The Maids Tragedy And Philaster

Author : Francis Beaumont
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330005095
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Maid's Tragedy, and Philaster written by Francis Beaumont and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Maid's Tragedy, and Philaster Francis Beaumont, third son of Sir Francis Beaumont of Grace Dieu in Leicestershire, one of the Justices of Common Pleas, was born about 1585 and died March 6, 1616. He was admitted gentleman commoner at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, in 1597, and was entered at the Inner Temple, London, November 3, 1600. He was married to Ursula, daughter of Henry Isley of Sundridge, Kent, probably in 1613, and left two daughters (one a posthumous child). He was buried in Westminster Abbey. John Fletcher, son of Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, was baptized at Rye in Sussex, where his father was then minister, December 20, 1579, and died of the plague in August, 1625. He was entered at a pensioner at Bene't College, Cambridge, 1591. His father as Dean of Peterborough attended Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringay, and was later rapidly promoted to the sees of Bristol, Worcester, and London. Handsome of person and eloquent of speech, he was a successful courtier and a favorite of the Queen, though he suffered a loss of favor shortly before his death in 1596. The dramatist received by bequest a share in his father's books, but apparently little other property. He was buried August 29, 1625, in Saint Saviour's, Southwark. The biographical details of the friendship and collaboration of the two dramatists are involved in uncertainty. It is not known just when Fletcher came to London, when he began writing plays, or, when he first became acquainted with Beaumont. D'Avenant in a prologue at a revival of the Woman Hater, evidently alluding to Fletcher, declares that "full twenty years he wore the bays." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.