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Beaumont, Francis

Born circa 1584, in Grace Dieu; died Mar. 6, 1616, in London. British playwright.

The son of a gentry judge, Beaumont studied in law school. The majority of his plays were written in collaboration with J. Fletcher. Their creative work bears the imprint of the spiritual crisis experienced by humanists when they became convinced that their ideals could not be realized. In their comedy The Knight of the Burning Pestle (c. 1607, Russian translation 1959), certain characters and situations of the English theater of that time are ridiculed. Beaumont is the author of the comedy The Woman Hater (1607), and the play The Masque of the Gentlemen of Gray’s Inn and the Inner Temple (1613), dedicated to F. Bacon. The dramas of 1619–21, A King and No King, The Maid’s Tragedy, and Thierry and Theodoret, were written in the spirit of the “bloody tragedy” prevalent at that time. The play Philaster (1620) was written in the tragicomic genre.

WORKS

Works, vol. 1–10. Cambridge, 1905–12.
In Russian translation:
“Filastr.” In the collection Sovremenniki Shekspira, vol. 2. Moscow, 1959.

REFERENCES

Istoriia angliiskoi literatury, vol. 1, issue 2. Moscow-Leningrad, 1945.
Appleton, W. W. Beaumont and Fletcher: A Critical Study. London [1956].
Fletcher, J. Beaumont and Fletcher. [London, 1967.] (Contains a bibliography. Pages 50–60.)

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No references found	In English Manuscript Studies 8 (2000) Hilton Kelliher, in a tour-de-force of archival investigation, offers important new manuscript evidence from the Cambridge University Archives (housed in the University Library) about the early lives of Francis Beaumont and Nathan Field, which confirms that these authors were in residence in Cambridge in 1604. Some recent dramatic manuscript studies by Ioppolo, Grace / Shakespeare Studies much of which is performed in deliberately corny rhyming verse - is a Renaissance play by Francis Beaumont called ``The Knight of the Burning Pestle. MULTIFACETED PLAY ALL OVER THE MAP WITH STORY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) In Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, ed. Ben Jonson's Head by MASTEN, JEFFREY / Shakespeare Studies	Francesco Jovine Francesco Laurana Francesco Maria Grimaldi Francesco Mario Pagano Francesco Misiano Francesco Patrizi Francesco Redi Francesco Rosi Francesco Saverio Nitti Francesco Tamagno Franceville Franche-Comte Franche-Comté Franchet d'Esperey, Louis Félix Marie François Franchet DEsperey, Louis Felix Marie Francois Franchet DEsperey, Louis Félix Marie François franchise Francia Francia, Francesco Francia, José Gaspar Rodríguez Francia, Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Franciabigio Francis Francis Bacon Francis Beaumont Francis Borgia, Saint Francis Brett Harte Francis Castelnau Francis de Sales, Saint Francis Drake Francis Ferdinand Francis formula Francis Galton Francis Glisson Francis Harry Compton Crick Francis Herbert Bradley Francis Hutcheson Francis I Francis II Francis Jammes Francis John Welsh Whipple Francis Joseph Francis Joseph I Francis Jourdain Francis Leopold McClintock Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests Francis of Assisi Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Sales	Franciabigio Francic Francie Francincense Francincense Francincense Francis Francis Francis "Frank" Costello Francis 2nd Francis 2nd Francis A. Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra Francis Almeida Francis Armstrong Madsen Building Francis Aston Francis Bacon Francis Bacon Francis Bacon (philosopher) Francis Bacon (philosopher) Francis Bacon (Playwright) Francis Bacon (Playwright) Francis Bacon Research Trust Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam Francis Beaufort Francis Beaufort Francis Beaumont Francis Beverly Biddle Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory Francis Borgia, Saint Francis Bret Harte Francis Brett Harte Francis Brett Harte Francis Burt Law Education Centre Francis C. Crick Francis Castelnau Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann Architects, Ltd. Francis Channing Barlow Francis Coppola Francis Coppola Francis Crick Francis Crick Francis de Sales Francis de Sales Francis de Sales, Saint Francis Douce Francis Douglas Memorial College Francis Drake Francis Drake Francis Drake, the Voyages of Francis Drake, the Voyages of Francis Edgar Stanley Francis Edgeworth Francis Edward Clark Francis Everett Townsend Francis Ferdinand Francis Ferdinand

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In English Manuscript Studies 8 (2000) Hilton Kelliher, in a tour-de-force of archival investigation, offers important new manuscript evidence from the Cambridge University Archives (housed in the University Library) about the early lives of Francis Beaumont and Nathan Field, which confirms that these authors were in residence in Cambridge in 1604.

Some recent dramatic manuscript studies by Ioppolo, Grace / Shakespeare Studies

much of which is performed in deliberately corny rhyming verse - is a Renaissance play by Francis Beaumont called ``The Knight of the Burning Pestle.

MULTIFACETED PLAY ALL OVER THE MAP WITH STORY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

In Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, ed.

Ben Jonson's Head by MASTEN, JEFFREY / Shakespeare Studies

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Francesco Laurana

Francesco Maria Grimaldi

Francesco Mario Pagano

Francesco Misiano

Francesco Patrizi

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