William Rowley, The Travels of the Three English Brothers

Brinda Charry (Keene State College)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1607

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

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The play

The Travels of the Three English Brothers

was written and first performed in 1607 by three English dramatists, John Day, William Rowley, and George Wilkins. Closely based on a pamphlet titled

The Three English Brothers

(also entered in the Stationers’ Register in 1607), it describes the Persian voyages of Thomas, Anthony and Robert Sherley. Both the pamphlet and play were commissioned, or at the least supported, by Thomas Sherley, one of the three brothers of the title.

The play is divided into thirteen scenes and begins with a depiction of Anthony and Robert Sherley being received by the “Sophy” or emperor of Persia (Abbas I). The European travelers pay obeisance to the mighty Muslim ruler and both sides display their martial prowess – the Persians by organizing a

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Citation: Charry, Brinda. "The Travels of the Three English Brothers". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 February 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11976, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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