Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger (baptized in Salisbury, November 24, 1583 - London, March 17, 1640) was an English playwright.
His father Arthur Massinger was a member of parliament and worked as an agent for Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (who was also the patron of Pembroke's Men). Massinger studied in Oxford, but did not get a degree. From papers of theater manager Philip Henslowe, it appears that Massinger worked as a playwright for him in 1613, probably after working as an actor.
Massager's name appears for the first time on a work published in 1622, The Virgin Martyr, which he wrote in collaboration with Thomas Dekker. He wrote many pieces in collaboration with several other writers, but also 16 solo works. The following pieces, mainly comedies and tragicomedies, have been identified as Massinger's work (in parentheses the date of publication):
Massager's work has been a popular way for a long time, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam and The Roman Actor.
Philip Massinger worked together with John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Nathan Field, John Ford, Ben Jonson, George Chapman, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, sometimes with several of these writers at the same time.
After the death of Philip Henslowe in 1616, Massinger and Fletcher began to write for King's Men, the company that previously played mostly pieces of "writer William Shakespeare." Between 1623 and 1626 he wrote to the Lady Elizabeth's Men, who performed at The Cockpit, the pieces of The Parliament of Love, The Bondman and The Renegado. The Great Duke of Florence was played in 1627 by Queen Henrietta's Men.
Massinger died unexpectedly in his home near the Globe Theater and was buried on St. Maarten's churchyard in Southwark on 18 March 1640, in the same tomb as John Fletcher.
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