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Notable works. The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Francis Beaumont ( / ˈboʊmɒnt / BOH-mont; 1584 – 6 March 1616) was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher .
The Dramatic Canon. The respective shares of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher in the traditional Beaumont and Fletcher canon have always been a subject of scholarly debate, as also have the possible contributions made by Chapman, Jonson, Massinger, Middleton, Shakespeare, Tourneur, and others.
The Works of Francis Beaumont. Plays. The Woman Hater (1605) Complete - Paul Ellison. The Masque of The Inner-Temple and Gray's Inn (1612) Complete - Paul Ellison. Complete - Drew Whitehead. The Knight of the Burning Pestle (1607)
Francis Beaumont was an English Jacobean poet and playwright who collaborated with John Fletcher on comedies and tragedies between about 1606 and 1613. The son of Francis Beaumont, justice of common pleas of Grace-Dieu priory, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, Beaumont entered Broadgates Hall.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Shakespeare’s contemporaries Francis Beaumont ( c. 1584–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625) dominated the English stage for much of the seventeenth century. Dryden’s affirmations notwithstanding, their popularity quickly faded thereafter, and Beaumont and Fletcher have been in near oblivion for centuries.
- Catherine Henze
- 2012
Beaumont’s body lies under a stone in Westminster Abbey, near those of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Dryden. A concise introduction to the all-too-brief life of Francis Beaumont, writing partner of John Fletcher, and one of the greatest English playwrights of all time.
Overview. Francis Beaumont. (1584—1616) playwright. Quick Reference. (1584–1616), collaborated with Fletcher in dramatic works from about 1606 to 1613 (for a list of their plays, see Fletcher, J.).
