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Famous playwriters
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Famous Playwriters of the 1500's
By Clémence
WIKIPEDIA
31 May 2017
INTRODUCTION
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In this presentation I will talk about 3 different playwriters in the 1500's and a few of their plays
SOME NAMES
NAMES
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616)
Thomas Dekker (1570–1632)
John Fletcher (1579–1625)
Thomas Heywood (1570–1641)
Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker was an English Elizabethan dramatist that means that he is a dramatist for the queen Elizabethan
The honest whore
The Honest Whore is an early Jacobean comedy. It has two parts. We don't know the date where it has been writen. The play has been acted by the Admiral's Men.
The first part
The first part is written by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton.
The first part
The first part have 15 scenes and 3 plots (like the book that we are reading)
The second part
The second part
The Part 2 is the work of Dekker alone and it is shorter than the first part because he didn't have a much help than when he wrote the first part
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Francis Beaumont
Biography
Biography
He was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre like Thomas Dekker, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher.
Plays
He wrote some by himself but most of them he did with John Fletcher
With John Fletcher
By himself
Plays
- The Knight of the Burning Pestle
- The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn
- The Woman Hater
- Cupid's Revenge
- Philaster
- The Maid's Tragedy
- A King and No King
- The Captain
- The Scornful Lady
- Love's Pilgrimage,
- The Noble Gentleman and Theodoret
- The Coxcomb
- Beggars' Bush
- Love's Cure
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
It is a play that he has writen by himself.It is a comedy. It has been performed in 1607 and printed in 1613. It contains 5 acts
Cupid's Revenge
Cupid's Revenge
It is a Jacobean tragedy written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. The play's date of publication is uncertain. The play was entered into the Stationers' Register on 24 April 1615.
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John Fletcher
He was the succesor of Shakepeare.
He was the collaborater of Francis Beaumont and Massinger. He was a Jacobean playwright.
Plays
He wrote some plays by himself, with Beaumont,Shakespeare,Massinger,Field,
Jonson, Middleton ,Rowley,Shirley, Jonson, and Chapman
One with Beaumont is The Woman Hater. One with Beaumont and Massinger is Thierry and Theodoret. One with Massinger is Sir John van Olden Barnavelt. One with Massinger and Field is The Queen of Corinth. One with Shakespeare is The Two Noble Kinsmen.One that he wrote by himself is Wit Without Money.
He wrote much more with other persons
Wit at Several Weapons
It is a play that John Flechter has wroten with Middleton and Rowley. It is a comedy of an uncertain date. It has been acted and printed in 1709.
Wit Without Money
It is a play that John Flechter has wroten by himself. It is a comedy. It has been first published in 1639. It is about Valentine, a young poor gentleman.
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Conclusion
As a conclusion, famous playwriters in the time of Shakespeare liked to do a lot of collaborations ( work together ) and they obtained good results