Drama, Western
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Thomas Middleton , spectacle in the form of the masque , and a gradual turn to polished wit in comedy, begun by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher and furthered by James Shirley . The best plays of the Jacobean period are the comedies of Ben...