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Brutus, or, The fall of Tarquin : a tragedy in five acts / By John Howard Payne ; Wth the stage business, cast of characters, costumes, relative postions, etc.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852.
- Series:
- Modern standard drama ; no. 59.
- Modern standard drama ; no. 59
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brutus, Lucius Junius--Drama.
- Brutus, Lucius Junius.
- Tarquinius Superbus, Lucius, King of Rome, active 534 B.C.-510 B.C--Drama.
- Tarquinius Superbus, Lucius.
- Tarquinius Superbus, Lucius, King of Rome, active 534 B.C.-510 B.C.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- v, 53 pages ; 19 cm.
- Other Title:
- Fall of Tarquin
- Place of Publication:
- New York : J. Douglass, 1848.
- Notes:
- "In the present play I have had no hesitation in adopting the conceptions and language of my predecessors wherever they seemed likely to strengthen the plan which I had prescribed." -- Preface.
- Some entire scenes and portions of others are from Downman's Lucius Junius Brutus, 1779, and from Cumberland's The Sybil, or, The elder Brutus, pub. in 1813 in the posthumous dramatic works of Cumberland. -- cf. Genest, Account of the English stage.
- Printed cast lists for productions at Drury Lane (1818) and Arch. St., Philadelphia (1847)
- OCLC:
- 29302369
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