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Friendship Improved

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Friendship Improved
Written byCharles Hopkins
Date premiered7 November 1699
Place premieredLincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

Friendship Improved, or the Female Warrior is a 1699 tragedy by the English writer Charles Hopkins.[1]

The original Lincoln's Inn Fields cast included Thomas Betterton as Zoulis, John Verbruggen as Maherbal, Elizabeth Barry as Semanthe, Henrietta Moore as Cyllene, Anne Bracegirdle as Locris and Mary Porter as Orithyia.

References

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  1. ^ Wagonheim p.204

Bibliography

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  • Wagonheim, Sylvia Stoler. The Annals of English Drama 975-1700. Routledge, 2013.
  • Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660–1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.