Philip Massinger

"Philip Massinger" by Alfred Hamilton Cruickshank is a deep look into the world of playwright Philip Massinger, who lived at the same time as Shakespeare, telling about his life and plays. The book aims to really study what Massinger added to plays back then, matching him up against other famous writers, and pointing out what made his style and the ideas in his plays special. Cruickshank starts off ready to dig into Massinger’s life story and what he created. He shares how World War I affected him and pushed him to write this book, hoping to make Massinger more well-known since he’s often not as talked about as big names like Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. To start, the book quickly goes over Massinger’s life, who he worked with, and the important plays he wrote, showing him as someone important in English writing who deserves more attention.