title: Herod and Mariamne
text: # Herod and Mariamne
  
  Herod and Mariamne is a 1671 tragedy by the English writer Samuel Pordage. It was first performed by the Duke's Company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in London shortly before they moved to the Dorset Gardens Theatre. It was the company's attempt to respond to the great success of John Dryden's heroic drama The Conquest of Granada by the rival King's Company. It is inspired by the accounts of Josephus portraying the reign of Herod II.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Matthew Medbourne as Herod
  * John Crosby as Pheroras
  * John Lee as Alexas
  * William Smith as Tyridates
  * Henry Norris as Arsanes
  * Anthony Leigh as Polites
  * Thomas Gillow as Sosius
  * Mary Betterton as Mariamne
  * Mary Lee as Salome
  * Margaret Osborne as Alexandra
  