Massinger, Philip
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Massinger, Philip (1583–1640), English playwright, who is believed to have written, either alone or in collaboration, about 40 plays, of which perhaps half survive. Eight are known to have been destroyed by
Warburton's cook, who used the pages of their unique copies to line her pie-dishes. Early in his career, Massinger is believed to have worked with
Fletcher on
The Two Noble Kinsmen and Shakespeare's
Henry VIII (both 1613), but the first of his own surviving works was a tragedy,
The Duke of Milan (1620). This was followed by his best-known play, a comedy entitled
A New Way to Pay Old Debts (1623). Its chief character, Sir Giles Overreach, provided a fine part for a succession of leading actors, including, after its revival in the late 17th century, Edmund
Kean in 1816, and Donald
Wolfit in 1950. Among Massinger's later plays the best are
The Roman Actor (1626), also revived by Kean, and two comedies,
The City Madam (1632) and
The Guardian (1633).
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Giving and taking in Massinger's tragicomedies. (Philip Massinger)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; In Philip Massinger's The Renegado (1624), a romantic...and tragedies. For the most part, Massinger did observe this decorum, writing...shopkeeper in The Renegado is not unusual in Massinger's work. Most of his tragicomedies...
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Dramatic nostalgia and spectacular conversion in Dekker and Massinger's: the virgin Martyr.(Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Spectacular Conversion in Dekker and Massinger's The Virgin Martyr Critical debates about Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger's The Virgin Martyr (1620...materials, Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger create a troubling conversion...
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'The Roman Actor,' censorship, and dramatic autonomy.
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Fletcher, replaced as principal playwright by Philip Massinger. These events converge in 1626 with Massinger's The Roman Actor, his first play in...Engaging in "opposition drama,"(1) Massinger attacks the government's control of the...
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Philosophical consolations
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 6/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...to help him through the show. Philip Massinger's The Roman Actor (1626) was...growing autocracy of the Crown. Massinger's sympathies in Believe What...England's relations with Spain. Massinger was therefore compelled to recast...
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Dangerous liaisons
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 6/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Shakespeare's near contemporary Philip Massinger as he sought dramatic subjects...These issues are the subject of Massinger's deeply fascinating The Roman...fixed smiles of his entourage. Massinger's 'tragedy', though, concerns...
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Performance and Power: The Roman Actor v. Rose Rage.
Magazine article from: Early Modern Literary Studies; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...gt;. The Roman Actor. By Philip Massinger. With Antony Sher (Domitianus...30, 2002. In the first act of Massinger's The Roman Actor, the eponymous...to bardolatrous expectations, Massinger's was the better play. Holmes...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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This Roman emperor is a Sher-fire villain; THEATRE.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 12/16/2002; ; 669 words
; ...comic is gleefully crossed in Philip Massinger's engrossing study of a mad...the reign of one awful emperor, Massinger transmits a veiled warning about...alternative to sunbathing. For Massinger has a flair for catching the casual...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Review: Company revive play in style; The Roman Actor The Swan Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 6/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...caught the public imagination. Philip Massinger's The Roman Actor (1626) has...Caesars, and we might think that Massinger was reflecting the contemporary...their souls but is disappointed. Massinger sets all this as a play within...
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The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon, vol. 9.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...attributed to John Fletcher and Philip Massinger - The Sea Voyage, The Double...that it is one of Fletcher and Massinger's "hastier, less considered...attempt to "salvage" the bad art Massinger had wrought (7). Even when...
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A star is torn Performing in public is the stuff of politicians' lives, as well as actors'. But as the RSC revives the Jacobean tragedy The Roman Actor, PAUL TAYLOR reflects on the unhappy history of players and tyrants
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/29/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...rarely performed tragedy written by Philip Massinger in 1626, which opens tomorrow...director, Sean Holmes, points out, Massinger - who succeeded Shakespeare and...predicament of the troupes in Massinger's tragedy and the Russian tragicomedy...
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Philip Massinger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Philip Massinger The English playwright Philip Massinger (1583-1640) was a productive dramatist, although...earnestness but somewhat limited powers of characterization. Philip Massinger was born in Salisbury, southern England. He was the...
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Massinger, Philip
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Massinger, Philip (1583–1640), English...pie-dishes. Early in his career, Massinger is believed to have worked with Fletcher...and Donald Wolfit in 1950. Among Massinger's later plays the best are The Roman...
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Francis Beaumont (1584/5–1616) and John Fletcher (1579–1625)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...formed a settled collaboration with Philip Massinger. Their best-known plays include...contested, and the contribution of Massinger recognized. Aston Cockayne protested...no claim, and notes that it is Massinger, not Beaumont, who was buried...
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Thomas Dekker
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...He began his literary career c.1598 working for Philip Henslowe . During this period he wrote his most famous...collaboration with Middleton ( The Roaring Girl, 1611), Philip Massinger ( The Virgin Martyr, 1622), John Ford, and others...
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Warburton, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...unluckely burnd or put under Pye Bottoms’. He left a list of the titles of these lost plays, from which it appears that the chief sufferers from Betsy's depredations were Thomas Dekker , John Ford , and Philip Massinger .
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