# The Loyal General

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{{Short description|1679 play}}
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{{Infobox play
| name              = The Loyal General
| image             =File:The Loyal General.png
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| caption           = 
| writer            = [Nahum Tate](/source/Nahum_Tate)
| setting           = 
| date of premiere  = December 1679
| original language = English
| place             = [Dorset Garden Theatre](/source/Dorset_Garden_Theatre), [London](/source/London)
| series            = 
| subject           = 
| genre             = Tragedy
}}
'''''The Loyal General''''' is a 1679 [tragedy](/source/tragedy) by the Irish writer [Nahum Tate](/source/Nahum_Tate). It was first performed at the [Dorset Garden Theatre](/source/Dorset_Garden_Theatre) by the [Duke's Company](/source/Duke's_Company). The prologue was written by [John Dryden](/source/John_Dryden).

The original cast included [Thomas Betterton](/source/Thomas_Betterton) as Theocrin, [Henry Harris](/source/Henry_Harris_(actor)) as King, [Henry Norris](/source/Henry_Norris_(actor)) as Theron, [Thomas Gillow](/source/Thomas_Gillow) as Diphilus, [Thomas Jevon](/source/Thomas_Jevon) as Escalus, [John Bowman](/source/John_Bowman_(actor)) as Pisander, [Joseph Williams](/source/Joseph_Williams_(actor)) as Abardanes, [Elizabeth Currer](/source/Elizabeth_Currer) as  Queen, [Mary Lee](/source/Mary_Slingsby) as Arviola and [Emily Price](/source/Emily_Price_(actress)) as Edraste.<ref>Van Lennep p.282</ref>

==References==
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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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Category:1679 plays
Category:West End plays
Category:Irish tragedy plays
Category:Plays about royalty
Category:Plays by Nahum Tate

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