Scipio Africanus (play)

{{short description|1718 play}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox play

| name = Scipio Africanus

| image =File:Scipio Africanus (play).jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| writer = Charles Beckingham

| setting =

| date of premiere = 18 February 1718Burling p.69

| original language = English

| place = Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre

| series =

| subject =

| genre = Tragedy

}}

Scipio Africanus is a 1718 historical tragedy by the British writer Charles Beckingham. It is inspired by the story of The Continence of Scipio, featuring the Ancient Roman general Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War.

Staged at Lincoln's Inn Fields the cast included James Quin as Scipio, John Leigh as Trebellius, Sarah Thurmond as Almeyda, Jane Rogers as Semanthe, Thomas Smith as Alucius, John Corey as Lelius, John Ogden as Lucilius, Thomas Smith as Alucius, and Mary Kent as Axarte.