Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

The Malcontent

Marston, John, published 1604 · tragicomedy · Adult Professional;Professional;Boys Professional · other editions of this work: 470 (1604)

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TitleThe Malcontent
AuthorMarston, John
Publication year (edition)1604
Genre (British Drama)tragicomedy
Genre group (comparison)tragicomedy — from the British Drama label · Annals: tragicomedy
Play typeAdult Professional;Professional;Boys Professional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEPwork 203 · edition 468 · TCP A07071 · DEEP 359
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)1604 [1602-1604]
First performance (BritDrama)1603 [1602-1604]
Company (BritDrama)Children of the Chapel (second)
Company (Annals)Children of the Queen's Revels
PrinterSimmes, Valentine
PublisherAspley, William
FormatQuarto
Greg203a
Genre (Annals)Tragicomedy
Genre (BritDrama)Tragicomedy
BritDrama no.1391
Title page[A2r] THE MALCONTENT.
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10–24515T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.68WHy how now? are ye mad? or drunk? or both? or what? Are ye building Babylon there? here's a noise in Court, y…
225–56528T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.81Phew, the Devil let him possess thee, he'll teach thee to speak all languages, most readily and strangely, and…
357–116495T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.73Death and damnation. Lightning and thunder. Vengeance and torture. Catzo. O revenge. I would damn him and all …
4117–131517T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.79Now good Elysium, what a delicious heaven is it for a man to be in a PRINCE's favour? o sweet God, o pleasure!…
5132–184503T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.77What? Troth 'tis too shameless, What said he? Why that at four women were fools, at fourteen drabs, at forty B…
6185–244512T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.85I? come, come, sit, here's my bare heart to thee as steady as is this centre to this glorious world, And yet h…
7245–286508T1 Death, grief and revenge0.74It is too well, my bosom, and my heart, When nothing helps, cut of the rotten part. Who cannot feign friendshi…
8287–350508T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.82Why to bed, to bed. Do your husband's lie with ye? That were country fashion i'faith. ha' ye no foregoers abou…
9351–376507T3 Sickness, physic and doctors0.73Your silence answers I, I thank you, come on now, o that I might die, Before her shames displayed, would I wer…
10377–452506unassignedNight dear Maquerelle. May my possets operation send you my wit and honesty, And me your youth and beauty, the…
11453–510522T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.81And those whom Princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die; as sure as fate, Prevention is the hear…
12511–562518unassignedO help, help, conceal & save me. Thy shame more than thy wounds do grieve me far, Thy wounds but leave upon th…
13563–605486T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.76Mal vole. Elder of Israel, thou honest defect of wicked nature and obstinate ignorance, when did thy wife let …
14606–642482T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.84He does fly from public notice methinks, as a Hair does from hounds, the feet whereon he flies betrays him. I …
15643–667521T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.83My utmost project is to murder the Duke, that I might have his state, because he makes me his heir: to banish …
16668–693494T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.78Faith my Lord I did but dream, and dreams you say prove not always true: they may hold in a good sword, but no…
17694–719495T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.77Was he found in bed? O no, but the villainous certainty is, the door was not bolted, the tongue-tied hatch hel…
18720–780486T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.72Trust me so have I, saving the falling back, and then honour. Music, music. Who saw the duke? the duke. Music.…
19781–836522T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.82A guard, a guard, we full of hearty tears, For our good father's loss, For so we well may call him: Who did be…
20837–890527T1 Death, grief and revenge0.75A Church man once corrupted, oh avoid A fellow that makes Religion his stalking horse, He breeds a plague: tho…
21891–939510T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.83It is to good, blessed spirit of my Lord: O in what or before thy soul is throne, Behold me worthily most mise…
22940–982510unassignedWhy then I would turn straight again: 'tis good run still with him that has most might: I had rather stand wit…
23983–996512T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim0.73Very very well, for we women always note, the falling of the one, is the rising of the other: some must be fat…
24997–1024509unassignedI hope I have one already. Nay, by mine honour madam, as good he near a husband, as a banished husband, he's i…
251025–1076521T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.75Now a my conscience, now I think in my discretion, we did not take her in the right sign, the blood was not in…
261077–1096516unassignedMost happy, dear Celso, poisoned with an empty box? I'll give thee all anon: my Lady comes to court, there is …
271097–1163500unassignedWhat wouldst thou, thou affliction to our house? Thou ever devil, 'twas thou that banishedst my truly noble Lo…
281164–1216496T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour0.80O, yet forbear my hand, away, fly, fly, O seeke not her that onely to y. Poor loved soul. What, wouldst court …