The English playwright Philip Massinger (1583-1640) was a productive dramatist, although much of his energy was devoted to collaboration and revision. His most distinctive work reflects a religious and moral earnestness but somewhat limited powers of...

As the leading dramatist of London's major theatrical company, the King's Men, during Charles I's reign, Philip Massinger had the distinction of holding a post which had been occupied by William Shakespeare until 1616 and then by John Fletcher until...

Philip Massinger's tragicomic plays contain the recurring theme of commercial exchange to denote the transfer of responsibilities and obligations from the benefactor to the receiver. These exchanges come in the form of debts and payments, purchases, merchandise and gifts. Massinger was primarily concerned with...

PARIS Felten-Massinger GALERIE MICHÃLE CHOMETTE The photographs of Christine Feiten and Véronique Massinger call to mind John Berger's dictum that the relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. At first glance, the large-format landscapes and cityscapes...

In the following essay, Knights views Massinger as the last of the Elizabethans, as his works are concerned with aristocratic values and show little interest in the middle class or common people.

In the following essay, Howard sees The Roman Actor and Believe as You List as evidence of Massinger's increased political involvement in the Caroline period and of his shift towards more appropriate subject matter for tragedy than he had treated in his earlier plays.

In the following essay, Hoy discusses the repeated verbal patterns in Massinger's own plays and his collaborative efforts.