The Rival Queens

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Rival Queens by John Dryden; Sir Carr Scrope; Nathaniel Lee. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. By the age of 30, Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, had mastered a vast empire. But the brilliant young warrior-king was unable to master his own passions or those of his generals and closest friends and advisors. Court intrigue thus threatened to undo all that Alexander had managed to do. Considered one of Nathaniel Lee's best tragedies, The Rival Queens, or, The Death of Alexander the Great dramatizes a story of the rivalry between Alexander the Great's two wives: Roxana, his first, and Statira, who displaced her. The play was first performed at London's Theatre Royal by the King's Company. It was influenced by Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède's, Cassandre. - Summary by Brian Fullen Cast List Alexander the Great: Brian Fullen Clytus, Master of his Horse: Beeswaxcandle Lysimachus, Prince of the Blood: ARodrigo Hephestion, Alexander's Favourite: ToddHW Cassander, Son of Antipater, Conspirator: Greg Giordano Polypercon, Commander of the Phalanx, Conspirator: Glys Philip, Brother to Cassander, Conspirator: Jenn Brod…

Directors & creators

John Dryden; Sir Carr Scrope; Nathaniel Lee

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;alexander the great

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