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Hernani (drama)
Play by Victor Hugo
For other uses, see Hernani.
Hernani ou l'Honneur Castillan | |
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The audience fights during the premiere | |
Written by | Victor Hugo |
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Date premiered | 25 February 1830 |
Place premiered | Paris |
Original language | French |
Subject | Courtly romance |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | Spanish court, 1519 |
Hernani (full title: Hernani, ou l'Honneur Castillan) is a drama in rhyming alexandrines by the French romantic author Victor Hugo.
The title originates from Hernani, a Spanish town in the Southern Basque Country, where Hugo's mother and her three children stopped on their way to General Hugo's place of residence.[1]
The play was given its premiere on 25 February 1830 by the Comédie-Française in Paris.[2] Today, it is more remembered for the demonstrations which accompanied the first performance and for being the inspiration