Alasco

Alasco
Original languageEnglish
Written byMartin Archer Shee
GenreTragedy
SettingPoland
Premiere
Date5 April 1824
PlaceSurrey Theatre, London

Alasco is an 1824 tragedy by Martin Archer Shee, the Irish painter and future President of the Royal Academy.[1] While best known for his artworks Archer Shee also wrote poetry, two novels and this play. It was intended to be staged at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, but objections by the censor George Colman to the play's subject matter led to the Lord Chamberlain, the Scottish peer the Duke of Montrose to refuse it a license. Montrose and Colman were wary of any plays they regarded as touching on any revolutionary themes.[2] Archer Shee published the work with a lengthy preface defending the play, and it was performed at the unlicensed Surrey Theatre south of the River Thames in April 1824.[3]

References

  1. ^ Martin, Jessica (31 October 2009). "Shee, Sir Martin Archer". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  2. ^ Stephens p.18
  3. ^ Nicoll p.390

Bibliography

  • Healy, Róisín. Poland in the Irish Nationalist Imagination, 1772–1922: Anti-Colonialism within Europe. Springer, 2017.
  • Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
  • Stephens, John Russell. The Censorship of English Drama 1824-1901. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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