name: John      Webster
genres: Drama
avg_rating: 3.66
ratings_count: 23125
about: John Webster (c.1580 – c.1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil (1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (1613), which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.