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