# Edgar (play)

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{{Short description|1806 play}}
{{Infobox play
| name              =Edgar
| image             =File:Edgar (play).jpg
| image_size        =
| caption           = 
| writer            =[George Manners](/source/George_Manners_(editor))
| setting           = [Scotland](/source/Kingdom_of_Scotland)
| date of premiere  = 9 May 1806
| original language = English
| place             = [Theatre Royal, Covent Garden](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Covent_Garden), [London](/source/London)
| series            = 
| subject           = 
| genre             = Tragedy
}}
'''''Edgar; Or, Caledonian Feuds''''' is an 1806 [historical](/source/historical_play) [tragedy](/source/tragedy) by the British writer [George Manners](/source/George_Manners_(editor)). It was inspired by [Ann Radcliffe](/source/Ann_Radcliffe)'s novel ''[The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne](/source/The_Castles_of_Athlin_and_Dunbayne)''.<ref>Townshend & Wright p.226</ref> It premiered at the [Theatre Royal, Covent Garden](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Covent_Garden) in [London](/source/London) on 9 May 1806. The original cast included [Sarah Smith](/source/Sarah_Bartley) as Edgar, [Henry Erskine Johnston](/source/Henry_Erskine_Johnston) as Osbert, [Alexander Pope](/source/Alexander_Pope_(actor)) as Baron, [William Chapman](/source/William_Chapman_(actor)) as Malcolm, [William Claremont](/source/William_Claremont) as Count Zulmio, [Charles Klanert](/source/Charles_Klanert) as Officer, [Nannette Johnston](/source/Nannette_Johnston) as Matilda and [Louisa Brunton](/source/Louisa%2C_Countess_of_Craven) as Emma. The Irish premiere took place at the [Crow Street Theatre](/source/Crow_Street_Theatre) in [Dublin](/source/Dublin) on 30 April 1808.<ref>Greene p.4516</ref>

==References==
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==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.
* Townshend, Dale & Wright, Angela (ed.) ''Ann Radcliffe, Romanticism and the Gothic''. Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Category:1806 plays
Category:British tragedy plays
Category:Plays set in Scotland
Category:West End plays

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