Herodian dynasty
Mariamne is a 1725 French tragedy by Augustin Nadal based around the Herodian dynasty. Nadal was encouraged to produce the play after his rival Voltaire's play on the same story had failed after only one performance the previous year (1724). However, at the play's February 1725 premiere at the Comédie-Française, the audience booed its opening scenes and demanded that Voltaire's play be put on instead.