 Instead he appears to have written on a freelance basis for any number of companies.His output ranges from the "snarling" satire of "Michaelmas Term" (performed by the Children of Paul's) to the bleak intrigues of "The Revenger's Tragedy" (performed by the King's Men).His early work was informed by the flourishing of satire in the late Elizabethan period, while his maturity was influenced by the ascendancy of Fletcherian tragicomedy.