Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middletonwas an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson among the most successful and prolific playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He was one of the few Renaissance dramatists to achieve equal success in comedy and tragedy. Also a prolific writer of masques and pageants, he remains one of the most notable and distinctive of Jacobean dramatists...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth18 April 1580
Thomas Middleton quotes about
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A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.
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Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary.
affection truth
When affection only speaks, truth is not always there