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Chapter 3 - The Malcontent and the Records of Revival

from Part I - The Logic of Renewal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2026

Eoin Price
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Harry Newman
Affiliation:
Royal Holloway, University of London
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John Marston’s The Malcontent was first performed in 1603 by the Children of the Chapel Royal at the Blackfriars. It was quickly appropriated by the King’s Men, who performed it at the Globe the following year. It was printed three times in 1604, but there were no further editions, and neither is there any evidence of the play being performed again until 1635, when the diarist John Greene records a performance by the King’s Men at the Blackfriars on Saturday, February 28. This chapter considers the fragmentary remains of Greene’s diary and asks what it might tell us about the early performance history of The Malcontent and the wider practice of revival in early modern London while also reflecting on the challenges faced by scholars who attempt to interpret evidence, or the lack thereof.

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