John Webster

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John Webster was a prominent Jacobean dramatist best known for his dark, complex tragedies such as "The Duchess of Malfi" and "The White Devil."

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instanceOf Jacobean dramatist
dramatist
person
play
play
play
play
playwright
tragedy
tragedy
activeDuring Stuart period
surface form: Jacobean era
author John Webster self-linksurface differs
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collaboratedWith John Ford
Thomas Dekker
William Rowley
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
floruit early 17th century
genre revenge tragedy
tragedy
influenced 20th-century theatre
modernist dramatists
knownFor complex characterisation
dark tragedies
violent and macabre themes
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement English Renaissance drama
English Renaissance drama
surface form: Jacobean theatre
nationality English
notableWork The Devil's Law-Case
The Duchess of Malfi
The White Devil
occupation dramatist
playwright
workLocation London, England
surface form: London
wrote Appius and Virginia
The Devil's Law-Case
The Duchess of Malfi
The White Devil

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Thomas Dekker collaboratedWith John Webster
John Ford collaboratedWith John Webster
Thomas Kyd influenced John Webster
John Webster author John Webster self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Duchess of Malfi
John Webster author John Webster self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The White Devil
John Webster author John Webster self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Devil's Law-Case
John Webster author John Webster self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Appius and Virginia
The Duchess of Malfi author John Webster