OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Manuscripts

Procida; or, Sicilian Vespers

1 of 136

Description: This tragedy dramatizes the Sicilians' struggle to free their island from the foreign domination of Charles of Anjou, culminating in an uprising.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1823 October 20
Call number: mssLA 2375
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

Image not available
Procida; or, Sicilian Vespers. Tragedy, 5 acts. Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Manuscripts
Application Oct. 20, 1823, Charles Kemble, C.G. Prod. (as The Vespers of Palermo) Dec. 12. MS: dated by Larpent Oct. 23; prologue and epilogue give title as Procida; or, Vespers of Palermo. Comp. The Vespers of Palermo, 1823 (K-D 534): MS prologue and epilogue not printed; numerous lines and two complete scenes printed not in MS; other, slighter discrepancies.
LA 2375
Piramo e Tisbe
Manuscripts
Pyramus and Thisbe are lovers who live in connected houses, forbidden to be wed to each other due to their parents' rivalry. They arrange to secretly meet and tragedy ensues. The opera is based on Shakespeare's play.
mssLA 1114
Alterations in Agmunda
Manuscripts
A tragedy depicting the Siege of Belgrade in the 15th century.
mssLA 932
Julia [de Roubigné]
Manuscripts
A tragedy adapted from Henry Mackenzie's work of the same name.
mssLA 885
Coriolanus
Manuscripts
Thomson's 'Coriolanus' is loosely based on Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name.
mssLA 74
Huniades; or, The Siege of Belgrade
Manuscripts
A tragedy that focusses on the Siege of Belgrade and the political situation surrounding this.
mssLA 896