{"slug": "thomas-middleton", "label": "Thomas Middleton", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Middleton", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q344865", "qid": "Q344865", "description": "English playwright and poet", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1580, 1657], "span_label": ["1580 CE", "1657 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "archbishop-of-canterbury", "label": "Archbishop of Canterbury", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "globe-theatre", "label": "Globe Theatre", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1580, "year_label": "1580 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – (baptism) Thomas Middleton, English playwright (d. 1627)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369376205#Births", "title": "1580", "revid": 1369376205, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – Bishops' Ban of 1599: The Archbishop of Canterbury, John Whitgift, and the Bishop of London, Richard Bancroft order a ban on a selection of literary works, including Microcynicon: Six Snarling Satires, by Thomas Middleton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#April–June", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Latest probable date of Thomas Middleton composition of The Witch, a tragicomedy that may have entered into the present-day text of Shakespeare's Macbeth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#Date_unknown", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – The King's Men perform Thomas Middleton's satire A Game at Chess at the Globe Theatre in London. The performances are suppressed on August 14 in view of the play's allusions to the Spanish Match.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331350573#July–September", "title": "1624", "revid": 1331350573, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 (bur.) – Thomas Middleton, English playwright (b. 1580)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#Deaths", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Thomas Middleton's tragedy Women Beware Women (c. 1623–24) is published posthumously in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656979#Date_unknown", "title": "1657", "revid": 1366656979, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}