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'''''Mustapha''''' is a 1739 [[tragedy]] by the British writer [[David Mallet (writer)|David Mallet]].<ref>Nicoll p.343</ref> It is based on [[Şehzade Mustafa|Mustafa]], the son of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] ruler [[Suleiman the Magnificent]]. |
'''''Mustapha''''' is a 1739 [[tragedy]] by the British writer [[David Mallet (writer)|David Mallet]].<ref>Nicoll p.343</ref> It is based on [[Şehzade Mustafa|Mustafa]], the son of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] ruler [[Suleiman the Magnificent]]. |
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The original cast included [[James Quin]] as Solyman, [[William Milward]] as Mustapha, Thomas Wright as Zanger, [[William Mills (actor)|William Mills]] as Rustan, [[Richard Winstone]] as Mufti, [[William Havard (actor)|William Havard]] as Achmet, [[Elizabeth |
The original cast included [[James Quin]] as Solyman, [[William Milward]] as Mustapha, Thomas Wright as Zanger, [[William Mills (actor)|William Mills]] as Rustan, [[Richard Winstone]] as Mufti, [[William Havard (actor)|William Havard]] as Achmet, [[Elizabeth Butler (actress)|Elizabeth Butler]] as Roxalana and [[Anna Marcella Giffard]] as Emira. The [[prologue]] was written by Mallet's friend [[James Thomson (poet, born 1700)|James Thomson]]. The play was dedicated to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] who had become a popular symbol of the [[Patriot Whigs]] including Mallet and Thomson. |
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