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Alexander Pope [1723], [The tragedy of Marcus Brutus: With the prologue and the Two Last chorus's. Written by his Grace John Duke of Buckingham, in] The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham (Printed by John Barber, Alderman of London, London) [word count] [S39102]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
Note return to page 1 Sheffield's two-part adaptation of JULIUS CAESAR, begun before 1710 (when it is alluded to in the seventh volume appended to Rowe's edition of Shakespeare by Charles Gildon) and completed around 1716 (with some assistance from Alexander Pope), was put into rehearsal at Drury Lane in 1729, but was in the event never acted due to a strike by the company's Italian musicians. In direct contrast to the contemporary acting text published in Bell's edition, it seems chiefly designed to make Brutus less admirable and Caesar more so than in Shakespeare's original text.
Note return to page 2 The Play begins the Day before the Battel of Philippi, and ends with it.
Alexander Pope [1723], [The tragedy of Marcus Brutus: With the prologue and the Two Last chorus's. Written by his Grace John Duke of Buckingham, in] The works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham (Printed by John Barber, Alderman of London, London) [word count] [S39102]. |
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