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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. Mar 26, 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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  4. Learn about John Marston (1576-1634), one of the most fascinating and daring writers of the English literary Renaissance, who wrote satirical plays, poetry, and aristocratic entertainments. Explore his life, works, and legacy, from his role in the War of the Theatres to his masterpieces The Malcontent and The Dutch Courtesan.

  5. Learn about John Marston, a controversial and innovative playwright who wrote erotic plays for children's theatre and satirised the king. Find out his biography, his feud with Ben Jonson, his conversion to the church and his legacy.

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

  7. Matthew Steggle writes about Marston's early comedy Jack Drum's Entertainment, or The Comedy of Pasquil and Katherine, performed by the Children of Paul's in 1599-1600. What You Will (1601) Janet Clare gives a brief account of Marston's comedy for the Children of Paul's in 1601, What You Will.

  8. Celebrating the 400th anniversary of John Marston's debut as a professional playwright, this collection of critical essays on his work by leading scholars in the early modern field discovers, in the de-centred, hilarious, but unsettling work of this idiosyncratic Renaissance dramatist, an uncannily post-modern voice.

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