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    The Count of Narbonne: 'Then make the world thy country''
    The Count of Narbonne: 'Then make the world thy country''
    The Count of Narbonne: 'Then make the world thy country''
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    The Count of Narbonne: 'Then make the world thy country''

    By Robert Jephson

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    Robert Jephson was born in Ireland in 1736, the son of Archdeacon John Jephson.

    His education was at Ryder's grammar school and then the Reverend Roger Ford's school before he was admitted to Trinity College, Dublin in 1751. He left without a degree.

    Jephson now joined the British Army with a commission in the 73rd Regiment of Foot. Among his postings was one to the Caribbean. He left, for health reasons and retired with the rank of Captain.

    An appointment was offered as master of the horse to the lord-lieutenant of Ireland. Whilst in this office he wrote and had published, in the Mercury newspaper, a collection of articles that defended the lord-lieutenant’s administration. These were later published in book form as ‘The Bachelor’, or ‘Speculations of Jeoffry Wagstaffe’.

    Jepson held the office under twelve successive viceroys and gained a pension of £300, which was later doubled.

    He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1773 and sat for St Johnstown (County Longford) until 1776. Between 1777 and 1783, he served as Member of Parliament for Old Leighlin and thereafter represented Granard from 1783 to 1790

    In 1775 he added playwright, dramatist and poet to his military and political career strands. His plays gathered much interest. Among them his tragedy ‘Braganza’ was successfully performed at Drury Lane in 1775, ‘Conspiracy’ in 1796, ‘The Law of Lombardy’ in 1779, and ‘The Count of Narbonne’ (adapted from Horace Walpole’s ‘The Castle of Otranto’) at Covent Garden in 1781.

    In 1788 he published ‘Extempore Ludicrous Miltonic Verses’ and, in 1794, the heroic poem ‘Roman Portraits’, and ‘The Confessions of Jacques Baptiste Couteau’, a satire on the excesses of the French Revolution.

    Robert Jephson died at Blackrock, near Dublin, on the 31st of May 1803.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStage Door
    Release dateJun 12, 2019
    ISBN9781787806368
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      The Count of Narbonne - Robert Jephson

      The Count of Narbonne by Robert Jephson

      A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS

      AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.

      Robert Jephson was born in Ireland in 1736, the son of Archdeacon John Jephson.

      His education was at Ryder's grammar school and then the Reverend Roger Ford's school before he was admitted to Trinity College, Dublin in 1751. He left without a degree.

      Jephson now joined the British Army with a commission in the 73rd Regiment of Foot.  Among his postings was one to the Caribbean. He left, for health reasons and retired with the rank of Captain.

      An appointment was offered as master of the horse to the lord-lieutenant of Ireland.  Whilst in this office he wrote and had published, in the Mercury newspaper, a collection of articles that defended the lord-lieutenant’s administration.  These were later published in book form as ‘The Bachelor’, or ‘Speculations of Jeoffry Wagstaffe’.

      Jepson held the office under twelve successive viceroys and gained a pension of £300, which was later doubled.

      He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1773 and sat for St Johnstown (County Longford) until 1776. Between 1777 and 1783, he served as Member of Parliament for Old Leighlin and thereafter represented Granard from 1783 to 1790

      In 1775 he added playwright, dramatist and poet to his military and political career strands.  His plays gathered much interest. Among them his tragedy ‘Braganza’ was successfully performed at Drury Lane in 1775, ‘Conspiracy’ in 1796, ‘The Law of Lombardy’ in 1779, and ‘The Count of Narbonne’ (adapted from Horace Walpole’s ‘The Castle of Otranto’) at Covent Garden in 1781.

      In 1788 he published ‘Extempore Ludicrous Miltonic Verses’ and, in 1794, the heroic poem ‘Roman Portraits’, and ‘The Confessions of Jacques Baptiste Couteau’, a satire on the excesses of the French Revolution.

      Robert Jephson died at Blackrock, near Dublin, on the 31st of May 1803.

      Index of Contents

      Remarks by Mrs Inchbald

      DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

      SCENE:—Narbonne Castle, and the Monastery of St. Nicholas, adjoining to the Castle.

      THE COUNT OF NARBONNE

      ACT THE FIRST

      SCENE I - A Hall

      ACT THE SECOND

      SCENE I - A Chamber

      ACT THE THIRD

      SCENE I - A Hall

      SCENE II

      ACT THE FOURTH

      SCENE I - A Chamber

      ACT THE FIFTH

      SCENE I - A Hall

      SCENE II - Another Apartment in the Castle

      SCENE III - The inside of a Convent, with Aisles and Gothic Arches

      REMARKS

      This tragedy was brought upon the stage in 1780; it was extremely admired, and exceedingly attractive.

      Neither The Winter's Tale, nor Henry VIII by Shakspeare, were at that time performed at either of the theatres; and the town had no immediate comparison to draw between the conjugal incidents in The Count of Narbonne, and those which occur in these two very superior dramas.

      The Cardinal Wolsey of Shakspeare, is, by Jephson, changed into a holy and virtuous priest; but his importance is, perhaps, somewhat diminished by a discovery, which was intended to heighten the interest of his character; but which is introduced in too sudden, and romantic a manner, to produce the desired consequence upon a well-judging auditor.

      One of the greatest faults, by which a dramatist can disappoint and fret his auditor, is also to be met with in this play.—Infinite discourse is exchanged, numberless plans formed, and variety of passions agitated, concerning a person, who is never brought upon the stage—Such is the personal nonentity of Isabel, in this tragedy, and yet the fable could not proceed without her.—Alphonso, so much talked of, yet never seen, is an allowable absentee, having departed to another world; and yet, whether such invisible personages be described as alive, or dead, that play is the most interesting, which makes mention of no one character, but those which are introduced to the sight of the audience.

      The lover of romances, whose happy memory, unclouded by more weighty recollections, has retained a wonderful story, by the late Lord Orford, called, The Castle of Otranto, will here, it is said, find a resemblance of plot and incidents, the acknowledged effect of close imitation.

      Lord Orford, (at that time Mr. Horace Walpole,) attended some rehearsals of this tragedy, upon the very account, that himself was the founder of the fabric.

      The author was of no mean reputation in the literary world, for he had

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