Late-Elizabethan and early-Jacobean poet and playwright, baptized in 1580. A prolific and popular writer, Middleton was known for his talent with both tragedies and comedies, sometimes combined in his famous tragicomedies. Middleton collaborated with playwrights such as Thomas Dekker, Philip Massinger, and John Webster. Middleton's most famous plays include The Changeling, A Fair Quarrel, The Old Law, and Revenger's Tragedy.