Beauty in Distress
Written byPeter Anthony Motteux
Date premieredApril 1698
Place premieredLincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

Beauty in Distress is a 1698 tragedy by the English writer Peter Anthony Motteux.[1][2]

The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included Thomas Betterton as Don Vincentio, John Verbruggen as Ricardo, Edward Kynaston as Duke Ferdinand, John Hodgson as Fabiano, Elizabeth Barry as Laura, Anne Bracegirdle as Placentia and Henrietta Moore as Morella.

References

  1. ↑ Watson p.767
  2. ↑ Lowerre p.198

Bibliography

  • Lowerre, Kathryn. Music and Musicians on the London Stage, 1695-1705. Routledge, 2017.
  • Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.


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