John Fletcher

Another Jacobean dramatist—John Fletcher, who succeeded Shakespeare as the resident dramatist for the King's Men:

JOHN FLETCHER     (1579-1625)

(English dramatist, b. Rye, Sussex; father Richard Fletcher was vicar and Bishop; cousin of Giles Fletcher Jr. and Phineas Fletcher; st. Benet College, Cambridge, lived in London, probably unmarried; dramatist for the King's Men and collaborator with Shakespeare and with Francis Beaumont; died of the plague 1625).

_____. The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tam'd Comedy (Sequel to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew). 1611.
_____. The Faithful Shepherdess. Tragicomedy. 1608.
_____. The Humourous Lieutenant. Acted 1619.
_____. The Wildgoose Chase. Drama. Acted 1621.
_____. Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid. 1623.
_____. A Wife for a Month. Drama. 1623.
_____. Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. Drama. Acted 1624.
_____. The Noble Gentleman. (Completed by James Shirley).
_____. Love's Pilgrimage. (Completed by James Shirley).

Fletcher, John, and Francis Beaumont. Philaster; or, Love lies Bleeding. Drama. 1609.
_____. The Maid's Tragedy. Drama. Written 1610-11.
_____. A King and No King. Drama. Acted 1611.
_____. Cupid's Revenge. Drama. 1612.
_____. The Coxcomb. Drama. 1612.
_____. Comedies and Tragedies Written by Francis Beavmont and Iohn Fletcher. 1647.

Shakespeare, William, and John Fletcher. Henry VIII. History play. Probably in collaboration with John Fletcher. 1612-13. Pub. 1623.
_____. The Two Noble Kinsmen. Comedy. With John Fletcher. 1613, pub. 1634.
_____. Cardenio. (Based on Cervantes; lost, hypothetically reconstructed)

Fletcher, John, et al. The Fair Maid of the Inn. Drama.



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