Belphegor

According to Wikipedia[1] “Belphegor (or Beelphegor, Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר‎ baʿal-pəʿōr - Lord of the Gap) is a demon, and one of the seven princes of Hell, who helps people make discoveries. He seduces people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make them rich”.

A large number of works have been written using this name in the title, or the character.

Plays performed in South Africa include

Belphegor the Mountebank, or Pride of Bath by Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797-1882)

Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797-1882) Belphegor the Mountebank, or Pride of Bath (Adelphi January 1851)

Belphegor by L. S. Buckingham

An extravaganza in one act

==Belphegor, or The Marriage of the Devil by John Wilson (1627-c1696)==,

A tragi-comedy, the play was produced in 1690.

Sources

Frederick Wilse Bateson (Ed.). 1940 The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volumes 1-5 CUP Archive[2]