chaplains, of whom Jonson said in 1619 (Laing, 16) that 'Marston wrott his Father-in-lawes preachings, and his Father-in-law his Commedies'.
If we trust the portrait of Crispinus in The Poetaster, he had red hair and little legs. A letter from Marston to Sir Gervase Clifton, endorsed 'Poet Marston', is calendared in Hist. MSS. Various Coll. vii. 389; it is undated, but must, from the names used, be of 1603-8.
Collections
1633. Tragedies and Comedies collected into one volume. Viz. 1. Antonio and Mellida. 2. Antonio's Revenge. 3. The Tragedie of Sophonisba. 4. What You Will. 5. The Fawne. 6. The Dutch
Courtezan. A. M. for William Sheares. [Epistle to Viscountess Falkland, signed 'William Sheares'.] 1633. The Workes of Mr. Iohn Marston, Being Tragedies and Comedies, Collected into one Volume. For William Sheares. [Another issue.] 1856. J. O. Halliwell, The Works of John Marston. 3 vols. [Contains all the works, except Jack Drum's Entertainment.] 1879. A. B. Grosart, The Poems of John Marston. [Contains Pygmalion's Image and the satires.] 1887. A. H. Bullen, The Works of John Marston. 3 vols. [Contains all the works, except Jack Drum's Entertainment.] Dissertations: W. von Scholten, Metrische Untersuchungen zu Marston's Trauerspielen (1886, Halle diss.); P. Aronstein, John Marston als Dramatiker (E. S. xx. 377; xxi. 28); W. v. Wurzbach, John Marston (1897, Jahrbuch, xxxiii. 85); C. Winckler, John Marston's litterarische Anfänge (1903, Breslau diss.) and Marston's Erstlingswerke und ihre Beziehungen zu Shakespeare (1904, E. S. xxxiii. 216).
PLAYS Antonio and Mellida. 1599
S. R. 1601, Oct. 24. 'A booke called The ffyrst and second partes of the play called Anthonio and Melida provided that he gett laufull licence for yt.' Matthew Lownes and Thomas Fisher (Arber, iii. 193).
1602. The History of Antonio and Mellida. The first part. As it hath beene sundry times acted, by the Children of Paules. Written by I. M. For Mathew Lownes and Thomas Fisher. [Epistle to Nobody, signed 'J. M.', Induction, Prologue, and Epilogue.]
1602. Antonio's Reuenge. The second part. As it hath beene sundry times acted, by the children of Paules. Written by I. M. For Thomas Fisher. [Prologue.]
Editions by C. W. Dilke (1814, O. E. P. ii) and W. W. Greg (1921, M. S. R.).
In V. i of Part i a painter brings in two pictures, one dated 'Anno Domini, 1599', the other 'Aetatis suae 24'. I agree with Small, 92, that these are probably real dates and that the second indicates Marston's own age. As he must have completed his twenty-fourth year by 3 Feb. 1600 at latest, Part i was probably produced in 1599. The prologue of Part ii speaks of winter as replacing summer, and
