The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets/John Marston
THis Poet liv'd in the Reign of King James the First, and writ eight Plays, six of which are usually bound together in one Volume, 8vo. 1633. and one of them reviv'd not many Years since, and acted with Success, under the Name of The Revenge; or, The Match in Newgate.
Antonia and Melida, Two Parts, a Tragedy, 4to. 1602. and 8vo. 1633. frequently acted by the Children of Paul's.
The Dutch Courtesan, a Comedy, 4to. 1605. and 8vo. 1633. Acted at the Black-Fryars, by the Children of the Queen's Majesty's Revels. The Story of Cockledemoy, in this Play, is borrowed from a French Book, entituled, des Contes du Monde, also from the English Book of Novels call'd, the Palace of Pleasure.
The Insatiate Countess, a Tragedy, 4to. 1603. Acted at the Black Fryars. Plot from Montius Hist. of Naples; see also Dr. Fuller's Prophane State, Chap. 2. and God's Revenge against Adultery, &c. Hist. 5.
The Male Content, a Tragi-Comedy, 4to. 1604. Mr. Webster laid the Plat-Form, and our Author Marston, moulded it into a Play.
Parasitaster; or, The Fawn, a Comedy, 4to. 1606. and 8vo. 1633. Act 3. Scene I. from Ovid's Amor. Lib. 2. Eleg. 4. see Boccace's Novels, Day 3. Nov. 3.
Sophonisba, her Tragedy; or, The Wonder of Women, a Tragedy, 4 to. 1633. Plot from Sir Walter Raliegh, Polibius, Appian, Livy’s Hist. &c.
What you will, a Comedy, 8 vo. 1633. Copied from Plautus Amphitrio. Mr. Phillips and Mr. Winstanly have made him Author of another Play, called, the Faithful Shepherd, but his Name not being thereto, nor he ever owning it, I conclude, with Mr. Langbain, that ’tis none of his.