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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works - Volume 7
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
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Bel. Read that, and tell me so: or if thy spectacles be not easie,
Keep thy nose unsadl'd, and ope thine ears;
I can speak thee the contents, I made 'em;
'Tis a challenge, a fair one, I'll maintain't:
I scorn to hire my Second to deliver't,
I bring't my self: Dost know me, Julio?
Jul. Bellides?
Bel. Yes: is not thy hair on end now?
Jul. Somewhat amaz'd at thy rash hardiness;
How durst thou come so near thine enemy?
Bel. Durst?
I dare come nearer: thou'rt a fool, Julio.
Jul. Take it home to thee with a knave to boot.
Bel. Knave to thy teeth again: and all that's quit:
Give me not a fool more than I give thee,
Or if thou dost, look to hear on't again.
Jul. What an encounter's this?
Bel. A noble one:
My hand is to my words, thou hast it there,
There I do challenge thee, if thou dar'st be
Good friends with me; or I'll pro. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Simply excellent. Well-crafted story with a wickedly biting humor. This one's a must-read.
I found this play very interesting as one of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The plot left me confused as to what was going to happen at times. I definitely had some "huh?" moments while reading. It was a fast read and enjoyable.
i guess there's some interesting commentary on the nature of power going on here but holy shit i hate the plot of this play so much.
I prefer reading plays that don’t involve incest, so this one wasn’t for me. Even though the incest turned out to not actually be incest, it still felt very incest-y.
Sorry Fletcher, but I’m not a fan.
Tragicomedy - written in a tragic mode with the exception of certain comic characters until the plot is resolved in a mistaken parentage plot. Jacobean Incest!
Read as part of the Shakespeare Institute's "Extra Mile" online readathon in the lockdown summer of 2020.
Wow, what a play. Incest is at the heart of the main plot, which makes it very Jacobean, though the couple involved have never met as adults and turn out (view spoiler)[not to be siblings after all. A real Star (hide spoiler)]
This is better than the quarto edition only to the extent that it has an informative introduction that will help you understand this very strange play. It is also a nicely edited text, but I prefer texts to be unedited.
This is one weird-ass play, which is another way of saying that it is a sicko Jacobean play that seems headed for a sicko tragic ending until something unsicko happens in the last scene. I find it unsatisfying because the solution almost comes out of nowhere. Everything changes at the end, yet much
Plays like this really show the general goodness of various plays from Shakespeare's contemporaries. A King and No King is a bit difficult of a play to understand at times, especially because the comic subplot is so physical, but overall a very enjoyable play. It deals with vexed philosophical and m
Beaumont and Fletcher are the Gilbert and Sullivan of the Jacobean theatre, ; their names seem inseparable and I do not know if it is possible or even useful to distinguish between the contributions of the one or the other. A King and No King is probably their best known work. It is published in the