On his Mastership of the Chapel, cf. ch. xii. He has been supposed to be the R. B. who wrote Apius and Virginia, and his hand has also been sought in the anonymous Clyomon and Clamydes and Common Conditions.
SAMUEL BRANDON (?-?).
Beyond his play, nothing is known of him.
The Virtuous Octavia. 1594 < > 8
S. R. 1598, Oct. 5. ‘A booke, intituled, The Tragicomoedye of the vertuous Octavia, donne by Samuell Brandon.’ Ponsonby (Arber, iii. 127).
1598. The Tragicomoedi of the vertuous Octauia. Done by Samuel Brandon. For William Ponsonby. [Verses to Lady Lucia Audelay; All’autore, signed ‘Mia’; Prosopopeia al libro, signed ‘S. B.’; Argument. After text, Epistle to Mary Thinne, signed ‘S. B.’; Argument; verse epistles Octavia to Antonius and Antonius to Octavia.’]
Editions by R. B. McKerrow (1909, M. S. R.) and J. S. Farmer (1912, S. F. T.).
This is in the manner of Daniel’s Cleopatra (1594), and probably a closet drama.
NICHOLAS BRETON (c. 1545–c. 1626).
A poet and pamphleteer, who possibly contributed to the Elvetham entertainment (cf. ch. xxiv, C) in 1591.