Author: Francis Beaumont
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Author: Ton Hoenselaars
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494338
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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While Shakespeare's popularity has continued to grow, so has the attention paid to the work of his contemporaries. The contributors to this Companion introduce the distinctive drama of these playwrights, from the court comedies of John Lyly to the works of Richard Brome in the Caroline era. With chapters on a wide range of familiar and lesser-known dramatists, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford, this book devotes particular attention to their personal and professional relationships, occupational rivalries and collaborations. Overturning the popular misconception that Shakespeare wrote in isolation, it offers a new perspective on the most impressive body of drama in the history of the English stage.

Author: Francis Beaumont
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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"The Little French Lawyer" is a comedic play co-authored by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont, believed to have been first performed in the early 17th century. Set in France, the play follows the misadventures of a cunning French lawyer named Cleremont, who is known for his crafty and manipulative ways. The plot revolves around Cleremont's efforts to outsmart and manipulate various characters for personal gain. He becomes embroiled in a complicated love triangle involving a wealthy heiress, Isabella, and her suitors. Using his wit and cunning, Cleremont orchestrates a series of humorous and farcical situations, leading to unexpected twists and turns. As the play unfolds, Cleremont's schemes are eventually exposed, and he finds himself outwitted by his own cleverness. However, true love prevails in the end, and the characters find happiness despite Cleremont's meddling.

Author: Francis Beaumont
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Francis Fletcher, John Beaumont
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734095859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105

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Reproduction of the original: The Laws of Candy by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher

Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408143801
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew. The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the "shrew" of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria. Maria denounces her former mildness and vows not to sleep with Petruchio until she "turn him and bend him as [she] list, and mold him into a babe again." After many comedic exchanges and plot twists, Petruchio is finally "tamed" in the eyes of Maria, and the play ends with the two reconciled. The play is seen to reflect how society's views of women, femininity, and "domestic propriety" were beginning to change. It is said that Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention - the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays together. This brand new New Mermaid edition offers unique and fresh insight into the critical interpretation of the play. It builds on current critical foundations (the relationship with Taming of the Shrew, gender relations etc) and suggests different areas of interest (popular associations of the shrew, the question of reputation, and a re-examination of the play's structure). as well as examining stage history and recent productions.

Author: Francis Beaumont
Publisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1910630934
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 6652

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Regarded by some as second only to Shakespeare, the Jacobean dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher collaborated to produce some of the finest plays of the seventeenth century. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Beaumont and Fletcher’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Beaumont and Fletcher’s lives and works * Concise introductions to the plays * ALL 58 plays, with individual contents tables * Features all the plays written with other collaborators, many appearing for the first time digital publishing * Images of how the plays were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the Jacobean texts * Excellent formatting of the plays * Also includes the poetry of Beaumont and Fletcher * Easily locate the poems or scenes you want to read * Includes rare and disputed plays * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Beaumont and Fletcher’s contribution to literature * Features two biographies – explore Beaumont and Fletcher’s Jacobean world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with improved texts CONTENTS: Beaumont’s Solo Plays The Knight of the Burning Pestle The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn Fletcher’s Solo Plays The Faithful Shepherdess Valentinian Monsieur Thomas The Woman’s Prize; or the Tamer Tamed Bonduca The Chances Wit Without Money The Mad Lover The Loyal Subject The Humorous Lieutenant Women Pleased The Island Princess, The Wild Goose Chase The Pilgrim A Wife for a Month Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Beaumont and Fletcher’s Plays The Woman Hater Cupid’s Revenge Philaster; or Love Lies A-Bleeding The Maid’s Tragedy A King and No King The Captain The Scornful Lady Love’s Pilgrimage The Noble Gentleman Beaumont and Fletcher’s Plays Revised by Massinger Thierry and Theodoret The Coxcomb Beggars’ Bush Love’s Cure Fletcher and Massinger’s Plays Sir John Van Olden Barnavelt The Little French Lawyer A Very Woman; Or, the Prince of Tarent The Custom of the Country The Double Marriage The False One The Prophetess The Sea Voyage The Spanish Curate The Lovers’ Progress or the Wandering Lovers The Elder Brother Fletcher, Massinger and Field’s Plays The Honest Man’s Fortune The Queen of Corinth The Knight of Malta Fletcher and Shakespeare’s Plays Henry VIII The Two Noble Kinsmen Cardenio (Lost) Fletcher, Middleton and Rowley’s Collaboration Wit at Several Weapons Fletcher and Rowley’s Play The Maid in the Mill Fletcher and Field’s Play Four Plays; or Moral Representations, in One, Morality Fletcher, Massinger, Jonson and Chapman’s Play Rollo Duke of Normandy; or the Bloody Brother Fletcher and Shirley’s Play The Night Walker; or the Little Thief Contested Fletcher Plays The Nice Valour; or the Passionate Madman The Laws of Candy The Fair Maid of the Inn The Faithful Friends The Coronation The Poetry Beaumont’s Poetry Fletcher’s Poetry First Folio Commendatory Verses List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Criticism Notes on Beaumont and Fletcher by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Three Masterpieces by Walter W. Greg The Later Elizabethans by Ashley H. Thorndike The Biographies Francis Beaumont: Dramatist by Charles Mills Gayley Beaumont and Fletcher by Algernon Charles Swinburne and Margaret Bryant

Author: John Fletcher
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781726252515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Cupid's Revenge is a Jacobean tragedy written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. It was a popular success that influenced subsequent works by other authors. The play depends upon the Arcadia of Sir Philip Sidney for the source of its plot; the Duke in Cupid's Revenge is a blend of Sidney's King of Lycia and King of Iberia. In turn, Cupid's Revenge served as a source for other dramatists. There is a significant relationship between this play and The Birth of Merlin, one of the plays of the Shakespeare Apocrypha. Plot elements shared by both works - the missing prince, and the ruler and his heir who fall in love with the same woman-could be due to derivation from common sources; but the plays also feature specific shared lines and passages. Critics also cite detectable influences from Cupid's Revenge on the anonymous tragedy Andromana (printed 1660).

Author: Francis Beaumont
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521361897
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This is the tenth and final volume in the definitive series of critical, old-spelling texts of the plays in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, in which the texts are established on modern bibliographicals. This volume contains the texts of six plays written by Fletcher and his collaborators, Nathan Field, Philip Massinger, Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Ford and John Webster. The plays are The Honest Man's Fortune, Rollo, The Spanish Curate, The Lovers' Progress, The Fair Maid of the Inn and The Laws of Candy.

Author: Francis Beaumont
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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