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A Short Biography of John Fletcher

Author Name:

John Fletcher

Born As:

John Fletcher

Other Names:

John Fletcher

Born:

1579

Died:

1625




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Selected Works:

the following list gives a cautious opinion on the authorship of John Fletcher’s writings, with likeliest dates of authorship and dates of first publication.

Solo Plays:

The Faithful Shepherdess, pastoral - written 1608–9; printed 1609?
Valentinian, tragedy - 1610–14
Monsieur Thomas, comedy - c. 1610–16
The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed, comedy - c. 1611?
Bonduca, tragedy - 1611–14
The Chances, comedy - c. 1613–25
Wit Without Money, comedy - c. 1614
The Mad Lover, tragicomedy - acted Jan. 5, 1617
The Loyal Subject, tragicomedy - licensed Nov. 16, 1618; revised 1633?; 1647
The Humorous Lieutenant, tragicomedy - c. 1619
Women Pleased, tragicomedy - c. 1619–23
The Island Princess, tragicomedy - c. 1620
The Wild Goose Chase, comedy - c. 1621
The Pilgrim, comedy - c. 1621
A Wife for a Month, tragicomedy - 1624
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, comedy - licensed Oct. 19, 1624; 
Collaborations:

With Francis Beaumont:

The Woman Hater, comedy - 1606
Cupid's Revenge, tragedy - c. 1607–12
Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding, tragicomedy - c. 1609
The Maid's Tragedy, Tragedy - c. 1609; 1619
A King and No King, tragicomedy - 1611
The Captain, comedy - c. 1609–12
The Scornful Lady, comedy - c. 1613
Love's Pilgrimage, tragicomedy - c. 1615–16
The Noble Gentleman, comedy - c. 1613

With Beaumont and Massinger:

Thierry and Theodoret, tragedy - c. 1607
The Coxcomb, comedy - c. 1608–10
Beggars' Bush, comedy - c. 1612–13? revised 1622?
Love's Cure, comedy - c. 1612–13?; revised 1625?

With Massinger:

Sir John van Olden Barnavelt, tragedy - 1619; MS
The Little French Lawyer, comedy - c. 1619–23
A Very Woman, tragicomedy - c. 1619–22
The Custom of the Country, comedy - c. 1619–23
The Double Marriage, tragedy - c. 1619–23
The False One, history - c. 1619-23
The Prophetess, tragicomedy - licensed 1622; 1647
The Sea Voyage, comedy - licensed 1622; 1647
The Spanish Curate, comedy - licensed 1622; 1647
The Lovers' Progress or The Wandering Lovers, tragicomedy - licensed 1623; revised 1634; 1647
The Elder Brother, comedy - c. 1625

With Massinger and Field:

The Honest Man's Fortune, tragicomedy - 1613
The Queen of Corinth, tragicomedy - c. 1616–18
The Knight of Malta, tragicomedy - c. 1619

With Shakespeare:

Henry VIII, history - c. 1613
The Two Noble Kinsmen, tragicomedy - c. 1613
Cardenio, tragicomedy? - c. 1613

With Middleton and Rowley:
Wit at Several Weapons, comedy - c. 1610–20

With Rowley:
The Maid in the Mill - licensed Aug. 29, 1623

With Field:
Four Plays, or Moral Representations, in One, morality - c. 1608–13

With Massinger, Jonson, and Chapman:
Rollo Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother, tragedy - c. 1617; revised 1627–30?

With Shirley:
The Night Walker, or The Little Thief, comedy - c. 1611

Uncertain:
The Nice Valour, or The Passionate Madman, comedy - c. 1615–25
The Laws of Candy, tragicomedy - c. 1619–23
The Fair Maid of the Inn, comedy - licensed 1626
The Faithful Friends, tragicomedy - registered 1660; MS.                          
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Father  Richard Fletcher