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Their own first works, however uneven, also served a purpose.
Beaumont and Fletcher learned much from their failures, their
inability to gauge the temper and the tastes of their audience. In
tragi-comedy they found the ideal medium for their talents and
the ideal entertainment for their audience. As Giraudoux remarks:
'En fait, chaque théâtre n'est bâti que pour une seule pièce, et le
seul secret de sa direction est de découvrir laquelle'. 10 With
Philaster the collaborators discovered this play.
NOTES TO CHAPTER ONE
1. Albert W. Upton, 'Allusions to James I and his Court in The Woman
Hater,' Modern Language Association Publications, XLIV ( 1929), pp.
1048-1065.
2. Alfred Harbage, Shakespeare and the Rival Traditions, New York, 1952,
p. 107.
3. Herbert S. Murch, ed., The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Yale Studies in
English, XXXIII, New York, 1908, pp. xxxii-lviii.
4. Leslie Hotson, The Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, Cambridge,
Mass., 1928, p. 45.
5. Frank H. Ristine, English Tragicomedy, New York, 1910, p. 108.
6. Guarini, Opere, Verona, 1737- 1738, III, 167.
7. Eugene M. Waith, The Pattern of Tragicomedy in Beaumont and Fletcher,
New Haven, 1952, pp. 5-11.
8. Sir Philip Sidney, Arcadia, Lib. 2, Chapters 12-13.
9. Ristine, Tragicomedy, pp. 60-111; Madeleine Doran, Endeavours of Art,
Madison, Wisconsin, 1954, pp. 186-215.
10. Ondine, II, 1.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Beaumont and Fletcher: A Critical Study. Contributors: William W. Appleton - author. Publisher: Allen & Unwin. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1956. Page Number: 24.
    
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