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• The Faithful Friends — is an early seventeenth century stage play, a tragicomedy associated with the canon of John Fletcher and his collaborators. Never printed in its own century, the play is one of the most disputed works in English Renaissance drama.DateThe play s… …   Wikipedia

• The Lovesick Court — The Lovesick Court, or the Ambitious Politique is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Richard Brome, and first published in 1659.Publication The Lovesick Court was entered into the Stationers Register on 4 August 1640 by the… …   Wikipedia

• Fletcher, John — ▪ English dramatist Introduction baptized December 20, 1579, Rye, Sussex, England died August 29, 1625, London       English Jacobean dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont (Beaumont, Francis) and other dramatists on comedies and… …   Universalium

• Thomas Middleton — (1580 ndash; 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He was one of the… …   Wikipedia

• John Fletcher (playwright) — John Fletcher (1579 ndash; 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… …   Wikipedia

• Wit at Several Weapons — is a seventeenth century comedy of problematic date and authorship. Authorship and DateIn its own century, the play appeared in print only in the two Beaumont and Fletcher folios of 1647 and 1679; yet modern scholarship has determined that the… …   Wikipedia

• Love Tricks — Love Tricks, or The School of Complement is a Caroline stage play by James Shirley, his earliest known work. Performance Love Tricks was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on February 10, 1625; it was… …   Wikipedia

• Cupid's Revenge — Contents 1 Date and performance 2 Publication 3 Authorship 4 …   Wikipedia

• The Arcadia (play) — The Arcadia is James Shirley s dramatization of the prose romance, The Countess of Pembroke s Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney mdash; one expression of the enormous influence that Sidney s work exercised during the 17th century. Shirley s stage… …   Wikipedia

• The Doubtful Heir — The Doubtful Heir, also known as Rosania, or Love s Victory, is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by James Shirley and first published in 1653. The play has been described as swift of action, exciting of episode, fertile of… …   Wikipedia