This book explores the political and social themes present in the plays of the seventeenth-century English collaborative playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
It delves into the relationship between the Jacobean court and the drama of the period, particularly the works of Beaumont and Fletcher.
The book provides insights into the nature of the "public" and "private" theaters of the time and the role of Jacobean censorship.
It also examines the reasons why Beaumont and Fletcher were considered a central force in the Age of Shakespeare
