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John Marston (October 7, 1576 - June 25, 1634) was an English poet, playwright & ridiculer in a period of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

A rage of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, King Lear, and Timon, when well as a malice of Thersites and Iago, are typically seen when getting been foreshadowed in the truculent language of Marston's Scourge of Villainy.

Plays & Production dates

Histriomastix, London, Paul's theater, 1599. Antonio & Mellida, London, Paul's theater, 1599-1600. Lust's Dominion, by Marston, Thomas Dekker, John Day, and William Haughton, London, Rose theater, Spring 1600. Jack Drum's Amusement, London, Paul's theater, 1600. Antonio's Retaliation, London, Paul's theater, 1600. What You Will, London, Paul's theater, 1601. A Malcontent, London, Blackfriars theater, 1603-1604. Parasitaster, or even A Fawn, London, Blackfriars theater, 1604. Eastward Ho, by Marston, George Chapman, and Ben Jonson, London, Blackfriars theater, 1604-1605. A Dutch Courtesan, London, Blackfriars theater, 1605. A Question of Women, or even A Tragedy of Sophonisba, London, Blackfriars theater, 1606. A Spectacle Presented to the Sacred Stateliness of Dandy Britain, & Denmark when It Passed across London, London, 31 July 1606. A Amusement of the Dowager-Countess of Darby, Ashby-de-la Zouch inside Leicester, 1607. A Insatiate Countess, by Marston & William Barksted, London, Whitefriars theater, 1608?.

Books per Author

A Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image. & Certaine Satyres (London: Printed by J. Roberts for E. Lusterlessness, 1598). A Scourge of Villanie. 3 Bookes of Satyres (London: Printed by J. Roberts & sold by J. Buzbie, 1598; revised & hypertrophied edition, London: J. Roberts, 1599). Jacke Drums Amusement: Or even, A Comedie of Pasquill & Katherine (London: Printed by T. Creede for R. Olive, 1601). Loves Martyr: or even, Rosalins Complaint, by Marston, Ben Jonson, William Shakespeare, & George Chapman (London: Printed for E. B., 1601). A History of Antonio & Mellida (London: Printed by R. Bradock for M. Lownes & T. Fisher, 1602). Antonios Retaliation (London: Printed by R. Bradock for T. Fisher, 1602). A Ill-affected (London: Printed by V. Simmes for W. Aspley, 1604). Eastbound Hoe, by Marston, Chapman, & Jonson (London: Printed by G. Eld for W. Aspley, 1605). A Dutch Courtezan (London: Printed by T. Purfoote for J. Hodgets, 1605). Parasitaster, or even A Fawne (London: Printed by T. Purfoote for W. Cotton gauze, 1606). A Question of Women, or even A Tragedie of Sophonisba (London: Printed by J. Windet, 1606). What You Will (London: Printed by G. Eld for T. Thorppe, 1607). Histrio-mastix: Or even, A Streaming video player Whipt (London: Printed by G. Eld for T. Thorp, 1610). A Insatiable Countesse, by Marston & William Barksted (London: Printed by T. Snodham for T. Archer, 1613). A Workes of Mr. J. Marston (London: Printed by The. Mathewes for W. Sheares, 1633); republished when Tragedies & Comedies (London: Printed by The. Mathewes for W. Sheares, 1633). Comedies, Tragi-comedies; & Tragedies, Nonce Collection (London, 1652). Lust's Dominion, or even A Lascivious Queen (presumptively a equivalent play when A Spanish Moor's Tragedy), by Marston, Thomas Dekker, John Day, & William Haughton (London: Printed for F. K. & sold by Robert Pollard, 1657).

Reassessing the Use of Doubling in Marston's Antonio and Mellida
Scholarly note on actors playing double roles in the play.

Response to Jeffrey Kahan
Continuing discussion of staging.

John Marston
With brief bibliography and some links.






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