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Brief Lives

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1m

John Aubrey, Patrick Garland

John Aubrey
Adapted for the Stage by Patrick Garland

A day in the latter part of pioneering biographer John Aubrey's life. "It is as if one is paying a
visit to the house of an old man, who makes up for the absence of
friends by bringing to life reminiscences of people, remembering them
and telling stories about them."

Brief Lives

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    1m
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John Aubrey (1626-97) has come to be recognized as England's first serious biographer. Patrick Garland's adaptation of Aubrey's writings represents a day in the latter part of Aubrey's life. "It is as if one is paying a visit to the house of an old man, who makes up for the absence of friends by bringing to life reminiscences of people, remembering them and telling stories about them."
JOHN AUBREY - 71

Plus male and female voices.

  • Setting A Jacobean chamber. 1690s.
  • Features Period Costumes

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John Aubrey

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