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.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early modern play collection
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folio edition ⓘ printed book ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfPlays | over 30 ⓘ |
| authors |
Francis Beaumont
NERFINISHED
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John Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collects |
collaborative plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
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plays attributed to Beaumont and Fletcher with other collaborators ⓘ |
| containsWorksBy |
Francis Beaumont
NERFINISHED
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John Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ collaborators of Beaumont and Fletcher ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticTradition | early modern English drama ⓘ |
| format | folio ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ |
| includesGenre | courtly tragicomedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century editors of English drama
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Restoration drama ⓘ |
| isComparableTo | First Folio of William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEarliestCollectedEditionOf | plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher ⓘ |
| isLandmarkIn |
canonization of Beaumont and Fletcher
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publication history of English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialType | printed paper book ⓘ |
| periodCovered |
Caroline drama
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Jacobean drama ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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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
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major source for the textual transmission of Beaumont and Fletcher’s plays ⓘ |
| studyField |
Renaissance drama studies
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bibliography ⓘ textual scholarship ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book history research
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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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