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Title Giulio Cesare [in Egitto]
Author Haym, Nicola Francesco  
Date 28 Feb 1787
Licence Application Date 28 Feb 1787
First Performance Date 1 Mar 1787
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA763
Language English
Document Description Manuscript copy in Italian. Based on the tale of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
Theme Opera  European Past  Conflict, Empire & the Other  
Theatre The King's Theatre, Haymarket  
Lord Chamberlain Cecil, James (1st Marquess of Salisbury)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Actor Handel, George Frederic  
Genre Opera  
Acts Two  
Keywords history  violence  love  death  royalty  
Additional Information This play had great success when it debuted at this theatre in 1724.
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