The Virgin Prophetess

{{Short description|1701 play}}

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| name = The Virgin Prophetess

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| writer = Elkanah Settle

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| date of premiere = 12 May 1701Burling p.27

| original language = English

| place = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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| genre = Tragedy

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The Virgin Prophetess, or The Fate of Troy is a 1701 tragedy by Elkanah Settle featuring music by Gottfried Finger. It is a semi-opera with masque-like elements breaking up the scenes.

The original cast included John Mills as Menelaus, Philip Griffin as Ulysses, Thomas Simpson as Neoptolemus, Robert Wilks as Paris, Anne Oldfield as Helen and Jane Rogers as Cassandra.