Sejanus, His Fall

by Ben Jonson

Overview

Jonson’s little-known—and even less performed—tragedy telling the story of Sejanus, a contemporary of the Emperor Claudius. First performed in 1603 with Burbage and Shakespeare in the cast—the latter’s last recorded appearance as an actor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783985317844
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	01/29/2022
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	492 KB

About the Author

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637 was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The text

2. Date, and place in Jonson's career

3. Sources, influences and characterisation

4. Sejanus and the Privy Council

5. Critical assessment

6. Jonson's way with Roman history

7. Stage History

Sejanus

Editorial Reviews

An intensively researched edition based on collation of the 1605 and 1616 versions and taking the earlier version as copy-text. The explanatory notes to the text provide considerable information, and the introduction offers an assessment of Jonson's historiography and his treatment of sources<-->and an explanation for the charge of treason levelled at Jonson over . Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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