Fredolfo

{{Short description|1819 play}}

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| name =Fredolfo

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| writer = Charles Maturin

| setting = Swiss Alps, 14th century

| date of premiere = 12 May 1819

| original language = English

| place = Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London

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| genre = Historical tragedy

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Fredolfo is an 1819 historical tragedy by the Irish writer Charles Maturin.Nicolly p.167 It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 12 May 1819.Greene p.4544 The original cast included William Macready as Wallenberg, Charles Mayne Young as Fredolfo, Charles Kemble as Aldemar, Frederick Henry Yates as Berthold, Charles Connor as Waldo and Elizabeth O'Neill as Urilda. Maturin dedicated the published version to the Duke of Leinster, which was published by Archibald Constable. The work was considered a failure which failed to recaptured the success of his earlier Bertram and Maturin turned back to writing novels.Murray p.717