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Besides this , the statements that he is ' full of age and care ' in 1640 , 2 and that
the Jovial Crew3 ( 1641 ) is the issue of his old age , put 1590 as certainly the
latest date . This is as near as it is ... 3 Jovial Crew , Dedication . 4 Folio of 1616 .
Besides this , the statements that he is ' full of age and care ' in 1640 , 2 and that
the Jovial Crew3 ( 1641 ) is the issue of his old age , put 1590 as certainly the
latest date . This is as near as it is ... 3 Jovial Crew , Dedication . 4 Folio of 1616 .
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It is undoubtedly to this temporary estrangement of Jonson and Brome that
Alexander Brome alludes in his verses prefatory to the Jovial Crew 2 ( 1652 ) : I
love thee for . . . . . . . Thy luck to please so well : who could go faster ? At first to
be the ...
It is undoubtedly to this temporary estrangement of Jonson and Brome that
Alexander Brome alludes in his verses prefatory to the Jovial Crew 2 ( 1652 ) : I
love thee for . . . . . . . Thy luck to please so well : who could go faster ? At first to
be the ...
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The only extant plays that were written for Beeston ' s Boys seem to be the Court
Begger ( c . 1640 ) 3 and the Jovial Crew 4 ( 1641 ) . We may presume that ,
during the three years he was with this company before the elosing of the
theatres in ...
The only extant plays that were written for Beeston ' s Boys seem to be the Court
Begger ( c . 1640 ) 3 and the Jovial Crew 4 ( 1641 ) . We may presume that ,
during the three years he was with this company before the elosing of the
theatres in ...
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... Marvell , Alexander Brome , J . Bancroft , and the young Dryden , who here
appeared in print for the first time . In 1652 Brome published the very popular
Jovial Crew , undoubtedly his best play . The dedication to Thomas Stanley
shows that ...
... Marvell , Alexander Brome , J . Bancroft , and the young Dryden , who here
appeared in print for the first time . In 1652 Brome published the very popular
Jovial Crew , undoubtedly his best play . The dedication to Thomas Stanley
shows that ...
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The publication of the Jovial Crew is the last we hear of Brome during his lifetime
. The following year , 1653 , Alexander Brome , who edited Five New Plays , says
in his preface : ' for the Author bid me tell you that , now that he is dead , he is of ...
The publication of the Jovial Crew is the last we hear of Brome during his lifetime
. The following year , 1653 , Alexander Brome , who edited Five New Plays , says
in his preface : ' for the Author bid me tell you that , now that he is dead , he is of ...
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| Title | Yale Studies in English, Volumes 46-47 Yale Studies in English |
| Published | 1913 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Sep 2007 |
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