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Issue Details: First known date: 1913... 1913 Queen Elizabeth : An Epic Drama
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Notes

  • Dedication: To all who admire the great Queen and all who love the great University of Dublin which she founded, this drama is dedicated.
  • Epigraph: 'The Elizabethan age, a more glorious and important era in the history of mankind than the age of Pericles, of Augustus, or of Leo.' --- Macaulay.
  • Epigraph: 'The Quuen who sought her people's lasting good, / The perfect type of noble womanhood, / In all hearts Queen Elizabeth shall be / A sweet, a proud, a gracious memory.' -- Last Scene of Act V.
  • 'She had understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart even as the sand upon the seashore, and her fame was in all countries round about.' -- Apocrypha.

Production Details

  • In the Preface the author refers to the play being performed in Adelaide with the Governor of South Australia, Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, in attendance. No dates are given; however, some scenes were produced in Adelaide at the Lyric Club in which the role of Queen Elizabeth was performed by Mrs Powis Stuart.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       John Long ,       1913 .
      Extent: 156p.
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