Identify the plays that John Fletcher wrote in collaboration with Francis Beaumont.

A) The Faithful Shepherdess
B) The Loyal Subject
C) Cupid’s Revenge
D) The Pilgrim
E) The Maid’s TragedyChoose the correct answer from the options given below.

The correct option is C and E only.

Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher were famous English Jacobean playwrights who collaborated extensively on numerous plays during the early 17th century, creating one of the most celebrated literary partnerships in English drama. Let us analyze the authorship of each play listed in the question to identify their collaborative works:

1. A) The Faithful Shepherdess: This pastoral play was written solely by John Fletcher around 1608. It was not a collaboration.
2. B) The Loyal Subject: This tragicomedy was written solely by John Fletcher and licensed for performance in 1618, well after Beaumont had retired from writing.
3. C) Cupid’s Revenge: This tragedy was written in collaboration by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher between 1607 and 1612. Thus, this is a collaborative play.
4. D) The Pilgrim: This comedy was written solely by John Fletcher and first performed around 1621.
5. E) The Maid’s Tragedy: This highly acclaimed tragedy is one of the most famous collaborations between Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, written around 1608–1611.

Since only Cupid’s Revenge (C) and The Maid’s Tragedy (E) were co-written by Beaumont and Fletcher, the correct choice is indeed C and E only.