War of the Theatres

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War of the Theatres was a late-Elizabethan literary feud in which playwrights, notably Ben Jonson and John Marston, satirized and attacked each other through their plays on the London stage.

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War of the Theatres canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Elizabethan theatrical controversy ⓘ
literary feud ⓘ
characterizedBy dramatic parody ⓘ
mutual literary attacks ⓘ
personal satire ⓘ
country England ⓘ
culturalContext London commercial theatre ⓘ
rise of professional playwrights ⓘ
endTime circa 1602 ⓘ
hasGenre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasMedium stage plays ⓘ
hasOtherName Poetomachia ⓘ
War of the Poets ⓘ
hasSubject authorship and literary reputation ⓘ
moral and social criticism ⓘ
professional jealousy among writers ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of playwrights using the stage for personal polemic ⓘ
key episode in history of English Renaissance drama ⓘ
impact illustrated tensions between authors and actors ⓘ
influenced development of satiric comedy ⓘ
shaped public images of participating playwrights ⓘ
involves Ben Jonson ⓘ
George Chapman ⓘ
John Marston ⓘ
London acting companies ⓘ
Thomas Dekker ⓘ
mainLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

London public theatres ⓘ
mainWork Cynthia’s Revels ⓘ
Every Man out of His Humour ⓘ
Histriomastix ⓘ
Jack Drum’s Entertainment ⓘ
Poetaster ⓘ
Satiromastix ⓘ
What You Will ⓘ
notableParticipantRole Ben Jonson as principal aggressor ⓘ
John Marston as satiric opponent of Ben Jonson ⓘ
Thomas Dekker as defender of Marston against Jonson ⓘ
relatedTo personal rivalries among playwrights ⓘ
satire in Elizabethan drama ⓘ
theatrical competition between companies ⓘ
startTime circa 1599 ⓘ
timePeriod late Elizabethan era ⓘ

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John Marston → participantIn → War of the Theatres ⓘ
Satiromastix → associatedEvent → War of the Theatres ⓘ