Arthur Brooke (poet)

Arthur Brooke was an English poet who wrote and created various works including The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), considered to be William Shakespeare's chief source for his play Romeo and Juliet.

Life

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography suggests that Brooke may have been a son of Thomaz Broke.

Brooke was admitted to the Inner Temple, at the request of Gorboduc's authors, Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville. He may have written the masque that accompanied the play.

On 19 March 1563, Brooke died in the shipwreck that killed Sir Thomas Finch, bound for Le Havre, besieged in the French wars of religion. In 1567 George Turberville published a collection of poetry entitled, Epitaphs, Epigrams, Songs and Sonnets; it included An Epitaph on the Death of Master Arthur Brooke Drownde in Passing to New Haven.

The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet

Though ostensibly a translation from the Italian of Bandello, Brooke's poem is derived from a French version, by Pierre Boaistuau. The work was published by Richard Tottell.

Arthur Brooke

Arthur Brooke may refer to:

See also

Arthur Brooke (entrepreneur)

Arthur Brooke (30 October 1845 – 13 April 1918) was the founder of the Brooke Bond Tea Company. Brooke was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire and opened his first tea shop at 29 Market Street, Manchester in 1869. By the age of 30 he was making over £5,000 per year, with shops in the large cities and a warehouse in London from where he supplied other tea dealers. The business grew and in 1892 it became a limited company.

References

Arthur Brooke (British Army officer)

Sir Arthur Brooke KCB (1772 – 26 July 1843) was an officer of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the Peninsular War and War of 1812. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general.

Family

Brooke was the third son of Francis Brooke of Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh. He was the younger brother of Sir Henry Brooke, who was created a baronet in 1822.

Military career

He entered the Army as an ensign in the 44th Regiment of Foot in 1792, at the commencement of the French Revolutionary Wars and served with this regiment throughout them, and the succeeding Napoleonic Wars, until the conclusion of the general peace in 1815. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1793, serving with the 44th Foot in Lord Moira's division in Flanders in 1794 and 1795. He was promoted to captain in 1795, serving with Sir Ralph Abercromby's army in the reduction of the West Indies, where his regiment remained until 1798. He was present throughout the Egyptian campaign of 1801. He was promoted to major in 1802 and lieutenant-colonel in 1804 and commanded the 44th in Malta from 1804 to 1812.