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{{short description|1726 play}}
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| name              =Hecuba
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| writer            = Richard West
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| date of premiere  = 2 February 1726<ref>Burling p.114</ref>
| original language = English
| place             = [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]]
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| genre             = Tragedy
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'''''Hecuba''''' is a 1726 [[tragedy]] by the British writer Richard West.<ref>Nicoll p.13</ref> It is named after [[Hecuba]], a figure in [[Greek Mythology]] from the time of the [[Trojan War]].
The original Drury Lane cast included [[Mary Porter (actress)|Mary Porter]] as Hecuba, [[Barton Booth]] as Polymnestor, [[John Mills (stage actor)|John Mills]] as Agamemnon, [[Roger Bridgewater]] as Ulysses, [[John Roberts (stage actor)|John Roberts]] as Talythibius, [[William Mills (actor)|William Mills]] as Aegon, [[John Thurmond]] as Maelaines, [[Jane Cibber]] as Polyxena and [[Anne Brett]] as Iphis.
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750''. CUP Archive, 1927.
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