Thomas Middleton
Playwright, Author
1580 – 1627
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Who was Thomas Middleton?
Thomas Middleton was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He was one of the few Renaissance dramatists to achieve equal success in comedy and tragedy. Also a prolific writer of masques and pageants, he remains one of the most noteworthy and distinctive of Jacobean dramatists.
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- Born
- Apr 18, 1580
London - Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- The Queen's College, Oxford
- Died
- 1627
Newington Butts
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on July 23, 2013
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