Middleton, Thomas
Born: Apr 18, 1580 AD
Died: 1627 AD, at 47 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Playwrights
Died: 1627 AD, at 47 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Playwrights
1580 - Born in London and baptized on the 18th of April.
1593-1596- Thomas Middletons entered at Gray's Inn respectively.
1598-1601 - He wrote and published three long poems in popular Elizabethan styles; none appears to have been especially successful, and one, his book of satires, ran afoul of the Anglican Church's ban on verse satire and was burned. Nevertheless.
- Middleton made a living writing topical pamphlets, including one—Penniless Parliament of Threadbare Poets—that enjoyed many reprintings.
- He had become one of Philip Henslowe's established playwrights.
1603 - Middleton married. The same year, an outbreak of plague forced the closing of the theaters in London, and James I assumed the English throne.
1610 - Middleton began his fruitful collaboration with the actor William Rowley; working alone he produced his comic masterpiece.
1620 - He was appointed City Chronologer of the City of London.
1624 - He reached a pinnacle of notoriety when his dramatic allegory A Game at Chess was staged by the King's Men.
1627 - Died on the 4th of July at his home in Newington Butts. Some of his descendants reside in southern Wisconsin .
1593-1596- Thomas Middletons entered at Gray's Inn respectively.
1598-1601 - He wrote and published three long poems in popular Elizabethan styles; none appears to have been especially successful, and one, his book of satires, ran afoul of the Anglican Church's ban on verse satire and was burned. Nevertheless.
- Middleton made a living writing topical pamphlets, including one—Penniless Parliament of Threadbare Poets—that enjoyed many reprintings.
- He had become one of Philip Henslowe's established playwrights.
1603 - Middleton married. The same year, an outbreak of plague forced the closing of the theaters in London, and James I assumed the English throne.
1610 - Middleton began his fruitful collaboration with the actor William Rowley; working alone he produced his comic masterpiece.
1620 - He was appointed City Chronologer of the City of London.
1624 - He reached a pinnacle of notoriety when his dramatic allegory A Game at Chess was staged by the King's Men.
1627 - Died on the 4th of July at his home in Newington Butts. Some of his descendants reside in southern Wisconsin .
Page last updated: 2:42pm, 01st May '07
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