Sesostris (play)
{{short description|1728 play}}
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| name =Sesostris
| image =File:Sesothrisjohnstrumy.jpeg
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| writer = John Sturmy
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| date of premiere = 17 January 1728Burling p.124
| original language = English
| place = Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
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| genre = Tragedy
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Sesostris is a 1728 tragedy by the British writer John Sturmy. It is based on the life of the Ancient Egyptian ruler Sesostris.
The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included Anthony Boheme as Omar, Lacy Ryan as Sesostris, William Milward as Phanes and Thomas Chapman as Dion, John Ogden as Ammon, Anne Berriman as Nitocris and Elizabeth Younger as Ariaspe.
References
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Bibliography
- Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
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