mithridates, king, pontus, mozart, opera, mitridate, ponto, 1678, tragedy, english, writer, nathaniel, first, performed, theatre, royal, drury, lane, london, king, company, john, dryden, wrote, play, epilogue, written, bynathaniel, leedate, premieredfebruary, . For the Mozart opera see Mitridate re di Ponto Mithridates King of Pontus is a 1678 tragedy by the English writer Nathaniel Lee It was first performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London by the King s Company John Dryden wrote the play s epilogue Mithridates King of PontusWritten byNathaniel LeeDate premieredFebruary 1678Place premieredTheatre Royal Drury Lane LondonOriginal languageEnglishGenreTragedyThe original Drury Lane cast included Michael Mohun as Mithridates Charles Hart as Ziphares Cardell Goodman as Pharnaces Philip Griffin as Archelaus William Wintershall as Pelopidas Martin Powell as Andravar Thomas Clark as Aquilius John Wiltshire as Another Roman Officer Mary Corbett as Monima and Elizabeth Boutell as Semandra 1 The play has been revived a number of times including a 1708 version again at Drury Lane featuring Robert Wilks John Mills Barton Booth and Anne Oldfield References edit Van Lennep p 268Bibliography editVan Lennep W The London Stage 1660 1800 Volume One 1660 1700 Southern Illinois University Press 1960 nbsp This article on a play from the 17th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mithridates King of Pontus amp oldid 1106231902, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
