The Rival Sisters (Murphy play)
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Written byArthur Murphy
Date premiered8 March 1793
Place premieredTheatre Royal, Haymarket, London
Original languageEnglish
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| Written by | Arthur Murphy |
| Date premiered | 8 March 1793 |
| Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Setting | Naxos, Ancient Greece |
The Rival Sisters is a 1793 tragedy by the Irish writer Arthur Murphy.[1] His final play, it premiered at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on 18 March 1793.[2] It had been first written in 1783 and then published in 1786.[3] It was staged by the company of the Drury Lane company under Richard Brinsley Sheridan who were at the Haymarket while their own theatre was rebuilt. The London cast included Sarah Siddons as Ariadne, Jane Powell as Phaedra, John Philip Kemble as Perithous, Richard Wroughton as Periander, King of Naxos, Robert Palmer as Theseus, John Hayman Packer as Archon and Thomas Caulfield as Aletes. It ran for around nine performances.[4]
