The Brothers (Cumberland play)

The Brothers is a 1769 comedy play by Richard Cumberland. The play was Cumberland's breakthrough work.[1] Its complicated plot involved a villain with a virtuous young brother[2] and was set partly in Cornwall. Two years later Cumberland went on to write his most successful work The West Indian.

References

  1. Nettleton & Case p.711
  2. Sherburne & Bond p.1042

Bibliography

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