Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) was an English Renaissance playwright, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher. His notable works include 'Salmacis and Hermaphroditus' (1602), 'The Woman Hater' (1605), and 'The Knight of the Burning Pestle' (1607).
Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) was an English Renaissance playwright, best known for his collaborations with John Fletcher. His early work, 'The Woman Hater' (1605), was an imitation of Ben Jonson, while 'The Knight of the Burning Pestle' (1607) is also notable. He expressed fashionable interest in Ovidian verse in 'Salmacis and Hermaphroditus' (1602).
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| Back | 1584-1616 playwright his fashionable interest in suberotic ovidiuan verse was expressed in Salamacis and Hermaphroditus 1602 his first play The Woman Water 1605 a servile imitation of the work of b Jonson the Knight of the Burning Pestle 1607 his collaboration with john Fletcher 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. Francis Beaumont |
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