ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Gorboduc, a mythical king of ancient Britain, known primarily as the subject of the earliest English tragic play in blank verse, Gorboduc, by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, which was first performed in 1561.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first English tragedy, Gorboduc (1561), by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton, is a chain of slaughter and revenge written in direct imitation of Seneca.

Detailed explanation-3: -The authors were Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, said to be responsible for the first three Acts, and the final two, respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gorboduc, otherwise known as The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrox, was performed at the Inner Temple as part of the Christmas and New Year festivities of 1561-62, in which Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite, Lord Robert Dudley, presided as Lord Governor of the Christmas revels.