazine and London Review, by the Philological Society of London, Volume 39. Philological Society of London, 1800. p.357

Evans, Bertrand. Gothic Drama from Walpole to Shelley. Univ of California Press, 2023.
Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6. Lexington Books, 2011.
Hogle, Jerrold E. The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume IV. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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