Locrine by William Shakespeare

"Locrine" by William Shakespeare is an Elizabethan play published in 1595. It dramatizes the legendary Trojan founders of ancient Britain, following the aged Brutus as he divides his kingdom among his three sons before death. When invading Scythians threaten the realm, revenge and tragedy unfold through five acts of Senecan drama. Each act opens with the goddess Atë presenting symbolic dumbshows of mythological violence. The play weaves together dynastic conflict, arranged marriage, warfare, and ghostly vengeance in a foundation myth for England itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Dubious author Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Title Locrine
Note Shakespeare apocrypha - work questionably attributed to Shakespeare and others. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_apocrypha for more information
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locrine
Credits the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Tragedies (Drama)
Subject Britons -- Drama
Category Text
EBook-No. 1548
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Sep 27, 2025
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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