John Suckling, Brennoralt

Glyn Pursglove (Swansea University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1642

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

Resources

First published in 1642 as The Disconted Colonell and republished in 1646 (in Fragmenta Aurea) under the title of Brennoralt by which it is better known, this has claims to be regarded as Suckling's most interesting play. Suckling's source was L'Iphigene (Paris, 1625) by Jean Pierre Camus. Set in Poland, like Camus's romance, Suckling's play unmistakeably reflects his views on the conflict between England and Scotland of which he had had experience in the First Bishops' War of 1639. The Palatine rebels of Brennoralt can perhaps be read as, in part at least, an image of the Scots. Brennoralt, the discontented colonel, seems to articulate views some of which might reasonably be identified as Suckling's o…

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Citation: Pursglove, Glyn. "Brennoralt". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 October 2000 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=6236, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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