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  • Chapter 3 - The Malcontent and the Records of Revival

  • from Part I - The Logic of Renewal
  • Edited by Eoin Price, University of Edinburgh, Harry Newman, Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Book:
    Reprints and Revivals of Renaissance Drama
    Published online:
    06 May 2026
    Print publication:
    25 June 2026, pp 65-80

  • Summary

    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.