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The Elder Brother

The Elder Brother is an early seventeenth-century English stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. Apparently dating from 1625, it may have been the last play Fletcher worked on before his August 1625 death.

“This is a gimcrack
That can get nothing but new fashions on you.”

John Fletcher The Elder Brother

Act III, scene 3.
The Elder Brother (c. 1625; published 1637)

“Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.”

John Fletcher The Elder Brother

Act V.
The Elder Brother (c. 1625; published 1637)

“That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels.”

John Fletcher The Elder Brother

Act I, scene 2.
The Elder Brother (c. 1625; published 1637)

“There's nothing that allays an angry mind
So soon as a sweet beauty.”

John Fletcher The Elder Brother

Act III, scene 5.
The Elder Brother (c. 1625; published 1637)

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