Cato
Subtitle: a Tragedy In Five Acts
By: by Joseph Addison ; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden ; Printed Under the Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Book ; With Remarks by Mrs. Inchbald
Contributors: Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821, author
Publisher: Watchmaker
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Seaside, Oregon]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9781603863773
Subjects: Drama; History; Suicide victims; Political plays; Théâtre politique
Description: First staged in 1713, Joseph Addison's Cato: A Tragedy inspired many in the eighteenth century with its portrayal of Roman senator Cato the Younger's (95-46 B.C.) willingness to take his own life rather than to submit to the tyrannical rule of Julius Caesar. Set in North Africa, the play depicts the final hours of Cato's resistance to Caesar. George Washington found Cato such a powerful statement of liberty, honor, virtue, and patriotism that he had it performed for his men in Valley Forge during the American Revolution.
Notes: Originally published: Paris: Baudry, 1823.

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