- The
Tragedie of
Gorboduc, also
titled Ferrex and Porrex, is an
English play from 1561. It was
first performed at the
Christmas celebration given by the...
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Gorboduc (Welsh:
Gorwy or Goronwy) was a
legendary king of the
Britons as
recounted by
Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was
married to Judon. When he
became old...
- the late-15th-century Le
Morte d'Arthur (1485) and the mid-16th-century
Gorboduc (1561), may
present more
difficulties but are
still closer to
Modern English...
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Ferrex was the son of the
legendary king
Gorboduc of the Britons, and
fought with his
brother Porrex for the throne,
according to
Geoffrey of Monmouth...
- 1535-1577).
Plays written and
performed in the Inns of
Court include Gorboduc,
Gismund of
Salerne (1561), and The
Misfortunes of
Arthur (1588). An example...
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theatre encomp****es the
period between 1562—following a
performance of
Gorboduc, the
first English play
using blank verse, at the
Inner Temple during the...
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earliest English tragedy,
Gorboduc,
which was
performed before Elizabeth I in the
Inner Temple on 18
January 1561.
Gorboduc was revised, as The Tragedy...
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Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of
Gorboduc and his
death began a
dynastic civil war. In the
final years of
Gorboduc's life,
Porrex waged war with his brother...
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Thomas Sackville's play
Gorboduc includes Fergus, the Duke of Albany, who
tries to
claim the
British throne after Gorboduc's death through his
royal descent...
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Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of
Sisillius I. and was
succeeded by
Gorboduc.
Geoffrey has
nothing to say of him
beyond this.
Monarchie Nobelesse website...
