Author of Audiobooks - Francis Beaumont
The Maid's Tragedy - Francis Beaumont
The Maid's Tragedy - Francis Beaumont
- Author: Francis Beaumont
- Genre: Tragedy
Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy (first published 1619) is a sensational Jacobean sex tragedy. When gentleman soldier Melantius returns to Rhodes, he finds his dear friend Amintor is recently married - but not to his troth-plight love...
The Knight of the Burning Pestle - Francis Beaumont
The Knight of the Burning Pestle - Francis Beaumont
- Author: Francis Beaumont
- Genre: Satire
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play in five acts, first performed in 1607. It is the first whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. The play is a satire on chivalric romances in general, similar to Don Quixote. It breaks the fourth wall...