His best plays are _The Devil's Law Case_, _Appius and Virginia_, _The Duchess of Malfy_, and _The White Devil_.
Hazlitt says "his _White Devil_ and _Duchess of Malfy_ come the nearest to Shakspeare of anything we have upon record." Francis Beaumont, 1586-1615, and John Fletcher, 1576-1625: joint authors of plays, numbering fifty-two.

A prolific union, in which it is difficult to determine the exact authorship of each.

Among the best plays are _The Maid's Tragedy_, _Philaster_, and _Cupid's Revenge_.

Many of the plots are licentious, but in monologues they frequently rise to eloquence, and in descriptions are picturesque and graphic.
Shirley, 1594-1666: delineates fashionable life with success.

His best plays are _The Maid's Revenge_, _The Politician_, and _The Lady of Pleasure_.