Author: Thomas Otway

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Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1406868264

A domestic tragedy written in 1680. It precedes "Venice Preserv'd" and is therefore the first of Otway's two famous tragedies. Written in blank verse, it is the play that made Otway famous. "The Orphan" remained a stock piece on the stage until the 19th century.