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Sackville

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Sack·ville  (skvl), Thomas. First Earl of Dorset and Baron Buckhurst. 1536-1608.
English political adviser and poet who collaborated with Thomas Norton (1532-1584) on the blank-verse drama Gorboduc (1561), the first tragedy written in English.
Sackville [ˈsækvɪl]
n
(Biographies / Sackville, Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536-1608) M, English, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist, POLITICS: statesman) Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset. 1536-1608, English poet, dramatist, and statesman. He collaborated with Thomas Norton on the early blank-verse tragedy Gorboduc (1561)


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This first tragedy was written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
When they wrote the play Norton and Sackville were law students at the Inner Temple, and from other law students during the following years came other plays, which were generally acted at festival seasons, such, as Christmas, at the lawyers' colleges, or before the Queen, though the common people were also admitted among the audience.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Thomson walked slowly to the end of Sackville Street, crossed the road and made his way to the Ritz Hotel.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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