The Return of the Druses

The Return of the Druses is a tragedy in blank verse by Robert Browning. It was originally published as the fourth number (No. IV) of Bells and Pomegranates in 1843. The manuscript was first named Mansoor the Hierophant.

The Return of the Druses
Written by	Robert Browning
Date premiered	1843
Original language	English
Genre	Tragedy

Persons

• The Grand-Master's Prefect
• The Patriarch's Nuncio
• The Republic's Admiral
• Loys de Dreux, Knight-Novice
• Initiated Druses—Djabal, Khalil, Anael, Maani, Karshook, Raghib, Ayoob, and others
• Uninitiated Druses, Prefect's Guard, Nuncio's Attendants, Admiral's Force

Time, 14—

See also

• Druze

Sources

• Scudder, Horace E. (1895). The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co.; Cambridge: The Riverside Press. p. 197.

Further reading

• Fahmi, Ismael M.; Dabbagh, Lanja A. (18 June 2020). "The Misrepresentation of The Druse Community in Browning’s Unsuccessful Tragedy: "The Return of the Druses" (1843): An Analytical Study". Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(1). pp. 69–72. doi:10.14500/kujhss.v3n1y2020.pp69-72.
• Jaouad, Hédi A. (28 June 2018). "The Return of the Druses: Djabal, Betwixt and Between". In Browning Upon Arabia: A Moveable East. Palgrave Macmillan. pp 127–153. ISBN 978-3-319-92647-6.