c. 1570-1627. English dramatist. He produced
numerous romantic plays, tragedies, and
realistic comedies, both alone and in
collaboration, including A Fair Quarrel and
The Changeling 1622 with Rowley; The Roaring
Girl with Dekker; and Women Beware Women
1621. His political satire A Game at Chess
1624 was concerned with the plots to unite
the royal houses of England and Spain, and
caused a furore with the authorities.