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The cup; and The falcon

Chapter 2: THE CUP A TRAGEDY
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A two-part dramatic collection centers first on a tragic plot in a Galatian city where Synorix, a returning exile, becomes entangled by obsessive love for Camma, wife of the local ruler Sinnatus, while Roman officers and temple rites complicate shifting loyalties and schemes. Scenes mix hunting, ritual, and political maneuvering to dramatize how personal passion collides with public ambition and religious duty. A companion piece offers a shorter, more concentrated dramatic or lyrical meditation that echoes themes of control, fate, and the tension between desire and restraint.

THE CUP
A TRAGEDY

“The Cup” was produced at the Lyceum Theatre, under the management of Mr. Henry Irving, January 3, 1881, with the following cast:—

GALATIANS.

Synorix, an ex-Tetrarch Mr. Henry Irving.
Sinnatus, a Tetrarch Mr. Terris.
Attendant Mr. Harwood.
Boy Miss Brown.
Maid Miss Harwood.
Phœbe Miss Pauncefort.
Camma, wife of Sinnatus, afterwards Priestess in the Temple of Artemis Miss Ellen Terry.

ROMANS.

Antonius, a Roman General Mr. Tyars.
Publius Mr. Hudson.
Nobleman Mr. Matheson.
Messenger Mr. Archer.

ACT I.

Scene I. Distant View of a City of Galatia. (Afternoon.)
II. A Room in the Tetrarch’s House. (Evening.)
III. Same as Scene I. (Dawn.)

ACT II.

Scene Interior of the Temple of Artemis.