Jacobean
John Webster
1578 – 1634
English dramatist (1578-1634)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- British
- English Renaissance theatre
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About
John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often seen as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. His life and career overlapped with Shakespeare's.
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Life on the Timeline
1578 – 1634
800 BCToday
Major Works
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