Though he is largely unknown to audiences today, John Fletcher was one of the most popular and successful playwrights of the English Renaissance. He took over from Shakespeare as the principal playwright of the King’s Men playing company, jointly writing three plays with Shakespeare at the end of the latter’s career between 1610-1612. The Faithful Shepherdess is among Fletcher’s earliest work, notable both for its strident policing of the pastoral mode and its definition of tragicomedy. In concurrence with Lord Denney’s Players’ production of The Faithful Shepherdess running at the Columbus Performing Arts Center November 21-23, OSU’s Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies presents a mini-symposium and keynote lecture reexamining the critical heritage and performance history of the play.
See the event listing at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies website.