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John Webster
(1578 - 1632 / England)
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Though he has since become recognised as one of the greatest writers of the Jacobean era, Webster's plays were not particularly popular in his own lifetime, and very little is known about him. His father was a successful coachmaker in Smithfield, London, and Webster may have earned a living by combining this trade with his writing. more >>
 
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''We are merely the stars' tennis-balls, struck and bandied
Which way please them.''
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John Webster (1580-1625), British dramatist. repr. In The Complete Works of John Webster, ed. F.L. Lucas (1927). Bosola, in The Duchess of Malfi, act ...
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''Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out:
The element of water moistens the earth,
But blood flies upwards, and bedews the heavens.''
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John Webster (1580-1625), British dramatist. repr. In The Complete Works of John Webster, ed. F.L. Lucas (1927). Bosola, in The Duchess of Malfi, act ...
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