PLAYWRIGHTS AND PLAYS (PART I) – ELIZABETHAN TO JACOBEAN

 The Elizabethan Playwrights and their Important Plays

Playwright: Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

Plays: Dido, the Queen of Carthage/Tamburlaine the Great Parts I and II/ The Jew of Malta/

           Doctor Faustus/Edward II/The Massacre at Paris.

 

Playwright: John Lyly (1553/54-1606)

Plays: Campaspe /Sapho and Phao /Endymion /Gallathea /Midas /Mother Bombie/ 

            Love’s Metamorphosis.

 

Playwright: George Peele (1556-1596)

Plays: The Arraignment of Paris/Edward I/The Battle of Alcazar/The Old Wives’ Tale/

            David and Bathsheba.

 

Playwright: Robert Greene (1558-1592)

Plays: Alphonsus - King of Aragon/ Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay/ Orlando Furioso

 

Playwright: Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)

Plays: The Spanish Tragedy/ Solyman and Perseda /Cornelia/ The Ur-Hamlet

 

Playwright: Thomas Lodge (1558-1625)

Plays: The Wounds of Civil War/ A Looking Glass for London and England.

 

Playwright: Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)

Plays: Summer’s Last Will and Testament

 

Playwright: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Plays: Comedy of Errors /The Two Gentleman of Verona /The Taming of the Shrew /

           A Midsummer Night’s Dream /The Merchant of Venice /As You Like It /

           Much Ado about Nothing/ Twelfth Night /All’s Well that Ends Well /Measure for Measure/ 

           Troilus and Cressida/ Titus Andronicus /Romeo and Juliet /Hamlet /Othello /King Lear/ 

           Macbeth/Julius Caesar/ Antony and Cleopatra /Coriolanus /The Timon of Athens /Richard II/ 

           Richard III /King John /Henry V/ Henry VI (Parts I, II III) /Henry IV (Parts I, II) / Pericles /

           Love’s Labour’s Lost /Cymbeline/ The Winter’s Tale /The Tempest.

 

Playwright: Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Plays: Sejanus /Catiline his Conspiracy/Every Man in his Humour /Every Man out of his Humour/    

           Cynthia’s Revels/ The Poetaster/ Volpone/ Epicoene (or) The Silent Woman/The Alchemist/

           Bartholomew Fair/The Staple of News/The New Inn.

 

The Jacobean/Caroline Playwrights and their Important Plays

 

Playwright: Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Plays: The Scornful Ladie /The Coxcomb /Philaster /The Maides Tragedy /A king and No King/

            Cupid’s Revenge.

 

Playwright: Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

Plays: The Mayor of Queenborough /A Faire Quarrel /A Mad World, My Masters/

           The Roaring Girl (with Dekker) /The Old Law (with Massinger and Rowley) /The Changeling/

           Anything for a Quiet Life /A Trick to Catch the Old One /The Family of Love /

           Women beware Women/ A Game at Chess.

 

Playwright: John Webster (1580-1632)

Plays: The White Devil /The Duchess of Malfi /The Devil’s Law Case /Appius and Virginia.

 

Playwright: John Ford (1586-1639)

Plays: The Lover’s Melancholy /‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore /The Broken Heart.

 

Playwright: Thomas Dekker (1572-1632)

Plays: The Shoemaker’s Holiday/ The Honest Whore (with Middleton) /

           The Witch of Edmonton (with Ford and Rowley) / The Virgin Martyr (with Massinger).

 

Playwright: John Marston (1576-1634)

Plays: Antonio and Mellida/ Revenge of Antonio/ The Malcontent (with Webster).

 

Playwright: Philip Massinger (1583-1640)

Plays: The Virgin Martyr (with Dekker) /The City Madam /A New Way to Pay Old Debts/ 

           The Unnatural Combat /The Maid of Honour /Empire of the East/The Fatal Dowry (with Field)/ 

           The Duke of Milan /The Roman Actor.

 

Playwright: Thomas Heywood (1570-1641)

Plays: The Woman Killed with Kindness/ The Fair Maid of the West/ The English Traveler.

 

Playwright: James Shirley (1596-1666)

Plays: The Gamester/ The Lady of Pleasure/ The Maid’s Revenge/ The Wedding/ The Grateful Servant/

            The Witty Fair One/ The Traitor/ A Contention of Honour and Riches/ The Triumph of Beauty/

            Cupid and Death.

 

Playwright: George Chapman (1559-1634)

Plays: The Blind Beggar of Alexandria /All Fools’/ The Gentleman Usher/ Bussy D’ Ambois/

             The Admiral of France.

 

Playwright: Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

Plays: Aristippus /The Conceited Peddler /The Jealous Lovers /The Muses’ Looking Glass /Amyntas.

 

Playwright: William Rowley (1585-1626)

Plays: A New Wonder/ All’s Lost by Lust /A Match at Midnight /A Shoemaker is a Gentleman.

 

Playwright: Cyril Tourneur (?-1626)

Plays: The Atheist’s Tragedy/ The Revenger’s Tragedy