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John Fletcher (Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition)
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John Fletcher apparently wrote very little or no poetry. He may have collaborated with other playwrights in the composition of court masques, but no direct evidence has been introduced identifying his hand in entertainments of that kind.
Achievements
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 regards them as an inseparable...
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