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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Occupation: playwright, poet, writer
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: 1578
Died: 1634

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John Webster

English dramatist (1578-1634)

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