John Webster

John Webster
Bornc. 1578
London, England
Diedc. 1626 (age 53 or 54)
London, England
SpouseSara Peniall

John Webster (c. 1578 – c. 1632) 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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