Julian and Agnes explained

Julian and Agnes
Setting:	Great St Bernard Pass, Switzerland
Date Of Premiere:	25 April 1801
Original Language:	English
Place:	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Genre:	Tragedy

Julian and Agnes is an 1801 Gothic tragedy by the British writer William Sotheby.^[1] Best known as a poet he wrote several tragedies, but this was his only play to be performed in London's West End.^[2] It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 25 April 1801.^[3] The original cast included John Philip Kemble as Jullian, Sarah Siddons as Agnes, Richard Wroughton as Provost, John Hayman Packer as Prior, William Barrymore as Confesser, Charles Holland as Infirmier, Walter Maddocks as Steward, William Powell as Francis and Anne Biggs as Ellen.^[4]

Bibliography

• Evans, Bertrand. Gothic Drama from Walpole to Shelley. Univ of California Press, 2023.
• Greene, John C. Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6. Lexington Books, 2011.
• Hogle, Jerrold E. The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume IV. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Notes and References

1. Evans p.242
2. Nicoll p.395
3. Greene p.4508
4. The European Magazine and London Review, by the Philological Society of London, Volume 39. Philological Society of London, 1800. p.357