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Cato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712 and first performed on 14 April 1713. It is based on the events of the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (better known as Cato the Younger) (95–46 BC), a Stoic whose deeds, rhetoric and resistance to the tyranny of Julius Caesar made him an icon of republicanism, virtue, and liberty.
The 1713 play, Cato, a Tragedy, was popular in the American Colonies and well known by the Founding Fathers who frequently quoted from the play. George Washington had the play performed for the Continental Army at Valley Forge. [23] It contains the line, "It is not now time to talk of aught/But chains or conquest, liberty or death" (Act II ...
The action of the play involves the forces of Cato at Utica, awaiting the attack of Caesar immediately following his victory at Thapsus (46 BC). The noble sons of Cato, Portius and Marcus, are both in love with Lucia, the daughter of Lucius, an ally of Cato. Juba, prince of Numidia, one of Cato's warriors, loves Cato's daughter Marcia ...
Cato, a Tragedy; D. The Drummer (play) This page was last edited on 10 October 2016, at 11:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Cato was lionized during the republican revolutions of the Enlightenment. Joseph Addison's famous play Cato, a Tragedy, first staged on April 14, 1713, celebrated Cato as a martyr to the republican cause. Based on the last days of Cato the Younger, it deals with such themes as individual liberty vs. government tyranny, republicanism vs ...
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A play in this genre is known as a history play and is based on a ... Joseph Addison's neo-classical Cato, a Tragedy could be classified as a history play ...
Kemble is shown in the role of Cato from Joseph Addison's 1713 play Cato, a Tragedy. [3] It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition. Today it is in the National Portrait Gallery in London having been purchased in 2009 with assistance from the Art Fund and Garrick Club. [4]