Progne (1566)

Original id: 
3743
Start date: 
1 September 1566
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
This was probably a neo-Senecan adaptation of Gregorio Corraro's Progne, which draws on Ovid's Metamorphoses, which had been published in Venice in 1558. It was the last in a series of plays produced for Elizabeth I's visit to Oxford (31 August to 7 September). Calfhill was a Catholic theologian and one of the Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. Boas thinks it likely that the actors were drawn from across the University (p.105f.).
Media of production: 
Stage-play
Languages: 
Latin
Ancient works:

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Progne (1566), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/3743 <25 April 2024>