Amphitryon

Amphitryon es una comedia en inglés de John Dryden basada en la obra homónima de Molière de 1668, que a su vez se basó en la historia del personaje mitológico griego Amphitryon tal como la contó Plautus en su obra de ca. 190-185 B.C. La obra de Dryden, que se centra en temas de moralidad sexual y poder, se estrenó en London en 1690. Las innovaciones notables en la adaptación de Dryden en comparación con obras anteriores sobre Amphitryon incluyeron música de Henry Purcell y el personaje de Phaedra, quien coquetea con Sosia pero finalmente es conquistada por las promesas de riqueza de Mercury. Originally staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane by the United Company the cast included Thomas Betterton as Jupiter, Anthony Leigh as Mercury, John Bowman as Phoebus, Joseph Williams as Amphitryon, James Nokes as Sosia, Samuel Sandford as Gripus, George Bright as Polidas, William Bowen as Tranio, Elizabeth Barry as Alcmena, Susanna Mountfort as Phaedra, Katherine Corey as Bromia and Charlotte Butler as Night. Although popular with the public, Dryden's play was attacked by Jeremy Collier in his 1698 pamphlet entitled "A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage" for undermining social mores and attacking the political values of his day. The work was later altered significantly by John Hawkesworth for a production in 1756, with him removing what he considered the morally objectionable material. References