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	Paul Walsh. 1992. "Henry Brooke's Gustavus Vasa: The ancient constitution and the example of Sweden" ''Studia Neophilologica'' (Volume 64, 1992 - Issue 1: pp.67-79).		Paul Walsh. 1992. "Henry Brooke's Gustavus Vasa: The ancient constitution and the example of Sweden" ''Studia Neophilologica'' (Volume 64, 1992 - Issue 1: pp.67-79).
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	Facsimile version of the 1801 German Text, Hathi Trusthttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.097501259;view=1up;seq=7		Facsimile version of the 1801 German Text, Hathi Trusthttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.097501259;view=1up;seq=7

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 ''[[Gustavus Vasa]]'' is a controversial English play by Henry Brooke (1703–1783)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brooke_(writer)],
-Though originally titled ''[[Gustavus Vasa, The Deliverer of his Country]]'', the play is more often referred to simply as ''[[Gustavus Vasa]]''
+Though originally titled ''[[Gustavus Vasa, The Deliverer of His Country]]'', the play is more often referred to simply as ''[[Gustavus Vasa]]''
 == The original text ==

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 == The original text ==
-The play concerned the liberation of Sweden from Denmark in 1521 by King Gustav I of Sweden (then regent), and was to have been performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1839, but on the eve of the opening night it was banned by the Lord Chamberlain - according some sources this was probably at the instigation of the then Prime Minsiter, Robert Walpole, who apparently believed that the villain of the piece resembled him. This gave the play the dubious distinction of having been the first English play to be banned under the Licensing Act 1737. The text was first published in London by R. Dodsley in 1739.
+The play concerned the liberation of Sweden from Denmark in 1521 by King Gustav I of Sweden (then regent), and was to have been performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1839, but on the eve of the opening night it was banned by the Lord Chamberlain - according some sources this was probably at the instigation of the then Prime Minsiter, Robert Walpole, who apparently believed that the villain of the piece resembled him. This gave the play the dubious distinction of having been the first English play to be banned under the Licensing Act 1737. The text was first published as ''[[Gustavus Vasa, The Deliverer of His Country]]'' ("a tragedy : as it was to have been acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane") in London by R. Dodsley in 1739.
 In America however, the play would later achieve an opposite effect. It was the first play performed at the Federal Street Theatre (opening on February 3, 1794), and even though it deals with the Swedish struggle for freedom from Denmark in the 16th century, the theatre audiences in the country at the time saw it as a reflection of the American Revolution, with President George Washington as Gustavus Vasa.

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 == The original text ==
-The play concerned the liberation of Sweden from Denmark in 1521 by King Gustav I of Sweden (then regent), and was to have been performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1839, but on the eve of the opening night it was banned by the Lord Chamberlain - according some sources this was probably at the instigation of the then Prime Minsiter, Robert Walpole, who apparently believed that the villain of the piece resembled him. This gave the play the dubious distinction of having been the first English play to be banned under the Licensing Act 1737.
+The play concerned the liberation of Sweden from Denmark in 1521 by King Gustav I of Sweden (then regent), and was to have been performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1839, but on the eve of the opening night it was banned by the Lord Chamberlain - according some sources this was probably at the instigation of the then Prime Minsiter, Robert Walpole, who apparently believed that the villain of the piece resembled him. This gave the play the dubious distinction of having been the first English play to be banned under the Licensing Act 1737. The text was first published in London by R. Dodsley in 1739.
-In America however, the play would later achieve an opposite effect. It was the first play performed at the Federal Street Theatre (opening on February 3, 1794), and even though it deals with the Swedish struggle for freedom from Denmark in the 16th century, the theatre audiences in the country at the time saw it as a reflection also of the American Revolution, with President George Washington reflected in Gustavus Vasa.  In fact the performance may even have been viewed as a kind of literary declaration of independence.
+In America however, the play would later achieve an opposite effect. It was the first play performed at the Federal Street Theatre (opening on February 3, 1794), and even though it deals with the Swedish struggle for freedom from Denmark in the 16th century, the theatre audiences in the country at the time saw it as a reflection of the American Revolution, with President George Washington as Gustavus Vasa.
 == Translations and adaptations ==

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brooke_(writer)
-Commentary on the text of ''Gustavus Vasa'': a tragedy, in five acts, as performed at the New Theatre in Boston, the text published by John West, no. 75 Cornhill, in 1794, in "The First Seasons of the Federal Street Theatre: 1794–1798" (courtesy of Massachusetts Historical Society) - on the website ''Boston Literary History''[http://bostonliteraryhistory.com/chapter-6/henry-brooke-1703%E2%80%9383-gustavus-vasa-tragedy-five-acts-performed-new-theatre-boston-boston.html]
+Commentary on the published text of ''Gustavus Vasa'': a tragedy, in five acts, as performed at the New Theatre in Boston, the text published by John West, no. 75 Cornhill, in 1794, in "The First Seasons of the Federal Street Theatre: 1794–1798" on the website ''Boston Literary History''[http://bostonliteraryhistory.com/chapter-6/henry-brooke-1703%E2%80%9383-gustavus-vasa-tragedy-five-acts-performed-new-theatre-boston-boston.html]
 Herbert Wright. 1919. "Henry Brooke's 'Gustavus Vasa'", ''The Modern Language Review'' (Vol. 14, No. 2: April, 1919), pp. 173-182.

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		+	Commentary on the text of ''Gustavus Vasa'': a tragedy, in five acts, as performed at the New Theatre in Boston, the text published by John West, no. 75 Cornhill, in 1794, in "The First Seasons of the Federal Street Theatre: 1794–1798" (courtesy of Massachusetts Historical Society) - on the website ''Boston Literary History''[http://bostonliteraryhistory.com/chapter-6/henry-brooke-1703%E2%80%9383-gustavus-vasa-tragedy-five-acts-performed-new-theatre-boston-boston.html]

	Herbert Wright. 1919. "Henry Brooke's 'Gustavus Vasa'", ''The Modern Language Review'' (Vol. 14, No. 2: April, 1919), pp. 173-182.		Herbert Wright. 1919. "Henry Brooke's 'Gustavus Vasa'", ''The Modern Language Review'' (Vol. 14, No. 2: April, 1919), pp. 173-182.

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	The play concerned the liberation of Sweden from Denmark in 1521 by King Gustav I of Sweden (then regent), and was to have been performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1839, but on the eve of the opening night it was banned by the Lord Chamberlain - according some sources this was probably at the instigation of the then Prime Minsiter, Robert Walpole, who apparently believed that the villain of the piece resembled him. This gave the play the dubious distinction of having been the first English play to be banned under the Licensing Act 1737.		The play concerned the liberation of Sweden from Denmark in 1521 by King Gustav I of Sweden (then regent), and was to have been performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1839, but on the eve of the opening night it was banned by the Lord Chamberlain - according some sources this was probably at the instigation of the then Prime Minsiter, Robert Walpole, who apparently believed that the villain of the piece resembled him. This gave the play the dubious distinction of having been the first English play to be banned under the Licensing Act 1737.
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		+	In America however, the play would later achieve an opposite effect. It was the first play performed at the Federal Street Theatre (opening on February 3, 1794), and even though it deals with the Swedish struggle for freedom from Denmark in the 16th century, the theatre audiences in the country at the time saw it as a reflection also of the American Revolution, with President George Washington reflected in Gustavus Vasa.

	== Translations and adaptations ==		== Translations and adaptations ==

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	''[[Gustavus Vasa]]'' is a controversial English play by Henry Brooke (1703–1783)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brooke_(writer)],		''[[Gustavus Vasa]]'' is a controversial English play by Henry Brooke (1703–1783)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brooke_(writer)],
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	Though originally titled ''[[Gustavus Vasa, The Deliverer of his Country]]'', the play is more often referred to simply as ''[[Gustavus Vasa]]''		Though originally titled ''[[Gustavus Vasa, The Deliverer of his Country]]'', the play is more often referred to simply as ''[[Gustavus Vasa]]''

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−	is a controversial English play by Henry Brooke (1703–1783)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brooke_(writer)],	+	''[[Gustavus Vasa]]'' is a controversial English play by Henry Brooke (1703–1783)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brooke_(writer)],