author
Francis Beaumont
1584–1616
Best known as one half of the celebrated Beaumont and Fletcher partnership, this Jacobean dramatist helped shape early 17th-century English theater with witty comedies and tragedies. His work ranges from lively satire to courtly drama, and it stayed influential long after his short life ended.
23 Audiobooks
The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10).
by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont
Philaster; Or, Love Lies a Bleeding
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 02 of 10: the Humourous Lieutenant
by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont
The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher in Ten Volumes: Volume 01.
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
The Spanish Curate: A Comedy
by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 01 of 10: the Custom of the Country
by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Philip Massinger
The Scornful Lady
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
A King, and No King
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beggars Bush: A Comedy From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)
by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 08 of 10
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
The Maids Tragedy
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 05 of 10
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
The Little French Lawyer: A Comedy
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
The Elder Brother The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)
by John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Philip Massinger
The Mad Lover, a Tragi-Comedy The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10)
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 03 of 10: The Loyal Subject
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10)
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
The False One: A Tragedy
by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
About the author
Born at Grace-Dieu in Leicestershire and educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, Francis Beaumont became an important figure in Jacobean drama. He is most closely associated with John Fletcher, with whom he wrote a series of plays that made their paired names famous on the English stage.
He is especially remembered for works such as The Knight of the Burning Pestle, a playful and sharp satire of popular theater, and for the broader Beaumont and Fletcher collaboration, which was admired for its energy, emotion, and stagecraft. Sources also note an early poem, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, showing that his writing moved between poetry and drama.
Beaumont died in London in 1616, still a young man, but his reputation endured through the continued popularity of the plays linked to his name. For readers and listeners today, he stands out as a gifted dramatist from the Shakespearean age whose writing could be clever, theatrical, and unexpectedly modern in spirit.