Thomas Middleton

Middleton, Thomas (1580–1627), English dramatist. He wrote lively, naturalistic comedies, the Lord Mayor of London's pageants and various masques, and 2 tragedies concerning human corruption: The Changeling (1621) and Women Beware Women (1657). A Game at Chesse (1624) was his satire on political marriages with Spain, suppressed under James I.