Gorboduc; or, Ferrex and Porrex
By: [by] Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton. Edited by Irby B. Cauthen, Jr.
Contributors: Dorset, Thomas Sackville, Earl of, 1536-1608.; Cauthen, Irby B., 1919- ed.
Series: Regents Renaissance drama series 
Publisher: University of Nebraska
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
Other titles: Ferrex and Porrex.
Description: At the play's beginning, the argument gives the following summary of the play's action: "Gorboduc, King of Britain, divided his realm in his lifetime to his sons, Ferrex and Porrex. The sons fell to dissention. The younger killed the elder. The mother that more dearly loved the elder, for revenge killed the younger. The people, moved with the cruelty of the fact, rose in rebellion and slew both father and mother. The nobility assembled and most terribly destroyed the rebels. And afterward for want of issue of the prince, whereby the succession of the crown became uncertain, they fell to civil war in which both they and many of their issues were slain, and the land for a long time almost desolate and miserably wasted."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
In the earlier editions, Norton's name appeared first on the title-page.