''Strathmore'' is an 1849

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by the British writer John Westland Marston. It premiered at the

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on 20 June 1849.Nicoll p.343 The original cast included

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as Halbert Strathmore, Henry Hughes as Sir Rupert Lorn,

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as Bycefield, John Baldwin Buckstone as Roland, Ellen Kean as Katharine Lorn and Fanny Fitzwilliam as Janet. It is set during

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amidst repression of the Scottish

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religious movement in the

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Bibliography

* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850''. Cambridge University Press, 1930. * Rowell, George. ''Victorian Dramatic Criticism''. Routledge, 2015. 1849 plays West End plays British plays Historical plays Tragedy plays Plays set in Scotland Plays set in the 17th century Plays by John Westland Marston {{19thC-play-stub