Eloisa (play)

{{Short description|1786 play}} {{Infobox play | name =Eloisa | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer =Frederick Reynolds | setting = | date of premiere = 20 December 1786 | original language = English | place = Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London | series = | subject = | genre = Tragedy }} '''''Eloisa''''' is a 1786 tragedy by the British author Frederick Reynolds. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 20 December 1786.<ref>Nicoll p.301</ref> The original Covent Garden cast included Joseph George Holman as Villiers, William Farren as Hainhault, William Macready as Courcy, Alexander Pope as Preux and Ann Brunton Merry as Eloisa.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=44705 | title=London Stage Event: 20 December 1786 at Covent Garden }}</ref> The Irish premiere took place at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin on 14 July 1787.<ref>Greene p.4495</ref>

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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.

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Category:1786 plays Category:British tragedy plays Category:West End plays Category:Plays by Frederic Reynolds

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