Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Drama, Theater, Playwrights
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: With their light, witty comedy and melodramatic tragicomedy, Beaumont and Fletcher introduced a new style and aristocratic outlook into Renaissance English drama.
Early Life
Both Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher were products of the English upper class. The background of Beaumont, who was born in about 1584, was even more aristocratic. As a member of an old Anglo-Norman family, Beaumont was related by blood or marriage to a large portion of the English aristocracy. Many of these aristocratic connections came through his mother, Anne...
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