The Earl of Essex, Barbarossa, All for Love, Mahomet, Jane Gray (1788) is a collection of five plays written by Henry Jones. The first play, The Earl of Essex, is a historical drama based on the life of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I but fell from grace and was executed for treason. The second play, Barbarossa, is a tragedy set in the Ottoman Empire and tells the story of a young woman who is kidnapped...