Vortigern; an historical play by W. H. Ireland
"Vortigern; an historical play" by W. H. Ireland is a play first performed in 1796. Presented as a newly discovered work by William Shakespeare, it tells the story of Vortigern, a treacherous adviser who murders the King of the Britons to seize the crown. When the king's sons raise an army for revenge, Vortigern enlists Saxon warriors and falls for their leader's daughter. The play was revealed as an elaborate forgery and
ridiculed by audiences at its disastrous premiere. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835 |
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| Author of introduction, etc. | Ireland, Samuel, 1744-1800 |
| Contributor | Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824 |
| Contributor | Merry, Robert, 1755-1798 |
| Contributor | Pye, Henry James, 1745-1813 |
| LoC No. | 17021560 |
| Title | Vortigern; an historical play |
| Original Publication | United Kingdom: Joseph Thomas, 1832. |
| Note | Also known as: Vortigern and Rowena. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortigern_and_Rowena |
| Credits | Tim Lindell, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Tragedies (Drama) |
| Subject | Literary forgeries and mystifications -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Vortigern, active 450 -- Drama |
| Subject | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Forgeries |
| Subject | Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835 |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 70729 |
| Release Date | May 9, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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