[English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History by Henry Coppee]@TWC D-Link bookEnglish Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History CHAPTER XIII 12/14
This contains a few highly wrought scenes, which have been variously attributed to Ben Jonson and to Webster. Robert Tailor: wrote _The Hog hath Lost his Pearl_, a comedy, published in 1614.
This partakes of the character of the _morality_. John Marston: wrote _Antonio and Mellida_, 1602; _Antonio's Revenge_, 1602; _Sophonisba, a Wonder of Women_, 1606; _The Insatiate Countess_, 1603, and many other plays.
Marston ranks high among the immediate predecessors of Shakspeare, for the number, variety, and vigorous handling of his plays. George Peele, born about 1553: educated at Oxford.
Many of his pieces are broadly comic.
The principal plays are: _The Arraignment of Paris_, _Edward I._ and _David and Bethsabe_.
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