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Sejanus His Fall

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Sejanus His Fall, a 1603 play by Ben Jonson, is a tragedy about Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the favourite of the Roman emperor Tiberius. [1]

50 relations: Alexander Cooke, Augustine Phillips, Ben Jonson, Catholic Church, E. K. Chambers, Eastward Hoe, Edward Blount, Epideictic, Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, F. E. Halliday, Folio, Gaius Silius, George Chapman, George Eld, Globe Theatre, Gunpowder Plot, Henry Condell, Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, Hugh Holland, John Heminges, John Lowin, John Marston (poet), King's Men (playing company), King's Men personnel, Lucius Arruntius the Younger, Main Plot, Naevius Sutorius Macro, Park Honan, Philotas, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Project Gutenberg, Quarto, Richard Burbage, Richard III of England, Robert Armin, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Roman emperor, Samuel Daniel, Sejanus, Stationers' Register, Thomas Roe, Thomas Thorpe, Tiberius, Tragedy, Walter Raleigh, William Drummond of Hawthornden, William Poel, William Shakespeare, William Sly, William Strachey.

Alexander Cooke

Alexander Cooke (died February 1614) was an actor in the King's Men and the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the acting companies of William Shakespeare, John Heminges and Richard Burbage.

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Augustine Phillips

Augustine Phillips (died May 1605) was an Elizabethan actor who performed in troupes with Edward Alleyn and William Shakespeare.

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Ben Jonson

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English playwright, poet, actor, and literary critic, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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E. K. Chambers

Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers, (16 March 1866 – 21 January 1954), usually cited as E. K. Chambers, was an English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.

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Eastward Hoe

Eastward Hoe or Eastward Ho! is an early Jacobean-era stage play written by George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston.

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Edward Blount

Edward Blount (or Blunt) (1562–1632) was a London publisher of the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline eras, noted for his publication, in conjunction with William and Isaac Jaggard, of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays in 1623.

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Epideictic

The epideictic oratory, also called ceremonial oratory, or praise-and-blame rhetoric, is one of the three branches, or "species" (eidē), of rhetoric as outlined in Aristotle's Rhetoric, to be used to praise or blame during ceremonies.

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Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox

Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox KG (1579 – 30 July 1624) was the son of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox and Catherine de Balsac.

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F. E. Halliday

Frank Ernest Halliday (10 February 1903 – 26 March 1982) was an English academic and author.

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Folio

The term "folio", from the Latin folium (leaf), has three interconnected but distinct meanings in the world of books and printing.

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Gaius Silius

Gaius Silius (died AD 24) was a Roman senator who achieved successes as a general over German barbarians following the disaster of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

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George Chapman

George Chapman (Hitchin, Hertfordshire, c. 1559 – London, 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator, and poet.

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George Eld

George Eld (died 1624) was a London printer of the Jacobean era, who produced important works of English Renaissance drama and literature, including key texts by William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and Thomas Middleton.

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Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare.

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Gunpowder Plot

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.

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Henry Condell

Henry Condell (5 September 1576 (baptised) – December 1627) was an actor in the King's Men, the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote.

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Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton

Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (25 February 1540 – 15 June 1614) was an important English aristocrat and courtier.

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Hugh Holland

Hugh Holland (1569–1633), the son of Robert Holland, was born in Denbigh in the north of Wales.

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John Heminges

John Heminges (sometimes spelled Heming or Heminge) (bapt. 25 November 1566 – 10 October 1630) was an actor in the King's Men, the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote.

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John Lowin

John Lowin (baptized 9 December 1576 – buried – 24 August 1653) was an English actor.

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John Marston (poet)

John Marston (baptised 7 October 1576 – 25 June 1634) was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

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King's Men (playing company)

The King's Men was the acting company to which William Shakespeare (1564–1616) belonged for most of his career.

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King's Men personnel

King's Men personnel were the people who worked with and for the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the King's Men (for all practical purposes a single continuous theatrical enterprise) from 1594 to 1642 (and after).

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Lucius Arruntius the Younger

Lucius Arruntius the Younger (before 27 BC – 37 AD) was a Roman senator praised by the ancient Roman historian Tacitus.

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Main Plot

The Main Plot was an alleged conspiracy of July 1603 by English courtiers, to remove King James I from the English throne and to replace him with his cousin Arabella (or Arbella) Stuart.

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Naevius Sutorius Macro

Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro (21 BC – 38 AD) was a prefect of the Praetorian Guard, from 31 until 38, serving under the Roman Emperors Tiberius and Caligula.

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Park Honan

Leonard Hobart Park Honan (17 September 1928 – 27 September 2014) was an American academic and author who spent most of his career in the UK.

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Philotas

Philotas (Greek: Φιλώτας, died October 330 BC) was the eldest son of Parmenion, one of Alexander the Great's most experienced and talented generals.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks".

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Quarto

Quarto (abbreviated Qto, 4to or 4°) is a book or pamphlet produced from full "blanksheets", each of which is printed with eight pages of text, four to a side, then folded twice to produce four leaves (that is, eight book pages).

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Richard Burbage

Richard Burbage (6 January 1567 – 12 March 1619) was an English stage actor, widely considered to have been one of the most famous actors of the Globe Theatre and of his time.

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Richard III of England

Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

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Robert Armin

Robert Armin (c. 1563 – 1615) was an English actor, a member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601), was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599.

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Roman emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period (starting in 27 BC).

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Samuel Daniel

Samuel Daniel (1562 – 14 October 1619) was an English poet and historian.

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Sejanus

Lucius Aelius Sejanus (June 3, 20 BC – October 18, AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus, was an ambitious soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.

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Stationers' Register

The Stationers’ Register was a record book maintained by the Stationers' Company of London.

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Thomas Roe

Sir Thomas Roe (c. 1581 – 6 November 1644) was an English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

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Thomas Thorpe

Thomas Thorpe (c. 1569c. 1625) was an English publisher, most famous for publishing Shakespeare's sonnets and several works by Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson.

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Tiberius

Tiberius (Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD) was Roman emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD, succeeding the first emperor, Augustus.

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Tragedy

Tragedy (from the τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in audiences.

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Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh (or; circa 155429 October 1618) was an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer.

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William Drummond of Hawthornden

William Drummond (13 December 15854 December 1649), called "of Hawthornden", was a Scottish poet.

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William Poel

William Poel (1852-1934) was an English actor, theatrical manager and dramatist best known for his presentations of Shakespeare.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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William Sly

William Sly (died August 1608) was an actor in English Renaissance theatre, a colleague of William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage in the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the King's Men.

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William Strachey

William Strachey (4 April 1572 – buried 21 June 1621) was an English writer whose works are among the primary sources for the early history of the English colonisation of North America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejanus_His_Fall

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