The Prisoners (play)

This article is about the Renaissance English play. For other plays, see Prisoner (disambiguation).

The Prisoners is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Thomas Killigrew.[1] It was premiered onstage c. 1635, acted by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre; and was first printed in 1641. Killigrew's first play, The Prisoners inaugurated its author's playwriting career.


  1. ^ Alfred Harbage, Thomas Killigrew, Cavalier Dramatist 1612–83, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1930; p. 44 and ff.