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Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal is a 1689 tragedy by the English writer John Dryden.[1]

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  1. 23 relations: Anthony Leigh, Battle of Alcácer Quibir, Cave Underhill, Edward Kynaston (actor), Elinor Leigh, Elizabeth Barry, Elizabethan era, John Bowman (actor), John Dryden, Joseph Williams (actor), Kingdom of Portugal, London, North Africa, Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, Samuel Sandford, Sebastian, King of Portugal, Susanna Verbruggen, The Battle of Alcazar, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Thomas Betterton, Tragedy, United Company, William Mountfort.

  2. 1689 plays
  3. Plays by John Dryden

Anthony Leigh

Anthony Leigh (died 1692) was a celebrated English comic actor.

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Battle of Alcácer Quibir

The Battle of Alcácer Quibir (also known as "Battle of Three Kings" (معركة الملوك الثلاثة) or "Battle of Wadi al-Makhazin" (معركة وادي المخازن) in Morocco) was fought in northern Morocco, near the town of Ksar-el-Kebir (variant spellings: Ksar El Kebir, Alcácer-Quivir, Alcazarquivir, Alcassar, etc.) and Larache, on 4 August 1578.

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Cave Underhill

Cave Underhill (1634–1710?) was an English actor in comedy roles.

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Edward Kynaston (actor)

Edward Kynaston (c. 1640 – January 1706) was an English actor, one of the last Restoration "boy players", young male actors who played women's roles.

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Elinor Leigh

Elinor Leigh was a British stage actor of the seventeenth century.

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Elizabeth Barry

Elizabeth Barry (1658 – 7 November 1713) was an English actress of the Restoration period.

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Elizabethan era

The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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John Bowman (actor)

John Bowman (1651–1739) was a British stage actor.

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John Dryden

John Dryden (–) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.

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Joseph Williams (actor)

Joseph Williams was an English stage actor of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century.

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Kingdom of Portugal

The Kingdom of Portugal was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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North Africa

North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.

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Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester

Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester (10 January 1619 – 6 March 1698) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659 and became Earl of Leicester in 1677.

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Samuel Sandford

Samuel Sandford (fl. 1661–1699) was an English character actor, known for his roles as villains.

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Sebastian, King of Portugal

Sebastian (Sebastião I; 20 January 1554 – 4 August 1578) was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz.

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Susanna Verbruggen

Susanna Verbruggen (née Percival) (c. 1667–1703), aka Susanna Mountfort, was an English actress working in London.

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The Battle of Alcazar

The Battle of Alcazar is a play attributed to George Peele, perhaps written no later than late 1591 if the play "Muly Molucco" mentioned in Henslowe's diary is this play (see below), and published anonymously in 1594, that tells the story of the battle of Alcácer Quibir in 1578.

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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.

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Thomas Betterton

Thomas Betterton (August 1635 – 28 April 1710), the leading male actor and theatre manager during Restoration England, son of an under-cook to King Charles I, was born in London.

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Tragedy

Tragedy (from the τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters.

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United Company

The United Company was a London theatre company formed in 1682 with the merger of the King's Company and the Duke's Company.

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William Mountfort

William Mountfort (c. 1664 – 10 December 1692), English actor and dramatic writer, was the son of a Staffordshire gentleman.

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See also

1689 plays

Plays by John Dryden

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Sebastian_(play)