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Sejanus His Fall
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Sejanus His Fall, a Roman tragedy by
Jonson, performed by the King's Men 1603, with Shakespeare and
Burbage in the cast, printed 1605.
Based mainly on
Tacitus, the play deals with the rise of Sejanus during the reign of Tiberius, his destruction of the family of Germanicus, and his poisoning of Tiberius' son Drusus. Suspecting the scope of his favourite's ambition, Tiberius leaves Rome, setting his agent Macro to spy on him. Tiberius denounces Sejanus in a letter to the senate, which condemns him to death, and the mob, stirred up by Macro, tears him to pieces.
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Sejanus.(Theater review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 12/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Sejanus Presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company...Paul Englishby. With William Houston (Sejanus), Barry Stanton (Tiberius), Peter...infighting. It was impossible to watch Sejanus without thinking of the earlier treatment...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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CULTURE: Houston's gunpowder plot; William Houston is the first RSC actor to play Ben Jonson's anti-hero, Aelius Sejanus. Terry Grimley met him during rehearsals.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...another title role, in Ben Jonson's Sejanus: His Fall, and we settle for a quick...Believe What You Will while rehearsing Sejanus. 'At the moment the characters are spilling...other. It's very difficult not to drag Sejanus on the stage at the moment and try ghim...
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Culture: A 400-year-old play for our times; Sejanus: His Fall Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...being closer to modern political theatre. Sejanus, the brilliant general who prospers under...Macbeth is presented as an aberration, Sejanus is merely a passing player in a weary...into a classical tragic anti-hero - Sejanus does not even appear for some time after...
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Live reviews: TIMELY REMINDER OF POWER GAMES; SEJANUS: HIS FALL The Swan Theatre, Stratford.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 8/14/2005; 438 words
; Byline: EMILY ANDREWS SEJANUS is the latest offering of the Royal...it follows his devious side-kick Sejanus who murders anyone who stands in his...Jacobean time to the present day. When Sejanus says the way to advance Tiberius' rule...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Review: SEJANUS: HIS FALL SWAN THEATRE, STRATFORD UPON AVON.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 7/27/2005; 394 words
; ...the hugely ambitious Roman commander Sejanus, killing, lusting and schmoozing his way to the top. The rise and fall of Sejanus brings some poignant messages on the...be a lesson to any fledgling MP. Sejanus continues until November
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Theatre: Still power-crazy after all these years Sejanus: His Fall Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 7/31/2005; ; 638 words
; ...machinations and corruption. In many ways, Sejanus is a fascinating prequel to Camus' Caligula...and Jonson's savagely dark comedies as Sejanus' seduced partner in crime, Livia, cakes...into a cause for grief is jolting. Sejanus isn't as poetically soaring as Marlowe...
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Classic case of public interest; Virgil: His Life And Times. By Peter Levi (Duckworth, pounds 25). The Emperor Constantine. By Michael Grant (Phoenix, pounds 12.99). The Lydian Baker. By David Wishart (Sceptre, pounds 16.99). Sejanus. By David Wishart (Sceptre, pounds 6.99). Reviewed b y Stephen Harrison.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 11/28/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...be known of Constantine's sanguinary ascent to supreme power and his legacy. David Wishart is on much surer ground with Sejanus, now in paperback, and The Lydian Baker. These are the third and fourth respectively in the Marcus Corvinus series, Wishart...
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Web of deceit
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 8/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; Theatre 2 Web of deceit Sejanus: His Fall Swan Theatre, Stratford...James I's reign, Ben Jonson's Sejanus: His Fall seems to have gone more...that took off with Volpone (1606). Sejanus is generally rated a tragedy, but...
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The Rise and fall of New Labour's empire
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 7/4/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...s villa, that Peter Mandelson is awfully like Sejanus. What do you think?' I couldn't - she had...say, `Don't see it myself.' I said, `Sejanus?' thoughtfully. Sejanus, I may remark, for the benefit of any Spectator...
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Ancient & modern
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 5/24/1997; ; 530 words
; ...most famous example was Lucius Aelius Sejanus, captain of the Praetorian Guard under...The Roman historian Tacitus ascribes Sejanus' rise to power to a combination of long...intrigue and the gods' hatred of Rome. Sejanus, he tells us, was not of senatorial...
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Sejanus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sejanus (Lucius Aelius Sejanus) , d. AD 31, Roman statesman; son of Sejus Strabo, Praetorian...Drusus. He obtained (AD 29) the arrest of Agrippina the Elder . Sejanus was put to death by Tiberius, who feared that he was plotting against...
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Sejanus His Fall
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Sejanus His Fall, a Roman tragedy by Jonson...Tacitus , the play deals with the rise of Sejanus during the reign of Tiberius, his destruction...Macro to spy on him. Tiberius denounces Sejanus in a letter to the senate, which condemns...
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Drusus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...17-AD 20). In AD 22 he was made tribune. Meanwhile, Sejanus, Tiberius' minister, had become jealous of Drusus' power...Tiberius against him. Drusus may have been poisoned by Sejanus or by his wife under Sejanus' influence.
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Tiberius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...government and made himself extremely unpopular in Rome. For years Sejanus was his chief aid and confidant. Tiberius retired to Capri...correspondence. He grew suspicious of intrigues and in AD 31 had Sejanus killed. Modern historians have been inclined to treat his...
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Ben Jonson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...this brief but heated skirmish, Jonson turned his energies to what he clearly regarded as one of his most important works, Sejanus His Fall, which eventually appeared in 1603. This rigidly classical tragedy was admired by some of Jonson's learned contemporaries...
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