Cato: a tragedy

by Joseph Addison

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Written in 1712, this play is based on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis. It deals with such themes as individual liberty versus government tyranny, Republicanism versus Monarchism, logic versus emotion and Cato's personal struggle to cleave to his beliefs in the face of death

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Eighteenth-Century Plays by Ricardo Quintana

Cato: A Tragedy and Selected Essays by Joseph Addison

The Beggar's Opera and Other Eighteenth-Century Plays (Everyman's Library) by David W. Lindsay

Eighteenth Century Plays by John Hampden

Five Restoration Tragedies by Bonamy Dobree

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Written in 1712, this play is based on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis. It deals with such themes as individual liberty versus government tyranny, Republicanism versus Monarchism, logic versus emotion and Cato's personal struggle to cleave to his beliefs in the face of death

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