The Sword of Peace
| The Sword of Peace | |
|---|---|
British India , present day |
The Sword of Peace is a 1788
Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 9 August 1788.[1] The original London cast included Robert Baddeley as the Resident, Stephen Kemble as David Northcote, James Brown Williamson as Mr Edwards, John Palmer as Lieutenant Dormer, Robert Palmer as Supple, John Bannister as Jeffreys, William Chapman as Mazinghi Dowza, Elizabeth Farren as Miss Eliza Moreton, Elizabeth Kemble as Miss Louisa Moreton, Mary Whitfield as Mrs Tartar and Elizabeth Edwin as Mrs Gobble. Like her later play The Widow of Malabar (1790) it capitalised on Starke's own knowledge of India.[2]
Synopsis
Two sisters Eliza and Louisa Moreton travel out to
British India
in search of husbands.
References
Bibliography
- Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6. Lexington Books, 2011.
- Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume IV. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Burroughs, Catherine. Women in British Romantic Theatre: Drama, Performance, and Society, 1790-1840. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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