John Marston (October 7, 1576 - June 25, 1634) was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

The rage of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, King Lear, and Timon, as well as the malice of Thersites and Iago, are generally seen as having been foreshadowed in the truculent language of Marston's Scourge of Villainy.

Plays and Production dates

• Histriomastix, London, Paul's theater, 1599.
• Antonio and Mellida , London, Paul's theater, 1599-1600.
• Lust's Dominion, by Marston, Thomas Dekker, John Day, and William Haughton, London, Rose theater, Spring 1600.
• Jack Drum's Entertainment, London, Paul's theater, 1600.
• Antonio's Revenge, London, Paul's theater, 1600.
• What You Will, London, Paul's theater, 1601.
• The Malcontent, London, Blackfriars theater, 1603-1604.
• Parasitaster, or The Fawn, London, Blackfriars theater, 1604.
• Eastward Ho, by Marston, George Chapman, and Ben Jonson, London, Blackfriars theater, 1604-1605.
• The Dutch Courtesan, London, Blackfriars theater, 1605.
• The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedy of Sophonisba, London, Blackfriars theater, 1606.
• The Spectacle Presented to the Sacred Majesties of Great Britain, and Denmark as They Passed through London, London, 31 July 1606.
• The Entertainment of the Dowager-Countess of Darby, Ashby-de-la Zouch in Leicester, 1607.
• The Insatiate Countess, by Marston and William Barksted , London, Whitefriars theater, 1608?.

Books by the Author

• The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image. And Certaine Satyres (London: Printed by J. Roberts for E. Matts, 1598).
• The Scourge of Villanie. Three Bookes of Satyres (London: Printed by J. Roberts & sold by J. Buzbie, 1598; revised and enlarged edition, London: J. Roberts, 1599).
• Jacke Drums Entertainment: Or, The Comedie of Pasquill and Katherine (London: Printed by T. Creede for R. Olive, 1601).
• Loves Martyr: or, Rosalins Complaint, by Marston, Ben Jonson, William Shakespeare, and George Chapman (London: Printed for E. B., 1601).
• The History of Antonio and Mellida (London: Printed by R. Bradock for M. Lownes & T. Fisher, 1602).
• Antonios Revenge (London: Printed by R. Bradock for T. Fisher, 1602).
• The Malcontent (London: Printed by V. Simmes for W. Aspley, 1604).
• Eastward Hoe, by Marston, Chapman, and Jonson (London: Printed by G. Eld for W. Aspley, 1605).
• The Dutch Courtezan (London: Printed by T. Purfoote for J. Hodgets, 1605).
• Parasitaster, or The Fawne (London: Printed by T. Purfoote for W. Cotton, 1606).
• The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedie of Sophonisba (London: Printed by J. Windet, 1606).
• What You Will (London: Printed by G. Eld for T. Thorppe, 1607).
• Histrio-mastix: Or, The Player Whipt (London: Printed by G. Eld for T. Thorp, 1610).
• The Insatiate Countesse, by Marston and William Barksted (London: Printed by T. Snodham for T. Archer, 1613).
• The Workes of Mr. J. Marston (London: Printed by A. Mathewes for W. Sheares, 1633); republished as Tragedies and Comedies (London: Printed by A. Mathewes for W. Sheares, 1633).
• Comedies, Tragi-comedies; & Tragedies, Nonce Collection (London, 1652).
• Lust's Dominion, or The Lascivious Queen (presumably the same play as The Spanish Moor's Tragedy), by Marston, Thomas Dekker, John Day, and William Haughton (London: Printed for F. K. & sold by Robert Pollard, 1657).