(1579–1625), English playwright. A writer of Jacobean tragicomedies, he wrote some fifteen plays with Francis Beaumont, including The Maid's Tragedy (1610–11).
Definition of Fletcher, John in US English:
Fletcher, John
proper nounˈfleCHər
(1579–1625), English playwright. A writer of Jacobean tragicomedies, he wrote about 15 plays with Francis Beaumont and is also believed to have collaborated with William Shakespeare on such plays as The Two Noble Kinsmen and Henry VIII (both c.1613).