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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.
John Webster (born c. 1580, London, Eng.—died c. 1632) was an English dramatist whose The White Devil (c. 1609–c. 1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (c. 1612/13, published 1623) are generally regarded as the paramount 17th-century English tragedies apart from those of Shakespeare.
Loosely based on the life of the Duchess of Almafi, Giovanna d'Aragona, Webster's account follows two corrupt brothers as they take revenge on their sister for marrying below her class. The play is considered to be among the finest of all Jacobean tragedies. In the words of Echo & The Bunnymen, 'John Webster was, One of the best there was...'
The Duchess of Malfi, five-act tragedy by English dramatist John Webster, performed 1613/14 and published in 1623. The Duchess of Malfi tells the story of the spirited duchess and her love for her trustworthy steward Antonio.
Apr 3, 2012 · In the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, a young boy seen feeding a live mouse to a cat identifies himself as John Webster (1580-1634). When Will Shakespeare asks the boy what he thought of Titus Andronicus, Webster replies, "I like it when they cut the heads off.
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May 23, 2018 · John Webster. The reputation of the English dramatist John Webster (ca. 1580-ca. 1634) rests on two blank-verse tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi. He was a painstaking literary craftsman, much concerned with the philosophy and the psychology of evil. Nothing definite is known of John Webster's birth or parentage.
John Webster (c.1580–c.1634) was Shakespeare’s contemporary, though sixteen years younger. He makes a brief appearance in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love as a boy who tortures mice, spies on Shakespeare’s love-making, and feels inspired to take up the pen himself after seeing Shakespeare’s blood-soaked revenge tragedy, Titus Andronicus .
A brief insight into the life of playwright John Webster, author of the Duchess of Malfi.
Transgressive and darkly brilliant, the drama of John Webster has long been recognised as one of the crowning glories of the English Renaissance. But this appa...
While hyperbolic, Hollywood, and of course fictional, the joke about the budding playwright John Webster is grounded in reality. His plays would introduce a new grittiness to the English stage. He was a playwright unafraid to grapple with the darker sides of mankind: whether in The White Devil (1612) or The Duchess of Malfi (1614), Webster was ...
