Thomas Middleton Biography

Thomas Middleton biography

Quick Facts

NAME: Thomas Middleton
OCCUPATION: Playwright
BIRTH DATE: c. April 1580
DEATH DATE: July 04, 1627
EDUCATION: Queen's College, Oxford
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
PLACE OF DEATH: Newington Butts, Surrey, England

Best Known For

Thomas Middleton is one of the most noteworthy and distinctive Jacobean dramatists who was equally successful in portraying both comedy and tragedy.

Quiz

Think you know about Biography?

Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.

Play Now

Print Cite This

Thomas Middleton

APA Style

Thomas Middleton. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 10:11, May 22, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-middleton-39631.

Harvard Style

Thomas Middleton. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-middleton-39631 [Accessed 22 May 2013].

MLA Style

"Thomas Middleton." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 22 2013, 10:11 http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-middleton-39631.

MHRA Style

"Thomas Middleton," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-middleton-39631 [accessed May 22, 2013].

Chicago Style

"Thomas Middleton," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-middleton-39631 (accessed May 22, 2013).

CBE/CSE Style

Thomas Middleton [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 22] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-middleton-39631.

Bluebook Style

Thomas Middleton, http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-middleton-39631 (last visited May 22, 2013).

AMA Style

Thomas Middleton. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-middleton-39631. Accessed May 22, 2013.

Profile

Thomas Middleton is one of the most noteworthy and distinctive Jacobean dramatists who was equally successful in portraying both comedy and tragedy. As a playwright, he was frequently commissioned to write pageants and civic entertainments. His most successful plays include A Game at Chess (1625), an allegory about England and Spain's political tensions, Women Beware Women and The Honest Whore.