Anything for a Quiet Life
John Webster is known primarily for his two Jacobean tragedies, The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil. Much of the detail and chronology of his life that led to these two pivotal works is, however, unknown. His father, a carriage maker also named John Webster, married a blacksmith''s daughter, Elizabeth Coates, on November 4th, 1577, and it is likely that Webster was born within a year or two...
John Webster is known primarily for his two Jacobean tragedies, The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil. Much of the detail and chronology of his life that led to these two pivotal works is, however, unknown. His father, a carriage maker also named John Webster, married a blacksmith''s daughter, Elizabeth Coates, on November 4th, 1577, and it is likely that Webster was born within a year or two...
