| The Black Prince | |
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&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:The_Black_Prince_and_Tryphon_play.jpg) Published version of play along with Tryphon another work by the same author. | |
| Written by | Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery |
| Date premiered | 19 October 1667 |
| Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Setting | Kingdom of France, 1350s |
The Black Prince is a Restoration era stage play, a historical tragedy written by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery. It premiered on stage in 1667 and was first published in 1669.[1] The play relied on influences from contemporaneous French theatre, and contributed to the evolution of the subgenre of heroic drama;[2] yet it also looked back to the Caroline era to assimilate masque-like dramatic effects.[3]
- ^ Tracey E. Tomlinson, "The Restoration English History Plays of Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery," Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900, Vol. 43 No. 3 (Summer 2003), pp. 559-77.
- ^ John Douglas Canfield, Heroes and States: On the Ideology of Restoration Tragedy, Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
- ^ Nancy Klein Maguire, Regicide and Restoration: English Tragicomedy 1660–1671, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992; pp. 180-3.