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Francis Beaumont

Born

Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire, The United Kingdom

Died

March 06, 1616

Genre

Theatre, Poetry

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born 1584

English poet Francis Beaumont wrote his major works, plays, including The Maid's Tragedy and The Coxcomb , with John Fletcher in the 1610s.

Francis Beaumont, a dramatist in the Renaissance theater, most famously collaborated.

A justice of the common pleas of Grace Dieu near Thringstone in Leicestershire fathered Beaumont, the son, born born at the family seat. Broadgates hall (now Pembroke College, Oxford) educated him at 13 years of age in 1597. Following the death of his father in 1598, he left university without a degree and entered the Inner Temple in London in 1600 to follow in his footsteps.

Beaumont worked not long as a lawyer, accounts suggest. He studied Ben Jonson; Michael Drayton and other dramatists also acquaint ...more

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	The Knight of the Burning Pestle 3.51 avg rating — 1,028 ratings — published 1613 — 166 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher 3.55 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1619 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philaster by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Suzanne Gossett (Editor) 3.41 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1620 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A King and No King by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher 3.46 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1619 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scornful Lady by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1616 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cupid's Revenge by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1615 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman Hater by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1607 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salmacis and Hermaphroditus 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1602 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little French Lawyer: A Comedy by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1647 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maid's Tragedy, a King and No King, Cupid's Revenge, the Scornful Lady, Love's Pi (The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon: Volume 2) by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Fredson Bowers (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The fool that willingly provokes a woman, has made himself another evil angel and a new hell to which all other torments are but mere pastime...”
― Francis Beaumont

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“Interest makes some people blind and others quick-sighted.”
― Francis Beaumont

tags: conclusion, insightful, ironic, observation

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“The hand of Heaven is on me, be it far from me to struggle, if my secret sins have pull'd this curse upon me, lend me tears now to wash me white, that I may feel a child-like innocence within my breast; which once perform'd, O give me leave to stand as fix'd as constancy her self, my eyes set here unmov'd, regardless of the world though thousand miseries incompass me.”
― Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, A King and No King

tags: why-does-it-always-rain-on-me

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