First Folio of Beaumont and Fletcher (1647)

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The First Folio of Beaumont and Fletcher (1647) is the earliest collected edition of the collaborative plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, a landmark publication in early modern English drama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern play collection
folio edition
printed book
approximateNumberOfPlays over 30
authors Francis Beaumont NERFINISHED
John Fletcher NERFINISHED
collects collaborative plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
plays attributed to Beaumont and Fletcher with other collaborators
containsWorksBy Francis Beaumont NERFINISHED
John Fletcher NERFINISHED
collaborators of Beaumont and Fletcher
countryOfPublication England NERFINISHED
dramaticTradition early modern English drama
format folio
genre comedy
drama
tragedy
tragicomedy
includesGenre courtly tragicomedy
influenced 18th-century editors of English drama
Restoration drama
isComparableTo First Folio of William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
isEarliestCollectedEditionOf plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
isLandmarkIn canonization of Beaumont and Fletcher
publication history of English Renaissance drama
language English
literaryMovement English Renaissance NERFINISHED
materialType printed paper book
periodCovered Caroline drama
Jacobean drama
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
primaryAuthorsRole dramatists GENERATED
printingContext post-English Civil War London book trade
publicationCentury 17th century
publicationYear 1647
shortTitle Beaumont and Fletcher First Folio NERFINISHED
significance helped establish Beaumont and Fletcher as canonical English dramatists
major source for the textual transmission of Beaumont and Fletcher’s plays
studyField Renaissance drama studies
bibliography
textual scholarship
subjectOf book history research
scholarly studies in authorship attribution
scholarly studies in textual criticism
title Comedies and Tragedies Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gentlemen
typicalHolding rare book library collections GENERATED

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Beaumont and Fletcher workPublishedIn First Folio of Beaumont and Fletcher (1647)