Sejanus: His Fall (Revels Plays Companion Library) - Softcover

Jonson, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071901641X ISBN 13: 9780719016417

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Sejanus His Fall, a 1603 play by Ben Jonson, is a tragedy about Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the favourite of the Roman emperor Tiberius. Sejanus His Fall was performed at court in 1603, and at the Globe Theatre in 1604. The latter performance was a failure. According to Jonson, an unnamed co-author "had good share" in the version of the play as it was "acted on the public stage". For reasons unknown the play was accused of promoting "popery and treason". Jonson was questioned, but no action was taken.

About this title

About the Author

THE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such his strong personality assumes an interest to us almost unparalleled, at least in his age.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071901641X
• ISBN 13: 9780719016417
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Ayres Philip