Ambrose Phillips adapted one of his works into English under the name The Distrest Mother.
Ambrose Phillips adapted one of his works into English under the name The Distrest Mother. His verse includes a collection of Spiritual Canticles and an Ode on the Convalescence of the King. In one work, the title character sees a vision of her mother that turns to a mixture of blood and bones as she tries to embrace her; that same character is later defeated by the ascension of Joas. This author of The Nymph of the Seine published just one comedy, The Litigants, and only one of his tragedies, which takes place in Turkey, had a contemporary setting. That work centers on a title figure who is the victim of a plot by Roxanne and Acomat to overthrow the sultan. Bajazet was preceded by Alexander the Great and Britannicus, but none of these are as famous as his adaptation of Euripides' Hippolytus. For ten points identify this author of such dramas as Mithridate, Berenice, and Phedre.
Ambrose Phillips adapted one of his works into English under the name The Distrest Mother.
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