The Pledge; Or, Castilian Honour is an 1831 tragedy by the British writer James Kenney. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 8 April 1831. ^[1] It is inspired by the play Hernani by French writer Victor Hugo. ^[2] The original London cast included William Macready as Don Leo, Henry John Wallack as Hernani, John Cooper as Don Carlos and George Yarnold as Don Ricardo.

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• France, Peter & Haynes, Kenneth. The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English:: Volume 4: 1790-1900. Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, 1930.

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