Elizabeth of England (play)

Elizabeth of England
Written byJacques-François Ancelot
Date premiered4 December 1829
Place premieredComédie-Française, Paris
GenreHistorical tragedy
SettingTudor England

Elizabeth of England (French: Elisabeth d'Angleterre) is an 1829 historical tragedy by the French playwright Jacques-François Ancelot.[1] It takes place during the reign of Elizabeth I of England during the Tudor era.[2] A popular success it premiered at the Comédie-Française in December 1829, the year before the July Revolution which led to Ancelot losing his financial backing from the Bourbon Dynasty. Ancelot's play provided the inspiration for the libretto produced by Salvadore Cammarano for the 1837 opera Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hiscock p.215
  2. ^ Allegri p.19
  3. ^ Postert p.224

Bibliography

  • Allegri, Luigi. Le spectaculaire dans les arts de la scène du romantisme à la belle époque. CNRS, 2006.
  • Daniels, Barry. Revolution in the Theatre: French Romantic Theories of Drama. Bloomsbury Academic, 1983.
  • Hiscock, Andrew. Shakespeare, Violence and Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2022.
  • Postert, Kirsten. Tragédie historique ou histoire en tragédie?: les sujets d'histoire moderne dans la tragédie française (1550-1715). Narr, 2010.
  • Sassoon, Donald. The Culture of the Europeans: From 1800 to the Present. HarperPress, 2006.
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