Malcontent and Other Plays
Worth buying if: You enjoy reading plays as literary texts as well as scripts for performance.
Skip it if: You are looking for a novelistic narrative rather than multiple plays.
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Summary
This volume presents The Malcontent alongside other plays by Marston, offering a sustained encounter with his work as a dramatist. Published by Penguin UK in 2001.
Why this book now
Read it now for a focused return to Marston’s plays in a single, substantial collection.
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Best for readers who...
Good fit if you want...
- You enjoy reading plays as literary texts as well as scripts for performance.
- You want more than The Malcontent alone and welcome a substantial collection.
- When you want a vivid sense of place, the book refuses melodrama, instead tending to emotional truth in quiet, unsentimental scenes.
- You are looking for a novelistic narrative rather than multiple plays.
- You prefer a short volume over a 496-page collection.
- When you dislike opaque narrators, description is rich and frequent, which may feel excessive if you like sparseness.
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Exact edition: Paperback · ISBN-13 9780140436358
Worth buying if: You enjoy reading plays as literary texts as well as scripts for performance.
Skip it if: You are looking for a novelistic narrative rather than multiple plays.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
Reader guide
Cues to help you decide faster.
Reading commitment
Steady Needs some room
At 496 pages, this is a substantial collection best approached over several sittings or alongside a course of reading in drama.
What stands out here
This is the 2001 Penguin UK edition of Marston’s plays, with The Malcontent foregrounded in the title.
Best way to approach it
Read play by play, allowing each work its own shape, pace, voices, and stage logic.
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Paperback: ISBN-13 9780140436358
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