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413:. At that point, he stopped his dramatic career altogether, selling his shares in the company of Blackfriars. His departure from the literary scene may have been because of another play, now lost, which offended the king. It seems that the French ambassador complained to King James about the disrespectful treatment of the French court in plays by Chapman performed at Blackfriars. To strengthen his case he added that another play had been performed in which James himself was depicted drunk. Incensed, James suspended performances at Blackfriars and had Marston imprisoned. This suggests that he was the author of the offending play. 256: 915: 29: 1151: 131:, in 1598. (Marston issued these satires under the pseudonym "W. Kinsayder.") The satire in these books is even more savage and misanthropic than was typical for the decade's satirists. Marston's style is, moreover, in places contorted to the point of unintelligibility: he believed that satire should be rough and obscure, perhaps because he thought (as did many other writers of the time) that the term 'satire' was derived from the Greek ' 349: 88:, in 1592 and received his BA in 1594. By 1595, he was in London, living in the Middle Temple, where he had been admitted a member three years previously. He had an interest in poetry and play writing, although his father's will of 1599 expresses the hope that he would give up such vanities. He married Mary Wilkes in 1605, daughter of the Reverend William Wilkes, one of 561:
saw that this "irregular demesne" was a part of Marston's world and declared that "It is … by giving us the sense of something behind, more real than any of the personages and their action, that Marston establishes himself among the writers of genius". Marston's tragic style is Senecan and although
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Outside of these tensions, Marston's career continued to prosper. In 1603, he became a shareholder in the Children of Blackfriars company, at that time known for steadily pushing the allowable limits of personal satire, violence, and lewdness on stage. He wrote and produced two plays with the
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If Jonson can be trusted, the animosity between himself and Marston went beyond the literary. He claimed to have beaten Marston and taken his pistol. However, the two playwrights were reconciled soon after the so-called War; Marston wrote a prefatory poem for Jonson's
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in 1603; this satiric tragicomedy is Marston's most famous play. This work was originally written for the children at Blackfriars, and was later taken over (perhaps stolen) by the Kings' Men at the Globe, with additions by John Webster and (perhaps) Marston himself.
380:. Chapman and Jonson were arrested for, according to Jonson, a few clauses that offended the Scots, but Marston escaped any imprisonment. The actual cause of arrest and details of the brief detainment are not certainly known; in the event, charges were dropped. 51:
periods. His career as a writer lasted only a decade. His work is remembered for its energetic and often obscure style, its contributions to the development of a distinctively Jacobean style in poetry, and its idiosyncratic vocabulary.
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praised Marston's genius for satire; however, if the romantic critics and their successors were willing to grant Marston's best work a place among the great accomplishments of the period, they remained aware of his inconsistency, what
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on 24 December 1609. Contemporary authors were bemused or surprised by Marston's change of career, with several of them commenting on its seeming abruptness. In October 1616, Marston was assigned the living of
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his characters may appear, on Eliot's own admission, "lifeless", they are instead used as types to convey their "theoretical implications". Eliot in particular admired
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and Marston's role in the war of the poets ensured that his plays would receive some scholarly attention, but they were not performed and were not even widely read.
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and saw how Marston's plays, with their apparently stylised characters and bitter portrayal of a world where virtue and honour only arouse "dangerous envy" (
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In the twentieth century, however, a few critics were willing to consider Marston as a writer who was very much in control of the world he creates.
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as a playwright. Following the work of O. J. Campbell, it has commonly been thought that Marston turned to the theatre in response to the
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After the Restoration, Marston's works were largely reduced to the status of a curiosity of literary history. The general resemblance of
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has been regarded as his first play; performed by either the Children of Paul's or the students of the Middle Temple in around
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By 1601, he was well known in London literary circles, particularly in his role as enemy to the equally pugnacious
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between Marston, Jonson and Dekker that took place between around 1599 and 1602. In c. 1600, Marston wrote
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The Spectacle Presented to the Sacred Majesties of Great Britain, and Denmark as They Passed through London
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in 1601 and 1602, characterised Marston as a poet whose writings see him "pissing against the world".
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movement in English literature resuscitated Marston's reputation, albeit unevenly. In his lectures,
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Marston's reputation has varied widely, like that of most of the minor Renaissance dramatists. Both
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he satirized the king specifically. However, in the summer of that year, he put on a production of
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T.S. Eliot, Selected Essays, London: Faber, 1932, reprinted and enlarged, 1934, repr. 1999), p. 232
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Marston's brief career in literature began with a foray into the then-fashionable genres of erotic
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makes a laudatory but superficial comment about Marston in his survey of English dramatic poets.
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After the end of his literary career, he moved into his father-in-law's house and began studying
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and had it publicly burned, along with copies of works by other satirists, on 4 June 1599.
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verse on King James that was presented by hand to the king. Finally, in 1607, he wrote
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that Marston had accused him of sexual profligacy, satirized Marston as Clove in
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The English Poetic Epitaph: Commemoration and Conflict from Jonson to Wordsworth
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In 1606, Marston seems to have offended and then soothed King James. First, in
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performed racy dramas for an audience of city gallants and young members of the
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preferred Marston's satires to Bishop Hall's; in the next century, however,
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and as the envious, misanthropic playwright and satirist Lampatho Doria in
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For Henslowe, he may have collaborated with Dekker, Day, and Haughton on
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T.S.Eliot, Elizabethan Essays (London: Faber & Faber, 1934) p189−90
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and a contradiction to the Christian virtues of modesty. According to
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Jacke Drums Entertainment: Or, The Comedie of Pasquill and Katherine
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Knowles, James (May 2009) , "Marston, John (bap. 1576, d. 1634)",
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in a later generation called his "uneven and irregular demesne".
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The Metamorphosis of Pigmalion's Image and Certaine Satyres
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16th/17th-century English poet, playwright, and satirist
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Marston's second play for the Blackfriars children was
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Tombs at that time often started with the formulaic "
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His father was an eminent lawyer of the 1228: 959:Learn how and when to remove this message 870:Comedies, Tragi-comedies; & Tragedies 657:, London, Blackfriars theatre, 1604–1605. 355:: co-author (with Marston and Jonson) of 143:in at least one of the satires. Some see 135:'. Marston seems to have been enraged by 922:This article includes a list of general 881:Lust's Dominion, or The Lascivious Queen 347: 254: 64:Guarsi, and baptised 7 October 1576, at 27: 1404:English male dramatists and playwrights 1072:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1068: 1050: 979: 497:; after the Stuart Restoration, either 1341: 1113: 1007: 34:The Metamorphosis of Pigmalion's Image 1202: 1059: 1055:, New York: Columbia University Press 995: 821:(London: Printed by J. Windet, 1606). 726:The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image 425:. In 1609, he became a reader at the 908: 748:Loves Martyr: or, Rosalins Complaint 677:, London, Blackfriars theatre, 1606. 665:, London, Blackfriars theatre, 1605. 641:, London, Blackfriars theatre, 1604. 605:, London, Paul's theatre, 1599/1600. 597:, London, Paul's theatre, 1599–1600. 507:The Revenge, or The Match in Newgate 21:For the 19th-century dramatist, see 1379:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford 1093: 984:The Return from Parnassus, Part Two 250: 13: 1193:The Works of John Marston, vol. 3. 1186:The Works of John Marston, vol. 2. 1178:The Works of John Marston, vol. 1. 1100:"Marston, John (1575?-1634)"  928:it lacks sufficient corresponding 766:The History of Antonio and Mellida 762:(London: Printed for E. B., 1601). 14: 1420: 1364:17th-century English male writers 1181:A. H. Bullen, ed. at Google Books 1136: 633:, 1603–1604; Globe Theatre, 1604. 213:, it appears to have sparked the 155:, as well as the mad speeches of 1106:Dictionary of National Biography 913: 309:, a satirical play performed at 838:(London: Printed by G. Eld for 819:, or The Tragedie of Sophonisba 621:, London, Paul's theatre, 1601. 613:, London, Paul's theatre, 1600. 99: 80:and then became the counsel to 1374:English Renaissance dramatists 1152:Works by or about John Marston 1053:Shakespeare and the Poets' War 1031: 1022: 1013: 973: 332: 306:The Return from Parnassus (II) 1: 1044: 884:(presumably the same play as 416: 311:St. John's College, Cambridge 32:Title page of John Marston's 1384:Members of the Middle Temple 1088:UK public library membership 860:The Workes of Mr. J. Marston 7: 385:Parasitaster, or, The Fawn, 280:Every Man Out of His Humour 10: 1425: 1389:16th-century English poets 1359:17th-century English poets 886:The Spanish Moor's Tragedy 810:Parasitaster, or The Fawne 579:Plays and production dates 505:updated the main plot for 402:The Entertainment at Ashby 273:. Jonson, who reported to 20: 1294:Parasitaster, or The Fawn 1262:Jack Drum's Entertainment 1240: 638:Parasitaster, or The Fawn 602:Jack Drum's Entertainment 534:reversed this judgment. 293:Jack Drum's Entertainment 223:Jack Drum's Entertainment 185:Playwriting with Henslowe 120:, and, on the other, the 86:Brasenose College, Oxford 904: 573: 338:company. The first was 165:Archbishop of Canterbury 112:. In 1598, he published 1169:Encyclopædia Britannica 1114:Scodel, Joshua (1991), 1051:Bednarz, James (2001), 943:more precise citations. 846:The Insatiate Countesse 683:, London, 31 July 1606. 473:Reception and criticism 444:Christchurch, Hampshire 229:, and in 1601 he wrote 161:The Scourge of Villanie 129:The Scourge of Villanie 55: 1326:The Insatiate Countess 1081:10.1093/ref:odnb/18164 864:Tragedies and Comedies 836:: Or, The Player Whipt 704:The Insatiate Countess 437:on 24 September and a 359: 321:in 1605 and dedicated 266: 37: 1163:"Marston, John"  1143:Works by John Marston 1060:Grote, David (2002), 856:for T. Archer, 1613). 800:for W. Aspley, 1605). 351: 258: 31: 23:John Westland Marston 852:(London: Printed by 782:(London: Printed by 744:for R. Olive, 1601). 740:(London: Printed by 672:, or The Tragedy of 448:Middle Temple Church 262:: rival, co-author, 195:Bishops' Ban of 1599 76:who first argued in 1318:The Wonder of Women 1310:The Dutch Courtesan 1254:Antonio and Mellida 986:, I.ii, ll. 266–70. 817:The Wonder of Women 804:The Dutch Courtezan 756:William Shakespeare 713:Whitefriars Theatre 670:The Wonder of Women 662:The Dutch Courtesan 631:Blackfriars Theatre 594:Antonio and Mellida 483:The Dutch Courtesan 389:The Dutch Courtesan 364:The Dutch Courtesan 227:Antonio and Mellida 215:War of the Theatres 145:William Shakespeare 1409:English male poets 411:Earl of Huntingdon 370:and Ben Jonson on 360: 325:to Jonson. 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John Westland Marston

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satire
Ovid
Satires of Juvenal
satyr plays
Joseph Hall
flyting
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Thersites
Iago
King Lear
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John Whitgift
Bishop of London
Richard Bancroft
Philip Henslowe
Bishops' Ban of 1599
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