Excerpt from John Fletcher: A Study in Dramatic Method, a Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature of the University of Chicago in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The investigation into Fletcher's Choice and Treatment of Source: and the discussion of his Mastery of Stagecraft are properly both parts of Chapter V on General Dramatic Method, but on account of their bulk and significance, each has been given a separate chapter, the one serving as an introduction and the other as a conclusion to the main chapter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.