A Jacobean-era pastoral tragicomedy by John Fletcher, most likely first performed around 1608, that inaugurated Fletcher's playwriting career. Unlike the great majority of his later output, written jointly with Francis Beaumont and other collaborators, it is a work of his sole authorship, and it helped establish tragicomedy as a distinct dramatic form on the English stage. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Composed, From (Year)Most scholarship dates the first performance to around 1608, but the exact date is not firmly established. Classification
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The Faithful Shepherdess is a Jacobean era stage play, the work that inaugurated the playwriting career of John Fletcher.
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The Faithful Shepherdess is a Jacobean era stage play, the work that inaugurated the playwriting career of John Fletcher. Though the initial production was a failure with its audience, the printed text that followed proved significant, in that it contained Fletcher's influential definition of tragicomedy.
Authored By: John Fletcher, Lead section, authorship
The Faithful Shepherdess is a Jacobean era stage play, the work that inaugurated the playwriting career of John Fletcher.
In Genre: Pastoral, Lead section, pastoral genre
A Jacobean-era pastoral tragicomedy by John Fletcher, most likely first performed around 1608, that inaugurated Fletcher's playwriting career.
In Genre: Tragicomedy, Lead section, tragicomedy genre
A Jacobean-era pastoral tragicomedy by John Fletcher, most likely first performed around 1608, that inaugurated Fletcher's playwriting career.
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