The Apostate: A Tragedy In Five Acts is a play written by Richard Lalor Sheil and first published in 1817. The play tells the story of a young man named Julian, who is torn between his loyalty to his Catholic faith and his love for a Protestant woman named Isabella. As he struggles to reconcile these conflicting beliefs, Julian ultimately decides to renounce his Catholicism and convert to Protestantism, causing a rift between himself and his family...