A comedy called Susenbrotus
By: edited and translated by Connie McQuillen.
Contributors: McQuillen, Connie, 1945-
Series: Recentiores
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Susenbrotus, Joannes, d. 1543 -- Drama.; College and school drama, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English.; Latin drama (Comedy) -- Translations into English.
Description: The comedy Susenbrotus is a neo-Latin play, written by the students of Trinity College, Cambridge, and performed before King James I at Royston in March 1615/16. It has never before been translated or edited.

This edition contains the Latin text (prepared from a collation of the two extant manuscript copies), an English translation with annotations to classical and contemporary allusions, and an introduction tracing the development of humanist Latin drama in the universities during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

Susenbrotus is an important document for the neo-Latinist. It will be of interest to anyone studying the English Renaissance, the development of English drama, and the survival of the classical tradition. Its general attitudes toward women will be of interest to feminist scholars.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index.
"The Latin comedy Susenbrotus is a university play. It was written and acted by the students of Trinity College, Cambridge, and performed on 12 March 1615/16 before King James I and Prince Charles"--Introd.