Marina | |
Date Of Premiere: | 1 August 1738 |
Original Language: | English |
Place: | Covent Garden Theatre |
Genre: | Tragedy |
Marina is a 1738 tragedy by the British writer George Lillo. It is a reworking of Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre, produced at a time when Covent Garden was experimenting with a summer season.[1]
The original Covent Garden cast included Lewis Hallam as Lysimachus, Sarah Hamilton as Philoten and William Hallam as Mother Coupler.