Hermione : or, The unhappy wanderer : a tragedy in three acts. / by Peter Pindar Esqr. [ca. 1812]

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Hermione : or, The unhappy wanderer : a tragedy in three acts. / by Peter Pindar Esqr. [ca. 1812]

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Act I of an unpublished play in blank verse by Peter Pindar, the pseudonym of Dr. John Wolcot, dating to approximately 1812. Set in pre-Christian England, the play is concerned with the romantic drama surrounding Hermione, a daughter of the king of the Druids, while the Britons fear of another Roman attack and the Druids search for a sacrifice to appease the gods. Wolcot was practically blind by 1812, but continued to write through an amanuensis, though the majority of the work from this time went unpublished.

38 leaves, bound ; 23 cm.

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Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819

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Peter Pindar is the pseudonym of John Wolcot, an English satirist. From the guide to the Peter Pindar letter to John Walker, 1805-1812, (Ohio University) John Wolcot studied medicine in London, took his M.D. at Aberdeen, and became physician-general of Jamaica. After returning to England, he met the painter John Opie and in 1780 the two moved from Truro to London, where Wolcot devoted himself to the writing of verse satires, mostly published under the name "Peter Pindar." ...