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 1)
* 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
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CONTENTS:
Beaumont’s Solo PlaysTHE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLETHE MASQUE OF THE INNER TEMPLE AND GRAY’S INN
Fletcher’s Solo PlaysTHE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESSVALENTINIANMONSIEUR THOMASTHE WOMAN’S PRIZE; OR THE TAMER TAMEDBONDUCATHE CHANCESWIT WITHOUT MONEYTHE MAD LOVERTHE LOYAL SUBJECTTHE HUMOROUS LIEUTENANTWOMEN PLEASEDTHE ISLAND PRINCESS,THE WILD GOOSE CHASETHE PILGRIMA WIFE FOR A MONTHRULE A WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE
Beaumont and Fletcher’s PlaysTHE WOMAN HATERCUPID’S REVENGEPHILASTER; OR LOVE LIES A-BLEEDINGTHE MAID’S TRAGEDYA KING AND NO KINGTHE CAPTAINTHE SCORNFUL LADYLOVE’S PILGRIMAGETHE NOBLE GENTLEMAN
Beaumont and Fletcher’s Plays Revised by MassingerTHIERRY AND THEODORETTHE COXCOMBBEGGARS’ BUSHLOVE’S CURE
Fletcher and Massinger’s PlaysSIR JOHN VAN OLDEN BARNAVELTTHE LITTLE FRENCH LAWYERA VERY WOMAN; OR, THE PRINCE OF TARENT.THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRYTHE DOUBLE MARRIAGETHE FALSE ONETHE PROPHETESSTHE SEA VOYAGETHE SPANISH CURATETHE LOVERS’ PROGRESS OR THE WANDERING LOVERSTHE ELDER BROTHER
Fletcher, Massinger and Field’s PlaysTHE HONEST MAN’S FORTUNETHE QUEEN OF CORINTHTHE KNIGHT OF MALTA
Fletcher and Shakespeare’s PlaysHENRY VIIITHE TWO NOBLE KINSMENCARDENIO (LOST)
Fletcher, Middleton and Rowley’s CollaborationWIT AT SEVERAL WEAPONS
Fletcher and Rowley’s PlayTHE MAID IN THE MILL
Fletcher and Field’s PlayFOUR PLAYS; OR MORAL REPRESENTATIONS, IN ONE, MORALITY
Fletcher, Massinger, Jonson and Chapman’s PlayROLLO DUKE OF NORMANDY; OR THE BLOODY BROTHER
Fletcher and Shirley’s PlayTHE NIGHT WALKER; OR THE LITTLE THIEF
Contested Fletcher PlaysTHE NICE VALOUR; OR THE PASSIONATE MADMANTHE LAWS OF CANDYTHE FAIR MAID OF THE INNTHE FAITHFUL FRIENDSTHE CORONATION
The PoetryBEAUMONT’S POETRYFLETCHER’S POETRYFIRST FOLIO COMMENDATORY VERSESLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The CriticismNOTES ON BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER by S. T. ColeridgeTHE THREE MASTERPIECES by Walter W. GregTHE THIRD DRAMATIC PERIOD by George SaintsburyTHE LATER ELIZABETHANS by Ashley H. Thorndike
The BiographiesFRANCIS BEAUMONT: DRAMATIST by Charles Mills GayleyBEAUMONT AND FLETCHER by Algernon Charles Swinburne and Margaret Bryant
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