T V BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER HE names of Beaumont and Fletcher are as inseparably linked together as those of Castor and Pollux. They are the double stars of our poetical firmament, and their beams are so indissolubly mingled that it is in vain to attempt any division of them that shall assign to each his rightful share. So long as they worked in partnership, Jasper Mayne says truly that they are "Both so knit That no man knows where to divide their wit, William Cartwright says of Fletcher: And Richard Brome also alludes to the copious His works! says Momus, nay, his plays you'd say! Which was to others' brains a toil." The general tradition seems to have been that Beaumont contributed the artistic judgment, and |