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Website for playwright John Fletcher, collaborator of Shakespeare, Beaumont, Massinger, Jonson, and other Renaissance Dramatists. to English Renaissance Drama to English Literature: Early 17th Century
John Fletcher was born in December 1579 in Rye, Sussex, the son of Richard Fletcher, in turn Dean of Peterborough, Bishop of Bristol, Bishop or Worcester, and later Bishop of London and chaplain to the queen. John Fletcher was cousin to the poet Phineas Fletcher, author of The Purple Island. He attended Bene't College, Cambridge (now known as ...
John Fletcher (1579 – 1625) was a Jacobean playwright, and indisputably one of the most accomplished and influential playwrights of the seventeenth century. Fletcher began his career as an apprentice of Shakespeare, collaborating with him on a number of plays. Upon Shakespeare's death, Fletcher became the principal playwright for Shakespeare ...
John Fletcher (1579–1625) was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King’s Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivaled Shakespeare’s. Though his reputation has been far eclipsed since, Fletcher ...
John Fletcher, a highly successful playwright for the Jacobean theater, wrote more than 50 plays, both single-handedly and in collaboration with other playwrights. He was born in Rye, Sussex, the son of a minister. By 1596 his parents had died, leaving behind debts and nine children.John Fletcher…
PDF Cite. Although John Fletcher wrote many plays alone, he is best known for those he composed in collaboration with Francis Beaumont. In fact, much of the criticism of these playwrights’ work ...
John Fletcher was a prominent Jacobean playwright who emerged as William Shakespeare’s successor as the main playwright for the King’s Men (formerly known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men). Fletcher was born in 1579 and was one of seven siblings. His father was Bishop of London and chaplain to Elizabeth I, however he fell out of favor ...
