in Aqua Scripto on 21 Nov 2005  •  Link

Quotes: See also Aglaura by Suckling
"Her face is like the milky way i' the sky,-- A meeting of gentle lights without a name."
~ Sir John Suckling (1609-1641) English Cavalier poet from Brennoralt. Act iii.
"She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on."
~ Sir John Suckling (1609-1641) from Brennoralt. Act ii.
[Can any one can find an etext of the Play]

Terry Foreman on 12 Aug 2010  •  Link

The text of the play in The poems, plays and other remains of Sir John Suckling, Volume 2
By Sir John Suckling, Alfred Inigo Suckling, William Carew Hazlitt

http://bit.ly/crex4l

San Diego Sarah on 24 Jul 2024  •  Link

Sjoerd gave this review during the first round:

Brennoralt, by Sir John Suckling
Apparently Pepys liked the play enough to see it two more times over the coming years.

"Although 'The Goblins' is Suckling's most satisfactory performance, the tragedy 'Brennoralt' is a work of more promise and a more striking evidence of his poetic capacity. It did not appear till 1646; but it had been printed in a shorter form in 1640 as 'The Discontented Colonell.' The interest of 'Brennoralt' lies mainly in our seeming to detect in the hero something of the inner self of the author, and to find that self better and sounder than the shallow prodigal who caught the public eye. The gloomy colonel, despite his strict loyalty, is clearly aware of defects in his king. The rebel Lithuanians are meant for Scots, of about the year 1639. The rebels having been informed that the king cannot be unjust to them "Where there's so little to be had," their leader Almerine replies, "Where there is least, there's liberty." Suckling's style perceptibly strengthens in the play.”

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