Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton (baptized
April 18,
1580-
1627) was an
English Elizabethan playwright and poet. His best-known plays are
The Changeling (written with
William Rowley) and
Women Beware Women. It is also widely believed that he wrote
The Revenger's Tragedy, previously attributed to
Cyril Tourneur, and collaborated with
Shakespeare on the scenes involving the Weird Sisters and
Hecate in
Macbeth.
Middleton was appointed City Chronologer of the City of London in 1620, a post that he held until his death. His successor in the post was Ben Jonson.
See: Thomas Middleton by J R Mulryne ISBN 058201266X