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The Malcontent
Play by John Marston / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the character type, see Malcontent.
The Malcontent is an early Jacobean stage play written by the dramatist and satirist John Marston ca. 1603. The play was one of Marston's most successful works. It is widely regarded as one of the most significant plays of the English Renaissance; an extensive body of scholarly research and critical commentary has accumulated around it.[1]
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