Auteur: Beaumont Francis Beaumont

Philaster is a tragicomedy by Beaumont and Fletcher which has much in common with Shakespeare’s late plays such as The Winter’s Tale.Set in a fictionalised Sicily, it has the complex plot of love, …

‘Let him kill a lion with a pestle, husband; let him kill a lion with a pestle.’So exclaims the Grocer’s wife who, with her husband and servants, is attending one of the London’s elite playhouses …

‘Let him kill a lion with a pestle, husband; let him kill a lion with a pestle.’So exclaims the Grocer’s wife who, with her husband and servants, is attending one of the London’s elite playhouses …

Riotous comedy from Shakespeare’s successor A grocer and his wife dissatisfied by a play’s progress invade the stage and commandeer the play to suit their tastes. They cast their apprentice Rafe in …

Riotous comedy from Shakespeare’s successor A grocer and his wife dissatisfied by a play’s progress invade the stage and commandeer the play to suit their tastes. They cast their apprentice Rafe in …