Timeline
Lifetime:
1660 -
1746
Passed: ≈
278 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Thomas Southerne
Books by Thomas Southerne
Oroonoko
Romance
Drama
Tragedy
Slavery
Tragedy
Romance
Liberty
Restoration
English literature
Wit
Pathos
Interracial Love
Women Empowerment
Prince-Turned-Slave
Oroonoko, a play written by Thomas Southerne, is an adaptation of Aphra Behn's 1688 novel of the same name. The play tells the story of Oroonoko, a prince from Coromantin who is captured and sold into slavery in Surinam. Despite his enslavement, Oroo...