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A rehearsed reading. A tragedy in five acts by Joseph Addison Joseph Addison’s Cato, premièred on 14 April, 1713 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, was an immediate success and became one of the most popular plays of the period. The play tells the story of Cato the Younger, implacable foe of Caesar, an incorruptible individual who struggles against tyranny. George Washington was so taken with the character of Cato that he made the Roman republican his role model.

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Author: Joseph Addison