The Malcontent
by John Marston

The Malcontent Book Cover
The Malcontent Cover

Highlights

British

Synopsis

"This Malevole is one of the most prodigious affections that ever conversed with nature: a man, or rather a monster, more discontent than Lucifer."

The Malcontent is a striking example of the new satiric tone and moral seriousness in English comedy of the early 1600s.

The play's vision of a fallen humanity driven by lust and ambition is created partly by its depiction of Machiavellian intrigue in the court of Genoa, and partly by the disaffected Malevole, the malcontent of the title, who is actually the deposed Duke Altofronto in disguise.

Marston's tragi-comedy is full of reversals, surprises and moral transformations and offers a thin disguise for the Jacobean court and its vices.

This new student edition contains a lengthy new Introduction with background on the author, date and sources, theme, critical interpretation and stage history.

Publication

Publisher
Methuen
Year Published
1998
ISBN 10
0713642882
ISBN 13
9780713642889
Binding
Paperback
Edition
2nd ed.
Print Length
176 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
eISBN 13
9781408144497
Print
The Malcontent is a British play written by and published by Methuen in London, 1998. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780713642889 and an ISBN-10 of 0713642882.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Apple Books Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9781408144497.

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