Mustapha (1665 play)

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Mustapha
Written by
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy
SettingOttoman Empire, 1550s

Mustapha, The Son Of Solyman The Magnificent is a 1665

Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London. It is based on the life of Şehzade Mustafa, son of Suleiman the Magnificent
who had him executed.

The original cast included Thomas Betterton as Solyman, Henry Harris as Mustapha, William Smith as Zanger, Samuel Sandford as Rustan, John Richards as Pyrrhus, John Young as Cardinal of Veradium, Philip Cademan as Haly, James Nokes as Achmat, Edward Angel as Viche, Moll Davis as Queen of Hungaria, Matthew Medbourne as Thuricus, Jane Long as Zarma and Anne Shadwell as Cleora.[1]

References

  1. ^ Van Lennep p.87-88

Bibliography

  • Keenan, Tim. Restoration Staging, 1660-74. Taylor & Francis, 2016.
  • Maguire, Nancy Klein. Regicide and Restoration: English Tragicomedy, 1660-1671. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
  • Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.