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John Marston (baptised 7 October 1576 – 25 June 1634) was an English playwright, poet and satirist during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods. His career as a writer lasted only a decade.
Jun 22, 2024 · John Marston (baptized Oct. 7, 1576, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died June 25, 1634, London) was an English dramatist, one of the most vigorous satirists of the Shakespearean era, whose best known work is The Malcontent (1604), in which he rails at the iniquities of a lascivious court.
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John Marston was one of the most interesting men among the Jacobean playwrights. He was not for the most part a writer in the mainstream of writing for the theatre and much of his work was done for children’s theatre companies.
Author or part-author of (at least) eleven plays, a large body of poetry, and several aristocratic entertainments, he is known for his satirical sharpness, linguistic inventiveness, and caustic yet also fantastical perspective on contemporary life.
Below is a detailed biography of John Marston, an English dramatist of the 16th and 17th centuries. He was a satirist of the Shakespearean era. His work is seen to have evolved from the late Elizabethan era into the early Jacobean era.
John Marston (1575-1634) This site is devoted to John Marston, Renaissance satirist and playwright. He isn't read much, but he ought to be. Here are three good reasons why: I up do plough The hidden entrails of rank villainy, Tearing the veil from damned Impiety.
(1576—1634) poet and playwright. Quick Reference. (1576–1634) Poet and dramatist, whose mother was Italian. He graduated from Oxford in 1594, and joined his father, a lawyer, in the Middle Temple, where he maintained rooms until 1606. ... From: Marston, John in The Oxford Companion to English Literature » Subjects: Literature. Reference entries.
