The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher, Vol. 2: Containing: The Custom of the Country; The Elder Brother; The Spanish Curate to Page ... Wit Without Money; The Beggar's Bush

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Francis Beaumont

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The Knight of the Burning Pestle

John Fletcher

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Book 9780371317938

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The Knight of the Burning Pestle (New Mermaid Anthology)

Ernest Benn Ltd.

Philaster (Regents Renaissance Drama)

E. Arnold

<p>You can learn some cunning moves by reading the Knight of the burning Pestle, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat.</p>

A C Black Publishers Ltd

<p>Generally acknowledged to be the most powerful of Beaumont and Fletcher’s plays and frequently performed by the best actors of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, The Maid’s Tragedy (1610-11) disappeared from the stage (except in a much-altered and very successful Victorian adaptation) until recent years, when major companies have rediscovered its appeal. In this fully annotated edition, the editor has given careful attention to the sense of the lines, the stage action and the verse. Many new emendations of textual errors, as well as improvements in stage directions and lineation, are either introduced or proposed. The introduction explores Beaumont and Fletcher’s use of the three known sources (two of them previously neglected) for incidents in the play, gives the fullest available account of its stage history, and provides a sympathetic interpretation of the play as a romantic tragedy.</p>

The Maid's Tragedy (The Revels Plays)

Manchester University Press

Philaster, 1622

Scolar P

Excerpt from Philaster or Love Lies a-Bleeding'The first play that brought Fletcher and him in esteem was their Philasier; for before that they had written two or three very unsuccessfully. Their plots were generally more regular than Shakespeare's, especially those which were made before Beaumont's death; and they understood and imitated the conversation of gentlemen much better; whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no poet before them could paint as they have done. Humour, which Ben Jonson derived from particular persons, they made it not their business to describe; they represented all the passions very lively, but above all love. I am apt to believe the English language in them arrived to its highest perfection; what words have since been taken in are rather superfluous than ornamental.' Dryden.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Philaster or Love Lies a-Bleeding (Classic Reprint)

Philaster: A Tragedy (Classic Reprint)

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