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BEAUMONT

1) FRANCIS (1584-1616), AND FLETCHER, JOHN (1579-1625).-Poets and dramatists. As they are indissolubly associated in the history of English literature, it is convenient to treat of them in one place. B. was the _s._ of Francis B., a Judge of the Common Pleas, and was _b._ at the family seat, Grace Dieu, Leicestershire. He was _ed._ at Oxford, but his _f._ dying in 1598, he left without taking his degree. He went to London and entered the Inner Temple in 1600, and soon became acquainted with Ben Jonson, Drayton, and other poets and dramatists. His first work was a translation from Ovid, followed by commendatory verses prefixed to certain plays of Jonson. Soon afterwards his friendship with F. began. They lived in the same house and had practically a community of goods until B.'s marriage in 1613 to Ursula, _dau._ and co-heiress of Henry Isley of Sundridge in Kent, by whom he had two _dau._ He _d._ in 1616, and is buried in Westminster Abbey. F. was the youngest _s._ of Richard F., Bishop of London, who accompanied Mary Queen of Scots to the scaffold. He went to Cambridge, but it is not known whether he took a degree, though he had some reputation as a scholar. His earliest play is _The Woman Hater_ (1607). He is said to have died of the plague, and is buried in St. Saviour's Church, Southwark. The plays attributed to B. and F. number 52 and a masque, and much labour has been bestowed by critics in endeavouring to allocate their individual shares. It is now generally agreed that others collaborated with them to some extent-Massinger, Rowley, Shirley, and even Shakespeare. Of those believed to be the joint work of B. and F. _Philaster_ and _The Maid's Tragedy_ are considered the masterpieces, and are as dramas unmatched except by Shakespeare. _The Two Noble Kinsmen_ is thought to contain the work of Shakespeare. As regards their respective powers, B. is held to have had the graver, solider, and more stately genius, while F. excelled in brightness, wit, and gaiety. The former was the stronger in judgment, the latter in fancy. The plays contain many very beautiful lyrics, but are often stained by gross indelicacy. The play of _Henry VIII._ included in Shakespeare's works, is now held to be largely the work of F. and Massinger. Subjoined is a list of the plays with the authorship according to the latest authorities. (1) BEAUMONT.-_The Masque_. (2) FLETCHER.-_Woman Hater_ (1607), _Faithful Shepherdess_ (1609), _Bonduca_ (_Boadicea_) (1618-19), _Wit without Money_ (1614?), _Valentinian_ (1618-19), _Loyal Subjects_ (1618), _Mad Lover_ (1618-19), _Humorous Lieutenant_ (1618?), _Women Pleased_ (1620?), _Island Princess_ (1621), _Pilgrim_ (1621), _Wild Goose Chase_ (1621), _Woman's Prize_ (? _pub._ 1647), _A Wife for a Month_ (1624), _Chances_ (late, _p._ 1647), perhaps _Monsieur Thomas_ (_p._ 1639), and _Sea Voyage_ (1622). (3) BEAUMONT and FLETCHER.-_Four Plays in One_ (1608), _King and No King_ (1611), _Cupid's Revenge_ (1611?), _Knight of Burning Pestle_ (1611), _Maid's Tragedy_ (1611), _Philaster_ (1611), _Coxcomb_ (1612-13), _Wits at Several Weapons_ (1614), _Scornful Lady_ (1616), doubtfully, _Thierry and Theodoret_ (1616), and _Little French Lawyer_ (1620) perhaps by F. and Massinger, and _Laws of Candy_ (?) perhaps by B. and Massinger. (4) FLETCHER and OTHERS.-_Honest Man's Fortune_ (1613), F., Mass., and Field; _The Captain_ (1613), and _Nice Valour_ (_p._ 1647), F. and Middleton (?); _Bloody Brothers_ (1616-17), F., Mid., and Rowley or Fielding and B. Jonson (?); _Queen of Corinth_ (1618-19), F. and Row. or Mass. and Mid.; _Barneveld_ (1619), by F. and Massinger; _Knight of Malta_ (1619), _False One_ (1620), _A Very Woman_ (1621?), _Double Marriage_ (1620), _Elder Brother_ (_p._ 1637), _Lover's Progress_ (_p._ 1647), _Custom of the Country_ (1628), _Prophetess_ (1622), _Spanish Curate_ (1622), by F. and Shakespeare; _Henry VIII._ (1617), and _Two Noble Kinsmen_ (_p._ 1634), by F. and Rowley, or Massinger; _Maid of the Mill_ (1625-6), _Beggar's Bush_ (?) (1622), by F. and Shirley; _Noble Gentleman_ (?) _Night Walker_ (1633?), _Lovers Pilgrimage_ (1623?), _Fair Maid of the Inn_ (1625-26), also with Middleton? The latest ed. is that of Mr. Bullen (11 vols., 1904), and A.R. Waller (7 vols., _pub._ C.U.P., 1909); Dyce (11 vols., 1843-46); _Francis Beaumont_, G.C. Macaulay (1883); _Lyric Poems_ of B. and F., E. Rhys (1897); _Bibliography_, A.C. Potter in _Harvard Bibliograph. Contributions_, 1891. 2) BEAUMONT SIR JOHN (1582-1627?).-Poet, elder brother of Francis B., the dramatist (_q.v._). His poems, of which the best known is _Bosworth Field_, _pub._ by his _s._, 1629. Another, _The Crown of Thorns_, is lost.

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