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Webster, John. 1580?-1625?.
English playwright whose works include The White Devil (published 1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (c. 1613).
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WEBSTER, John — (c. 1580 c. 1634) John Webster, a dramatic poet and playwright who flourished during the first twenty years of the seventeenth century, is best known for his melodramatic style emphasizing terror and pity. He was at times a collaborative writer;… … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
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