Original id:
11418
Start date:
8 April 1730
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Adaptation
Production notes:
Tragedy. Based on Corneille's Mort d'Achille and Racine's Andromaque.
Media of production:
Stage-play
The Rival Father: or, The Death of Achilles (1730)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Metamorphoses | Ovid |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| W. S. Hatch | Writer |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Theatre, Haymarket Theatre; Theatre Royal Haymarket (City of Westminster, Greater London, England) | 8 April, 1730 | There is uncertainty as to whether the theatre was called the 'Little Theatre' or the 'French Theatre' at this time |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.1 | Book | library | 14 | Stratman 1966, p.233 / Nicoll 1959-66, 2:95, 334 |
How to cite this production
The Rival Father: or, The Death of Achilles (1730), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/11418 <9 November 2024>