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John Marston


Born
in Islington, London, The United Kingdom
August 26, 1576

Died
June 25, 1634

Genre
Theatre, Poetry


John Marston was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. His career as a writer lasted a decade, and 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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Average rating: 3.5 · 993 ratings · 142 reviews · 124 distinct works • Similar authors
The Malcontent
3.50 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1605 — 53 editions
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The Dutch Courtesan
3.27 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1604 — 24 editions
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Antonio and Mellida
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1965 — 18 editions
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The Wonder of Women; Or, th...
3.49 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1606 — 25 editions
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The Insatiate Countess
3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1613 — 13 editions
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The Metamorphosis of Pigmal...
3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1598 — 3 editions
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The Malcontent and Other Plays
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The Fawn
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What You Will
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Four Jacobean City Plays
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“I’d have scratched her eyes out and sucked the holes.”
― John Marston, The Dutch Courtesan
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“Now God deliver me from my friends!”
― John Marston, The Malcontent
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“You eat babies”
― John Marston
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