Ireland, W. H. (William Henry) 1777-1835 creator Ireland, Samuel 1744-1800 Burges, James Bland, Sir 1752-1824 Merry, Robert 1755-1798 Pye, Henry James 1745-1813 text utu 2023 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Vortigern; an historical play" by W. H. Ireland is a play first performed in 1796. Presented as a newly discovered work by William Shakespeare, it tells the story of Vortigern, a treacherous adviser who murders the King of the Britons to seize the crown. When the king's sons raise an army for revenge, Vortigern enlists Saxon warriors and falls for their leader's daughter. The play was revealed as an elaborate forgery and ridiculed by audiences at its disastrous premiere. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Also known as: Vortigern and Rowena. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortigern_and_Rowena Release date is 2023-05-09 Tim Lindell, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Originally published: United Kingdom: Joseph Thomas, 1832 Tragedies (Drama) Literary forgeries and mystifications -- Early works to 1800 Vortigern, active 450 -- Drama Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Forgeries Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835 PR United Kingdom: Joseph Thomas, 1832 17021560 https://archive.org/details/vortigernhistori00irel_0/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70729 https://archive.org/details/vortigernhistori00irel_0/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70729 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134633.0 70729