Hatton, Ann. Chronicles of an Illustrious House. Minerva.
title-page
Francis Beaumont
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Standard Name: Beaumont, Francis
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Ann Hatton | The title-page promises embellishment with characters and anecdotes of well-known persons, |
| Reception | Ada Cambridge | The Athenæum decried AC
's lack of originality, arguing that the work as a whole read like an echo of well-remembered poems, recalling . . . half a score of other scarcely less familiar productions... |
Timeline
28 April 1619: The Maid's Tragedy, written jointly in 1610-11...
Writing climate item
28 April 1619
The Maid's Tragedy, written jointly in 1610-11 by John Fletcher
and Francis Beaumont
(who had since died), was entered in the Stationers' Register
; it was published this year.
7 December 1666: This was probably the first day a public...
Building item
7 December 1666
This was probably the first day a public theatre opened in London after a seventeen-month closure owing to the plague.
From 30 July 1778: George Colman's Bonduca (adapted from a play...
Building item
From 30 July 1778
George Colman
's Bonduca (adapted from a play by Francis Beaumont
and John Fletcher
) kept up the tradition of stage representations of this female national hero, better known as Boadicea.
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