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English playwright (1583–1640)
Also known as: Филипп Мэссинджер, フィリップ・マシンジャー, 菲利普·馬辛格, フィリップ・マシンガー, フィリップ・マッシンガー, フィリップ・マッシンジャー
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John Fletcher1579–1625ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetJacobean tragicomedy and romance with intricate plotting, a collaborative mode closely matching Massinger's. (AI reason)
Ben Jonson1572–1637ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetSatirical city comedy exposing greed and social climbing, akin to A New Way to Pay Old Debts. (AI reason)
Thomas Middleton1580–1627ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetSharp city comedies and moral tragedies about money and corruption, and co-author of The Old Law. (AI reason)
- John Ford1586–1639ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
Caroline tragedy with restrained, elegant verse and dark moral dilemmas. (AI reason)
James Shirley1596–1666ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetCaroline comedies of manners and tragedies sharing Massinger's era and polished style. (AI reason)
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Francis Beaumont1584–1616ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetTragicomic and satiric drama in the Beaumont-Fletcher canon that Massinger helped shape. (AI reason)
- John Webster1578–1634ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
Jacobean tragedy of court corruption and tyranny, resonant with The Roman Actor. (AI reason)
- William Rowley1585–1626ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yet
Collaborative Jacobean comedy and tragedy, co-author of The Old Law. (AI reason)
Thomas Dekker1572–1632ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetLondon citizen comedy and moral drama, and Massinger's collaborator on The Virgin Martyr. (AI reason)
Richard Brome1590–1652ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetCaroline city comedy satirizing social pretension and wealth. (AI reason)
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- The Roman actor (1629)
- A new way to pay old debts
- A critical edition of Massinger's The Roman actor (1929)
- The great Duke of Florence (1636)
- The plays of Philip Massinger (1759)