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BROME, RICHARD (d. 1652)

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BROME, See also:RICHARD (d. 1652) , See also:English dramatist, was originally a servant of See also:Ben See also:Jonson, and owed much to his See also:master. The development of his plots, the strongly marked characters and the amount of curious See also:information to be found in his See also:work, all show Jonson's See also:influence. The relation of master and servant See also:developed into friendship, and our knowledge of Brome's See also:personal See also:character is chiefly See also:drawn from Ben Jonson's lines to him, prefixed to The See also:Northern Lasse (1632), the. See also:play which made Brome's reputation. Brome's See also:genius See also:lay entirely in See also:comedy. He has See also:left fifteen pieces. Five New Playes (ed. by Alex. Brome, 1652?) contained Madd Couple Well Matcht (acted 1639?); Novella (acted 1632); See also:Court Begger (acted 1632); See also:City Witt; The Damoiselle or the New See also:Ordinary. Five New Playes (1659) included The English See also:Moor, or The See also:Mock See also:Marriage; The Love-Sick Court, or The Ambitious Politique; Covent See also:Garden Weeded; The New See also:Academy, or The New See also:Exchange; and The See also:Queen and Concubine. The See also:Antipodes (acted 1638, pr. 164o) ; The Sparagus Garden (acted 1635, pr. 1640); A Joviall See also:Crew, or the Merry Beggars (acted 1641, pr.

1652, revised in 1731 as an " See also:

opera "), and The Queenes Exchange (pr. 1657), were published separately. He collaborated with See also:Thomas See also:Heywood in The See also:late See also:Lancashire Witches (pr. 1634). See A. W. See also:Ward, See also:History of English Dramatic Literature, vol. iii. pp. 125—131 (1899). The Dramatic See also:Works of Richard Brome . . . were published in 1873.

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