Brutus
Subtitle: or, The fall of Tarquin. An historical tragedy, in five acts.
By: By John Howard Payne. First represented at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. On Thursday evening, December 3, 1818.
Contributors: Downman, Hugh, 1740-1809.; Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811.; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: R. White
Published: 1818
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Brutus, Lucius Junius -- Drama.; Rome -- History -- Kings, 753-510 B.C. -- Drama.
Genres: Drama.
Notes: First ed.
"In the present play I have had no hesitation in adopting the conceptions and language of my predecessors wherever they seemed likely to strengthen the plan which I had prescribed."--Pref.
Some entire scenes and portions of others are from Downman's Lucius Junius Brutus, 1779, and from Cumberland's The Sybil, or The elder Brutus, published in 1813 in the posthumous dramatic works of Cumberland. Cf. Genest, Account of the English stage.