Lewis Machin ( fl. 1607–09) was an English poet and playwright in the early 17th century. He may have worked with

Gervase Markham Gervase (or Jervis) Markham (ca. 1568 – 3 February 1637) was an English poet and writer. He was best known for his work '' The English Huswife, Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues Which Ought to Be in a Complete Woman'', first publishe ...

on the play ''

The Dumb Knight ''The Dumb Knight'', ''The Dumbe Knight: A Historical Comedy'', or ''The Dumbe Knight: A Pleasant Comedy'', written by Lewis Machin and Gervase Markham in roughly 1601 was acted by the Children of the King's Revels likely in the Whitefriars Theat ...

'' around 1601, although it is now argued that instead Machin revised Markham's original around 1608-09. In 1607 "certaine Eglogs" by "L.M" were appended to actor-playwright

William Barksted William Barksted ( fl. 1611) was an English actor and poet. Biography William Barksted in 1609 performed in Ben Jonson's ''Epicene'', and in 1613 in Beaumont and Fletcher's ''Coxcomb''. When he performed in ''Epicene'' he was of the company " ...

's poem ''Mirrha the Mother of Adonis'', and Machin contributed a commendatory verse as well. Around the same time Machin worked with Barksted to revise and complete John Marston's ''

The Insatiate Countess ''The Insatiate Countess'' is an early Jacobean era stage play, a tragedy first published in 1613. The play is a problematic element in John Marston's dramatic canon. Publication ''The Insatiate Countess'' was first printed in 1613, in a quart ...

'' for the short-lived

Children of the King's Revels The King's Revels Children or Children of the King's Revels were a troupe of actors, or playing company, in Jacobean era London, active in the 1607-9 period. They were part of a fashion for child actors that peaked in the first decade of the seve ...

at the

Whitefriars Theatre The Whitefriars Theatre was a theatre in Jacobean London, in existence from 1608 to the 1620s — about which only limited and sometimes contradictory information survives. Location The Whitefriars district was outside the medieval city walls o ...

. It has also been suggested that Machin is the author of another of that company's plays, ''Every Woman In Her Humour'' (1609).Adams, Joseph Quincy. “''Every Woman in Her Humor'' and ''The Dumb Knight''.” ''Modern Philology'' 10.1 (1912): 413-432. ''University of Chicago Press''

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