Arthur Brooke (writer)

Arthur Brooke (also: Arthur Broke ; † March 19, 1563 at sea) was an English playwright and translator .

The title page of the first edition of Arthur Brooke's "Romeus and Juliet" from 1562.

Brooke's poetry "The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet", published for the first time in 1562 , served William Shakespeare as a source for Romeo and Juliet . Brooke's story itself has models, including the story by the French poet Pierre Boaistuau with the title “Rhomeo et Julietta” , published in 1559, and presumably short stories by Matteo Bandello from 1554 and Luigi da Porto from 1530, also by the tragically lovers “Giulietta e Romeo “Acted.

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Brooke as the source of Shakespeare

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SURNAME	Brooke, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Broke, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English playwright and translator
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1563
Place of death	at sea