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John Fletcher (December 18, 1579 – August 28, 1625) was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivalled Shakespeare's. Though his reputation has been far eclipsed since, Fletcher remains an important transitional figure between the Elizabethan popular tradition and the popular drama of the Restoration. At the beginning of his career, his most important association was with
Francis Beaumont. The two wrote together for close to a decade, first for the children and then for the King's Men. According to an anecdote transmitted or invented by John Aubrey, they also lived together (in Bankside), sharing clothes and having "one wench in the house between them." This domestic arrangement was ended by Beaumont's marriage in 1613, and their dramatic partnership ended after Beaumont fell ill, probably of a stroke, the same year.
After Beaumont's retirement and early death in 1616, Fletcher continued
working, singly and in collaboration, until his death in 1625. By that time,
he had produced or had been credited with, close to fifty plays. This body of
work remained a big part of the King's Men's repertory until the closing of
the theatres in 1642.
He died of the plague in August 1625 (buried 29 August in St. Saviour's,
Southwark).[1]
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