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A large number of works have been written using this name in the title, or the character.  
 
A large number of works have been written using this name in the title, or the character.  
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Plays performed in South Africa include
 
Plays performed in South Africa include
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Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797-1882) Belphegor the Mountebank, or Pride of Bath (Adelphi January 1851)
 
Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797-1882) Belphegor the Mountebank, or Pride of Bath (Adelphi January 1851)
The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volumes 1-5
 
edited by Frederick Wilse Bateson CUP Archive, 1940 https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Uak8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA597&lpg=PA597&dq=belphegor+a+play+by+b.+webster&source=bl&ots=A3RX8qv6Qz&sig=hJeBJ6hivvwWHnjhcaXQotYOSOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPrNaPz6TaAhXKAMAKHZ8zDyMQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
 
Belphegor', extravaganza in one act by L. S. Buckingham.
 
  
John Wilson, 1627-c 1696, a faithful student and close imitator of Jonson, produced in 1690 a drama called Belphegor, or The Marriage of the Devil, a Tragi-comedy.
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Frederick Wilse Bateson (Ed.). 1940 ''The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature'', Volumes 1-5
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CUP Archive,[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Uak8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA597&lpg=PA597&dq=belphegor+a+play+by+b.+webster&source=bl&ots=A3RX8qv6Qz&sig=hJeBJ6hivvwWHnjhcaXQotYOSOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPrNaPz6TaAhXKAMAKHZ8zDyMQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Belphegor', extravaganza in one act by L. S. Buckingham.]
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==''Belphegor, or The Marriage of the Devil'' by John Wilson (1627-c1696)==,  
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A tragi-comedy, the play was  produced in 1690.

Revision as of 04:55, 6 April 2018

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 by C. Webb

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)

Frederick Wilse Bateson (Ed.). 1940 The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volumes 1-5 CUP Archive,[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Uak8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA597&lpg=PA597&dq=belphegor+a+play+by+b.+webster&source=bl&ots=A3RX8qv6Qz&sig=hJeBJ6hivvwWHnjhcaXQotYOSOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPrNaPz6TaAhXKAMAKHZ8zDyMQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q&f=false Belphegor', extravaganza in one act by L. S. Buckingham.]

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

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