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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...
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    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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  • 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...
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  • the claims of Mary, Queen of Scots, and contributed to the discussion of Gorboduc, an early Elizabethan drama from the inns of court. She was born in Cleveland...
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    theatre encompasses 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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    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 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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     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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  • 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...
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  • Lord Buckhurst, prepared a sort of prologue in the dumb show for his Gorboduc of 1562; and he also wrote a famous Induction, which is, practically, a...
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