Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook141 pages1 hour
The Pilgrim: "Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil"
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
John Fletcher was born in December, 1579 in Rye, Sussex. He was baptised on December 20th. As can be imagined details of much of his life and career have not survived and, accordingly, only a very brief indication of his life and works can be given. Young Fletcher appears at the very young age of eleven to have entered Corpus Christi College at Cambridge University in 1591. There are no records that he ever took a degree but there is some small evidence that he was being prepared for a career in the church. However what is clear is that this was soon abandoned as he joined the stream of people who would leave University and decamp to the more bohemian life of commercial theatre in London. The upbringing of the now teenage Fletcher and his seven siblings now passed to his paternal uncle, the poet and minor official Giles Fletcher. Giles, who had the patronage of the Earl of Essex may have been a liability rather than an advantage to the young Fletcher. With Essex involved in the failed rebellion against Elizabeth Giles was also tainted. By 1606 John Fletcher appears to have equipped himself with the talents to become a playwright. Initially this appears to have been for the Children of the Queen's Revels, then performing at the Blackfriars Theatre. Fletcher's early career was marked by one significant failure; The Faithful Shepherdess, his adaptation of Giovanni Battista Guarini's Il Pastor Fido, which was performed by the Blackfriars Children in 1608. By 1609, however, he had found his stride. With his collaborator John Beaumont, he wrote Philaster, which became a hit for the King's Men and began a profitable association between Fletcher and that company. Philaster appears also to have begun a trend for tragicomedy. By the middle of the 1610s, Fletcher's plays had achieved a popularity that rivalled Shakespeare's and cemented the pre-eminence of the King's Men in Jacobean London. After his frequent early collaborator John Beaumont's early death in 1616, Fletcher continued working, both singly and in collaboration, until his own death in 1625. By that time, he had produced, or had been credited with, close to fifty plays.
Read more from John Fletcher
Freud and the Scene of Trauma The Island Princess: "Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will; 'Tis god -like to have power, but not to kill" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Humourous Lieutenant: "He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSelected Poems of John Gould Fletcher Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHarvard Classics: All 71 Volumes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBonduca: "We must not be content to be cleansed from sin; we must be filled with the Spirit" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Wife For A Month: "It's impossible to ravish me, I'm so willing" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCupid's Revenge: "In being thus dishonest, for a name He call'd him Cupid" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wild-Goose Chase: "Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWit Without Money: "Man is his own star, and the soul that can render an honest and a perfect man commands all light" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Loyal Subject: "Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tragedy of Valentinian: "Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything; The world's a fine believing world, write news" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Western Kingdom: The Birth of Cornwall Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove's Pilgrimage: "No ground but this to argue on? no swords left Nor friends to carry this, but your own furies?" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Maids Tragedy: "He that rejoyces not at your return In safety, is mine enemy for ever" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Two Noble Kinsmen: “New Plays and Maiden-heads are near a-kin, Much follow'd both; for both much money gi'n” Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Scornful Lady: "Now Sir, this first part of your will is performed: what's the rest?" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Pilgrim
Related ebooks
Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife: "Love's tongue is in his eyes" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Wife For A Month: "It's impossible to ravish me, I'm so willing" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Loyal Subject: "Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wild-Goose Chase: "Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Captain: "Somewhat above our Art; For all mens eyes, Ears, faiths, and judgements, are not of one size" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Woman's Prize: aka The Tamer Tam'd "I find the medicine worse than the malady" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWit Without Money: "Man is his own star, and the soul that can render an honest and a perfect man commands all light" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll's Well That End's Well Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMonsieur Thomas: "Death hath so many doors to let out life" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Revenge: or, A Match in Newgate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mad Lover: "Deed, not words shall speak me" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Chances: "The coward's weapon, poison" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Stolen Heiress; or, The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted. A Comedy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCromwell A Drama, in Five Acts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWomen Pleas'd: "O woman, perfect woman! what distraction was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Scornful Lady: "Now Sir, this first part of your will is performed: what's the rest?" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Essay on Man, The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Old Debauchees: "Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of." Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Two Gentlemen of Verona Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rover Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Younger Brother: or, The Amorous Jilt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Emperor of the East: "He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHarrison's Amusing Picture and Poetry Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Broken Heart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sorcerer: “It's love that makes the world go round.” Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll's Well That Ends Well Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Performing Arts For You
Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Romeo and Juliet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hamlet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Whale / A Bright New Boise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Best Women's Monologues from New Plays, 2020 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lucky Dog Lessons: From Renowned Expert Dog Trainer and Host of Lucky Dog: Reunions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diamond Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fifth Mountain: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Woman Is No Man: A Read with Jenna Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coreyography: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Yes Please Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hollywood's Dark History: Silver Screen Scandals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Trial Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our Town: A Play in Three Acts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Is This Anything? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book: The Script Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wuthering Heights Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Here We Go Again: My Life In Television Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Dolls House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The World Turned Upside Down: Finding the Gospel in Stranger Things Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Midsummer Night's Dream, with line numbers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
S02E25 The Story of Salome by Amelia B Edwards 0% found this document usefulThe Interview Episode: The stories of our own literary lives. 100% found this document usefulThe Bad Widow - MTP192: Co-Host Alison Pena (http://www.mountaintoppodcast.com/badwidow) 0% found this document usefulEpisode 19: The Snow by Hugh Walpole 0% found this document usefulEpisode 36: The Cigarette Case by Oliver Onions 0% found this document usefulEpisode 18: The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell 0% found this document usefulEP87 The Orisha Tarot with Andrew McGregor 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Fanny Burney, Grandmother of the English Novel The Paris ReviewArticle
Fanny Burney, Grandmother of the English Novel
Nov 6, 2019
7 min readBard In The Woods Great WalksArticle
Bard In The Woods
Nov 30, 2020
4 min readA Refuge for the Written World Journal of Alta CaliforniaArticle
A Refuge for the Written World
Jan 8, 2019
2 min readOn Love New PhilosopherArticle
On Love
Mar 7, 2022
7 min readYour chance to HAVE YOUR SAY PianistArticle
Your chance to HAVE YOUR SAY
Jan 19, 2024
The classical music world can come across as elitist (a little ‘nerdy’, too) so I was glad to see the effervescent Chloe Flower on the December cover. I read Ms Flower’s interview with interest and with a smile (it’s obvious her interviewer, Warwick
1 min readFailing the Driving Test with Kevin Barry The Paris ReviewArticle
Failing the Driving Test with Kevin Barry
Sep 19, 2019
12 min readPeace Comes With A Smile SA Country LifeArticle
Peace Comes With A Smile
Nov 11, 2019
8 min readJohn Banville: On the Undreamed Lives of My Parents Literary HubArticle
John Banville: On the Undreamed Lives of My Parents
Feb 27, 2018
10 min readI REMEMBER… Barry Humphries Reader's Digest UKArticle
I REMEMBER… Barry Humphries
Mar 15, 2022
5 min readA ’90s Blockbuster That Holds Up The AtlanticArticle
A ’90s Blockbuster That Holds Up
Oct 1, 2023
4 min readOverland CORNER HOTEL Australian MotorcyclistArticle
Overland CORNER HOTEL
Aug 14, 2019
6 min readReaders’ Letters The OldieArticle
Readers’ Letters
May 4, 2022
SIR: I write in respect of the article ‘Gentleman’s Relish’ by Mark Palmer (Spring issue). I too was brought up in Reading in the 1950s, though not, as I suspect in Mr Palmer’s case, as a scion of the excellent company that manufactured biscuits righ
6 min readTHE PLEASURES & PERILS Of A Good Dinner Party HomeArticle
THE PLEASURES & PERILS Of A Good Dinner Party
Oct 7, 2022
3 min readDULCE DOMUM From The Wind In The Willows Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young TeensArticle
DULCE DOMUM From The Wind In The Willows
Nov 1, 2022
11 min readJan Morris The Paris ReviewArticle
Jan Morris
Jun 15, 2018
I have always rather envied the poet Ovid, who was banished from Rome by the emperor Augustus, you may remember, to a remote place called Tomis on the shores of the Black Sea. There he died, ten years later, and his exile has gone into legend and int
17 min readJerome Robbins: Letters From a Young Artist Trying to Make It In New York Literary HubArticle
Jerome Robbins: Letters From a Young Artist Trying to Make It In New York
Oct 3, 2019
9 min readDearly DEPARTED New Zealand Woman’s WeeklyArticle
Dearly DEPARTED
Apr 25, 2021
2 min readIn Search of a Black Odysseus: My Father’s Journey Home Literary HubArticle
In Search of a Black Odysseus: My Father’s Journey Home
Sep 30, 2019
9 min readDawn Neesom Mind Of My Own Woman's OwnArticle
Dawn Neesom Mind Of My Own
Sep 20, 2022
As the nation mourns, let us remember an extraordinary woman who was devoted to us all until the very end. She was only a woman. Just like us, she loved, laughed, rowed with and worried about her family. But she was also unique. A woman born to a de
3 min readHermetically Sealed Country LifeArticle
Hermetically Sealed
May 3, 2023
THIS week, for the first time in years, I am home alone. No beloved Rose. No beloved children. No beloved children’s friends sleeping on sofas and floors. ‘Happy the man,’ wrote Alexander Pope when he was only 12, ‘whose wish and care/A few paternal
2 min readWhen Lizzie met Maggie The OldieArticle
When Lizzie met Maggie
Dec 13, 2023
The Grim Reaper has been having a high old time of late. I've barely had a moment to keep up with my diary, I have been so busy writing letters of condolence, attending funerals and giving addresses at memorial services. I was especially saddened by
3 min readMeet Your New Favorite Poet The Paris ReviewArticle
Meet Your New Favorite Poet
Feb 20, 2019
6 min readJanuary Blues Country LifeArticle
January Blues
Jan 5, 2022
MELCHIOR, Caspar and Balthasar finally arriving in Bethlehem. A cold coming they had of it, just the worst time of year, camels galled, sore-footed, refractory. Elizabeth I, at the first performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night entertainment, laugh
2 min readBig Summer Energy StylistArticle
Big Summer Energy
Jun 14, 2022
5 min readSir Kenneth Branagh The Big IssueArticle
Sir Kenneth Branagh
Jan 17, 2022
5 min readLife In The past Lane go: PlattelandArticle
Life In The past Lane
Aug 27, 2021
5 min readYour Tributes To The Queen HELLO magazineArticle
Your Tributes To The Queen
Sep 19, 2022
With a broken heart, I share in the loss of a remarkable Queen who showed such strength, compassion and love for her country. We will miss her dearly.Randy Benson, Canada As a child, I watched the coronation of the Queen and was sufficiently impresse
4 min readAn Ocean Of Love Woman's OwnArticle
An Ocean Of Love
Aug 17, 2021
6 min readPam Ayres: ‘I Inherited A Love Of English From My Mother’ The GuardianArticle
Pam Ayres: ‘I Inherited A Love Of English From My Mother’
Aug 5, 2023
It’s important to be yourself in life. Don’t think you have to adapt according to the people or situation you’re in. It’s perfectly all right to be exactly who you are, to like what you like. That’s a lesson it took me a long time to learn. I grew up
3 min readThree Letters from Switzerland The Paris ReviewArticle
Three Letters from Switzerland
Aug 15, 2019
4 min read
Reviews for The Pilgrim
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Pilgrim - John Fletcher
p2^ book_preview_excerpt.html YreB_dgXvEєD,iI9 02U[O'%9ݘ%9MeI ht>}ٛ!zg7o^uĕ6+މĨcס~%^?OCOHBfo [x2UoV;5&VJgd uPp9i, ښI+JJn\EMUA](!m^AL)o.[}p"d9k1 5;!ŭ;ZP7י
ݕufkf0k%}2 oErQ8.KZ*3&Yup bf~9hq:ȴ߾wj ua?^\D1تse3՟eO)L^Ւ4- ^Yz33K$7d6_Xl$Ӓ`j 9+7Ǟ&V6ЦtpEcr{!/*UMӕ֮TؕR>&V;ҡןBau n+R 9{{5{kil% mqmca K,VuEYSmTxKlqS0s5Q]
]F˵6d(/ _~+m$9v{x IDz3S D$jmbnZ`z\kyTyo8|>G
bK:Q\@כ2> #̊xg&"TYM}OX¿&,豿"lq~ldvSxMru/ -!{TI_ ೱGجW DEcĪT5D*@~L IT;jq,#5JqHXW2DDФD!ywjhP<
!=$$5J6OoHJĤ⚜Z;;X @uk!4\\-~Ķ 潸e6^jiwkg(4t͗◟)pry-uvy1[||~wCéSZ׀ۀڸ[-{(lU_MisVCYl@j
S@بJ5^I';zgNz/e#n[RwiR:^ TSi 9MzsWe
͠{ ݶIbPRU3jKAYo 5~HUZ燔DA)J|k}hn?k2vcVY >Tl+Ʋ`9W^u{e 'Ι{T 'lPvq! D(]o="ΤN } xJkܫ? jl7ͩiˋek4\) 7̏OçYjD$lږʧ(Qj ށ"ۄ)szT`A{'Wn:p/*J,R IVJT\^h 3T nEE'`٢-(vKQeS*k[;*/uԙ 6Uw@5LziQdP
=h&$
>~Ƥh8PSf7G})xzoA
xZq Gɋb3~, "J}BU6 {;S姝 GbA k@=y+T/?B5HZeC)(p@u+cؠs F : j2O '*˸X7C.A hBdFB>1!l\cߪ\E9$ɷH_*1- JlSZSrw,*՟&B(oh&`v NrLD
!Q@)@·Cꪎ SᨵPk4nxTE6qn$S2z80i#2: aҨ0BF#_cx.ޕGp *xQ1w$&D~ 4YCC$ HxpHi YNv-a 8L kq2㮇cxjh:$ǯM,DЦ*B]xrQCc{fܖ;v wo5&tk=^! -**W;ۻW
.GQ^ %|F *]R\#B|DѯJѷ&D)]uYO,g b5)>IbbtD<6UV2Sxw!Be1ؖB.]Po \ uZKE#H~/4p FHjb3 #q* _rQ? v$~A[9r8E'ҙ'IA7 +,
8qۑ_HDd9|mB$}2mCvI@*.JKݓKmyER߲B/~eK`-Wi{Cuw7/̸o&uQkU qA IK \ff
rf
">Ag J{"ث jۄS/
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1