{{Short description|1679 play}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox play | name = The Loyal General | image =File:The Loyal General.png | image_size = | caption = | writer = Nahum Tate | setting = | date of premiere = December 1679 | original language = English | place = Dorset Garden Theatre, London | series = | subject = | genre = Tragedy }} '''''The Loyal General''''' is a 1679 tragedy by the Irish writer Nahum Tate. It was first performed at the Dorset Garden Theatre by the Duke's Company. The prologue was written by John Dryden.
The original cast included Thomas Betterton as Theocrin, Henry Harris as King, Henry Norris as Theron, Thomas Gillow as Diphilus, Thomas Jevon as Escalus, John Bowman as Pisander, Joseph Williams as Abardanes, Elizabeth Currer as Queen, Mary Lee as Arviola and Emily Price as Edraste.<ref>Van Lennep p.282</ref>
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==Bibliography== * Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660-1800: Volume One, 1660-1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
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