person
Charles XII of Sweden
Charles XII
also: Карл XII, Charles XII, King of Sweden
The historical King of Sweden (r. 1697-1718), a central figure of the Great Northern War; recycled here as a stock costume role in Tarnovsky's melodrama, played 'with the manners of a fireman.'
Reading notes
- Unclean Tragedians and Leprous Playwrights §7 Charles XII
The real King of Sweden (r. 1697-1718), hero of the Great Northern War; recycled here as a stock costume role, "the manners of a fireman" and all.