I'm kept for pleasure though I never taste it

DMI number:

16978

Poem Aliases

Marston et al. Insatiate Countess.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

I'm kept for pleasure though I never taste it

Last Line:

His lady's private meetings with her lover

Poem Genre / Form:

Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama

Themes:

Love

Related People

Author:

John Marston

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Insatiate Countesse Act 3 Scene 1 (1613 S112257). ODNB suggests this was written by Marson and finished by Barksted and Machin. ODNB entry: 'The Insatiate Countess, was left unfinished and was completed by William Barkstead and Lewis Machin (c.1608–13).'

Author:

Lewis Machin

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Insatiate Countesse Act 3 Scene 1 (1613 S112257). ODNB suggests this was written by Marson and finished by Barksted and Machin. ODNB entry: 'He is credited as co-author with William Barksted of The Insatiate Countess, printed in 1613, on a cancel leaf substituted for the original title page in the copy in the Folger Shakespeare Library. The name John Marston has been cut out of the title page of several other copies, and it is widely thought that Barksted and Machin completed the play from a draft by Marston. Alternatively the play was written several years before publication, before Marston's writing career ended, with the participation of Barksted and Machin.'

Author:

William Barksted [Backsted or Baxter]

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from The Insatiate Countesse Act 3 Scene 1 (1613 S112257). ODNB suggests this was written by Marson and finished by Barksted and Machin.

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

p.[1]

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Marston's Insatiate Countess

Attributed To:

John Marston