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The Fair Captive

The Fair Captive is a 1721 tragedy by the British writer Eliza Haywood.

The Fair Captive
Written byEliza Haywood
Date premiered4 March 1721[1]
Place premieredLincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

Performed at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre the cast featured James Quin as Mustapha, John Leigh as Ozmin, Anthony Boheme as Haly, Lacy Ryan as Alphonso, John Egleton as Achmat and Anna Maria Seymour as Isabella. The epilogue, comic in contrast to the play's tragedy, was written by Aaron Hill.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Burling p.88
  2. ^ Gerrard p.68

Bibliography edit

  • Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
  • Gerrard, Christine. Aaron Hill: The Muses' Projector, 1685-1750. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • King, Kathryn R. A Political Biography of Eliza Haywood. Routledge, 2015.


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