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John Fletcher was a prominent Jacobean playwright who emerged as William Shakespeare’s successor as the main playwright for the King’s Men (formerly known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men). Fletcher was born in 1579 and was one of seven siblings. His father was Bishop of London and chaplain to Elizabeth I, however he fell out of favor ...
John Fletcher (1579–1625) was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King’s Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivaled Shakespeare’s. Though his reputation has been far eclipsed since, Fletcher remains an important transitional figure between the Elizabethan popular tradition and the popular drama of the Restoration. Biography Early life ...
By 1616 he had succeeded William Shakespeare as principal playwright for the King’s Men, the leading theater company in London. Fletcher was born in Rye, Sussex, England, and baptized on Dec. 20, 1579. When not quite 12, John was apparently admitted to Bene’t (now Corpus Christi) College, Cambridge. From 1596 until 1607 nothing is known of him.
John Fletcher was a distinguished Jacobean playwright who has been credited with over fifty plays, although many of these were written in collaboration with other writers such as Philip Massinger and Francis Beaumont. His plays had a recognisable style and were often referred to as written in the “Fletcherian textual profile” or “in the Fletcher canon”.
John Fletcher was born in December 1579 in Rye, Sussex, the son of Richard Fletcher, in turn Dean of Peterborough, Bishop of Bristol, Bishop or Worcester, and later Bishop of London and chaplain to the queen. John Fletcher was cousin to the poet Phineas Fletcher, author of The Purple Island. He attended Bene't College, Cambridge (now known as ...
Biography. John Fletcher was born in Rye, Sussex, where he was baptized on December 20, 1579. His father, Richard, was a clergyman who attended Cambridge and was later made president of Corpus ...
PDF Cite. Although John Fletcher wrote many plays alone, he is best known for those he composed in collaboration with Francis Beaumont. In fact, much of the criticism of these playwrights’ work ...
