Edwy and Elgiva

{{Short description|1795 play}}

{{Infobox play

| name =Edwy and Elgiva

| image =File:William Hamilton - Edwy and Elgiva, A Scene from Saxon History - BF.1986.13 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg

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| caption = Edwy and Elgiva by William Hamilton. Burney based the play on the historical figures Eadwig and Ælfgifu.

| writer =Fanny Burney

| setting = Anglo-Saxon England

| date of premiere = 21 March 1795

| original language = English

| place = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

| series =

| subject =

| genre = Tragedy

}}

Edwy and Elgiva is a historical tragedy by the English writer Fanny Burney.Nicoll p.253 Written in 1790 it was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 21 March 1795.Greene p.4502 The original cast included John Philip Kemble as Edwy, Sarah Siddons as Elgiva, John Palmer as Aldhem, William Barrymore as Cedric, Thomas Caulfield as Ernulf, John Whitfield as Redwald, Robert Bensley as Dunstan, Robert Benson as Orgar, Charles Kemble as Sigebert, John Hayman Packer as Leofric, Walter Maddocks as Peasant, John Phillimore as Ruffian and Jane Powell as Eltruda.{{cite web | url=https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=49503 | title=London Stage Event: 21 March 1795 at Drury Lane Theatre }} The prologue was written by the author's brother Charles Burney. Despite its high-profile cast including three members of the Kemble dynasty, it was withdrawn after only one performance.