A prolific Jacobean dramatist, frequent collaborator with John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, and others. Scholars tend to agree that Massinger wrote at least 15 plays independently and was a part of 23 collaborations. Many also believe that there may be upwards of a dozen of his works which have been lost. Among his many dramas, some of the more important include The Fatal Dowry (c. 1617-1619), Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1619), The Custom of the Country (c. 1619), The Maid of Honour (c. 1621-1622), The Duke of Milan (c. 1621-1622), The Bondman (1623), The Renegado (1624), The Parliament of Love (1624), The Unnatural Combat (c. 1624-1625), A New Way to Pay Old Debts (1625), The Roman Actor (1626), Believe As You List (1631), The Emperor of the East (1631), The City Madam (1632), A Very Woman (1634), and The Bashful Lover (1636).