''Zingis'' is a 1768
tragedy
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by the British writer
Alexander Dow
Alexander Dow (1735 or 1736 – 31 July 1779) was a Scottish Orientalist, writer, playwright and army officer in the East India Company.
Life
He was a native of Crieff, Perthshire. Alexander Dow's father worked at the Customs at Dunbar. The yo ...
.
[Nicoll p.257] It is set during the reign of
Tamerlane
Timur, also known as Tamerlane (1320s17/18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol tradition, Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timuri ...
.
The original
Drury Lane
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cast included
Charles Holland as Tamerlane,
Francis Aickin
Francis Aickin (died 1805), was an Irish actor, who worked at the Edinburgh Theatre in Scotland, and the between 1765 and 1792 in theatres in the West End of London.
Francis Aickin first appeared in London in 1765 as Dick Amlet in John Vanbr ...
as Zingis,
John Hayman Packer
John Hayman Packer (12 March 1730 – 16 September 1806) was an actor for David Garrick's company at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Drury Lane. Originally a saddler, he created the character Freeman in James Townley's ''High Life Below Stairs'' (17 ...
as Aunac,
Samuel Reddish
Samuel Reddish (1735–1785) was a theatre manager and an actor in England. He made a reputation with Mossop's company in Smock Alley, Dublin in the seasons of 1761-2 and appeared at Drury Lane, London, 1767, where he remained during ten seasons ...
as Zemouca,
Thomas Jefferson
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as Cubla,
John Palmer John Palmer may refer to:
People
Politicians
* John Palmer (fl. 1377–1394), English politician
* Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet (1735–1817), British politician
*John Palmer (1785–1840), U.S. congressman from New York
* John Palmer (1842–190 ...
as Zena,
Charles Bannister
Charles Bannister Comedian
Charles Bannister (1738–1804) was an English actor, comedian and singer.
Origins and debut
Bannister was born in Gloucestershire. When he was seven his father moved to Deptford. He was possessed of 'a manly form, a ...
as Nevian,
Richard Hurst
Richard Hurst is a British writer and director of comedy, theatre and television.
Biography
Born Richard Turner in Surrey, he attended Boston Grammar School and Oakham School before studying at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and training as a directo ...
as Sidasco and
Elizabeth Younge
Elizabeth Younge (1740 – 15 March 1797)Her epitaph in Westminster Abbey states that she died at the age of 52 but ''The New Monthly Magazine'' which gave her d.o.b. as 1940 wrote, "How this error in her age arose there is no possibility of e ...
as Ovisa.
References
Bibliography
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III''. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
* Hogan, C.B (ed.) ''The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.
1768 plays
Scottish plays
Tragedy plays
West End plays
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