Cato, a Tragedy

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neoclassical play stage play tragedy

Cato, a Tragedy is an early 18th-century neoclassical play by Joseph Addison that dramatizes the final days of the Roman statesman Cato the Younger and became influential for its themes of republican virtue and liberty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf neoclassical play ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
author Joseph Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn life of Cato the Younger ⓘ
character Cato the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marcia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sempronius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syphax NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dramaticUnities observes classical unities ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1713 ⓘ
genre political drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
historicalContext War of the Spanish Succession era ⓘ
influenced American Revolutionary rhetoric ⓘ
Founding Fathers of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon’s Cato’s Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patrick Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Neoclassicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Cato the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor influence on republican thought ⓘ
popularity in the American colonies ⓘ
use of stoic philosophy in drama ⓘ
politicalAllegoryOf contemporary debates on liberty in early 18th-century Britain ⓘ
premiereCity London NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereLocation Drury Lane Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1713 ⓘ
publisher Jacob Tonson NERFINISHED ⓘ
quotation “It is not now time to talk of aught / But chains or conquest, liberty or death.” ⓘ
setting Utica NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod late Roman Republic ⓘ
structure five acts ⓘ
theme honor ⓘ
liberty ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
republican virtue ⓘ
stoicism ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
tyranny versus freedom ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
verseForm blank verse ⓘ

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Joseph Addison → notableWork → Cato, a Tragedy ⓘ
Addison’s play "Cato" → title → Cato, a Tragedy ⓘ
subject surface form: Cato (play)