Francis Beaumont

A King and No King. London 1619. Francis Beaumont

Publisher Marketing: Title: A king and no king. London 1619. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. As well as historical works, this collection includes geographies, travelogues, and titles covering periods of competition and cooperation among the people of Great Britain and Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations with France, Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Beaumont, Francis; 1676. 76 p.; 4 . 644.i.85. Contributor Bio:  Beaumont, Francis Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) was an English playwright, mainly remembered for his successful collaboration with John Fletcher. Beaumont's most famous plays include "The Woman Hater" and "The Knight of the Burning Pestle". He began to collaborate with Fletcher in about 1606-08, and their first success came in 1609 with "Philaster", followed a year later by "The Maid's Tragedy" and "A King and No King". Together, they wrote at least six plays; in a further seven or eight cases the attribution is probable but not certain.