Katherine Philips
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Katherine or Catherine Philips, also known as "The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved renown as a translator of Pierre Corneille's Pomp
Portrait of Catherine Phillips
Engraving of a bust of Katherine Philips
A page from a manuscript copy of Philips' poetry, c. 1670.
Theatre Royal, Dublin
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Over the centuries, there have been five theatres in Dublin called the Theatre Royal.
Katherine Philips
…military, they were in danger of losing. There she completed a translation of Pierre Corneille's Pompée, produced with great success in 1663 in the Smock Alley Theatre, and printed in the same year both in Dublin and London, under the title Pompey. Although other women had translated or written dramas, her translation…
The Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, on the site of the first Theatre Royal
Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street
Theatre poster from 1916
1960s image of the Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street