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Luria (play)

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Luria
Written byRobert Browning
Date premiered1846
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy

Luria is a play by Robert Browning. It was first printed with A Soul's Tragedy as the concluding number of Bells and Pomegranates (No. VIII) in April 1846.[1] It is a tragedy in blank verse.[2]

Persons

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  • Luria, a Moor, Commander of the Florentine Forces
  • Husain, a Moor, his friend
  • Puccio, the old Florentine Commander, now Luria's Chief Officer
  • Braccio, Commissary of the Republic of Florence
  • Jacopo (Lapo), his Secretary
  • Tiburzio, Commander of the Pisans
  • Domizia, a noble Florentine Lady

Time, 14—

References

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  1. ^ Scudder 1895, pp. 289, 299.
  2. ^ Birch, ed. 2009.

Sources

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  • Birch, Dinah, ed. (2009). "Luria". In The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 7th ed. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  • Scudder, Horace E. (1895). The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co.; Cambridge: The Riverside Press. pp. 289, 299.