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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.
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  2. 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.

  3. 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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  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Oct 26, 2023 · 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.

  7. English poet and playwright. Examine the life, times, and work of John Marston through detailed author biographies on eNotes.

  8. Suzanne Gossett introduces The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedy of Sophonisba, Marston's last completed play set in the wars between Rome and Carthage.

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