Francis Beaumont died in 1616, the same spring as Shakespeare, and his name has been joined to John Fletcher’s ever since the great folio of their plays. Charles Mills Gayley reconstructs Beaumont’s family, schooling and friendships among the Elizabethan and Jacobean wits, then weighs the evidence for which plays, scenes and lines belong to which partner.
A detailed portrait for students of Jacobean drama and anyone puzzled by how the most famous writing partnership of the age actually worked. Download the free EPUB.