The Banishment of Cicero is a 1761 tragedy play by the British writer Richard Cumberland.Nicoll p.125 It follows the downfall and death of the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero. David Garrick declined to stage the play, so Cumberland instead had it published. After this Cumberland switched to writing generally much lighter works, mostly comedy.
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Title: THE BANISHMENT OF CICERO. A Tragedy Publisher: Printed for J. Walter, London Publication Date: 1761 Binding: Disbound Edition: First Edition Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900. Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama. Cambridge University Press, 1952.
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