Broadway1974
Brief Lives
- Dates
- Oct 16 – Nov 30, 1974
- Performances
- 54
About
Brief Lives is a British play about John Aubrey, a 17th-century Englishman who met and kept accounts of many of the famous men of his day, including René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes and Christopher Wren. It premiered in 1967 and became one of the most successful one person shows in history. Roy Dotrice played Aubrey in many productions. The play came out of an episode about Aubrey in Famous Gossips (1965), the BBC television series Garland made with Alan Bennett. The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway.