Thomas Randolph (poet)
Thomas Randolph (born June 15, 1605 in Newnham-cum-Badby , Northamptonshire , † March 1635 in Blatherwycke , Northamptonshire) was an English playwright and poet who is counted among the Cavalier poets .
Randolph attended Westminster School and studied from 1624 at the University of Cambridge ( Trinity College ) with the Bachelor of Arts 1628 and the Magister artium 1631. Also in 1631 he was a Fellow of Trinity College. Already as a schoolboy and student he drew attention to himself with his Latin and English poems. In 1626 his comedy Aristippus or the jovial philosopher was performed in Cambridge (printed in 1630 with his The conceited pedlar). He followed the tradition of Ben Jonson and was recognized by him as one of his Sons of Ben . In 1630 his satirical comedy The Muse's Looking Glass was performed at the Salisbury Court Theater. 1632 became his comedyThe jealous lovers performed before the king by students at Trinity College. In 1638 his pastoral Amyntas or the impossible dowry was printed with various poems in Latin and English. It was performed at court in 1631. He was considered one of the most popular playwrights of his time and was seen as the successor to Jonson as a poet laureate, but died at the age of 29.
His comedy Aristippus is about the relative merits of beer (ale) and wine (sack) with many classical allusions and using Aristotelian logic.
In 1638 a collection of his poems and plays appeared. Also posthumously in 1651 his comedy appeared Hey for Honesty (after The wealth of Aristophanes ).
literature
- John Parry (Ed.): The poems and Amyntas of Thomas Randolph, Yale University Press 1917, Archives
- William Carew Hazlitt: Poetical and dramatical works of Thomas Randolph, London 1875, Archives
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| SURNAME | Randolph, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English poet and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1605 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newnham-cum-Badby |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1635 |
| Place of death | Blatherwycke |