Thomas Middleton

Timeline

1. 1601–1604London · EnglandMiddleton emerged in the London theatres around 1601; The Phoenix was staged in 1603, and in 1604 he co-wrote The Honest Whore with Thomas Dekker, using satire to depict urban morals and prostitution, establishing his city comedy style and winning an important place in the theatre world at the end of the Elizabethan era.
2. 1605–1608London · EnglandA Trick to Catch the Old One was a great success in 1605, followed by Your Five Gallants in 1607 and The Roaring Girl in 1608, the latter co-written with Dekker and based on the real figure Mary Frith, exploring female cross-dressing and urban liberty, becoming a representative work of Jacobean city drama.
3. 1609–1610London · EnglandBetween 1609 and 1610 Middleton gradually shifted from city comedy to tragedy and court masques, paving the way for later works such as Women Beware Women, The Changeling and Timon of Athens co-credited with Shakespeare, becoming one of the most prolific playwrights on the London stage in the reign of James I.