They were unhappy ("malcontent") with the way the King treated the old French nobility. Confined to the house in the first couple of seasons, Roger was miserable and malcontent. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcontent". Despite Johnson having a reputation as a malcontent, he and Ruiz were good friends. The first was "The Malcontent" in 1603; this satiric tragicomedy is Marston's most famous play. At the time, Boswell reported that Cleland was a "fine sly malcontent". The morality and sympathy of the malcontent is highly variable, as in the examples above. Klaus still has not come to terms with what happened, at times malcontent and gloomy. Klaus has yet to come to terms with what happened, at times malcontent and gloomy. After McGehee mentioned his last memo to Shackley, he got the label of a "malcontent". Marston's "The Malcontent" (1603) and Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (1601). Also in 1604, he adapted John Marston's "The Malcontent" for staging by the King's Men. This makes the role of the malcontent a complex one. Thuwaini was forced to levy duties on various articles, creating malcontent. The malcontent is a character type that often appeared in early modern drama.