# Timoleon (play)

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{{short description|1730 play}}
{{Infobox play
| name              =Timoleon 
| image             =
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| caption           = 
| writer            = [Benjamin Martyn](/source/Benjamin_Martyn)
| setting           = 
| date of premiere  = 26 January 1730<ref>Burling p.133</ref>
| original language = English
| place             = [Theatre Royal, Drury Lane](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Drury_Lane)
| series            = 
| subject           = 
| genre             = Tragedy
}}
'''''Timoleon''''' is a 1730 [tragedy](/source/tragedy) by the British writer [Benjamin Martyn](/source/Benjamin_Martyn). It is based on the life of the Greek statesman [Timoleon](/source/Timoleon), leader of [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_Sicily) during the [Sicilian Wars](/source/Sicilian_Wars) against [Carthage](/source/Carthage).

The original Drury Lane cast included [John Mills](/source/John_Mills_(stage_actor)) as Timoleon, [Roger Bridgewater](/source/Roger_Bridgewater) as Timophanes, [William Mills](/source/William_Mills_(actor)) as Olinthus, [John Corey](/source/John_Corey_(actor)) as Orthagoras, [Charles Williams](/source/Charles_Williams_(stage_actor)) as Dinarchus, [James Rosco](/source/James_Rosco) as Pheron, [John Bowman](/source/John_Bowman_(actor)) as Ghost, [John Roberts](/source/John_Roberts_(stage_actor)) as Aeschylus [Mary Porter](/source/Mary_Porter_(actress)) as Eusensia and [Jane Cibber](/source/Jane_Cibber) as Cleone. The [prologue](/source/prologue) was spoken by [Robert Wilks](/source/Robert_Wilks), and the [epilogue](/source/epilogue) by [Anne Oldfield](/source/Anne_Oldfield).

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750''. CUP Archive, 1927.

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Category:1730 plays
Category:British tragedy plays
Category:West End plays
Category:Biographical plays about politicians
Category:Biographical plays about military leaders
Category:Plays set in Sicily
Category:Plays set in ancient Greece
Category:Plays set in the 4th century BC
Category:Cultural depictions of politicians
Category:Cultural depictions of military officers
Category:Cultural depictions of Greek people

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