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Alcestis: A Lyric Play (1855)

APGRD id
6844
Start date
15th January 1855
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Alkestis (Euripides)
Scripts:
APGRD Notes
Spicer's play was adapted from Hippolyte Lucas' Alceste and Euripides, and also included extracts from Gluck's opera Alceste.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/6844
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Henry R. Bishop Conductor
Charlotte Vandenhoff Actor Alcestis
Henry Spicer Adaptor
Barry Sullivan Actor Admetus
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
St James's Theatre (London, Greater London, England) England –
Title Year Format Content
Alcestis on the British stage Photocopy journal article
Offprint : chapter by Edith Hall : 1845 and all that : singing Greek tragedy on the London stage Offprint chapter
The Observer: Music and the Drama. Monday edition Print-out newspaper article
The Observer: Music and the Drama. Sunday edition Print-out newspaper article