John Webster was born in the suggestively named parish of St Sepulchre, Newgate in London between 1578 and 1580. ... the playwright-cartwright in the satirical poem Notes from Blackfriars.

A collection of articles from the BBC Arts archive about John Webster's macabre classic of Jacobean theatre. Gemma Arterton plays the title role in The Duchess of Malfi: BBC Arts at the Globe ...

Across two nights, the BBC celebrates Jacobean theatre with a brand-new documentary presented by Professor James Shapiro, exploring the life, times and inspiration of playwright John Webster ...

The draw of Elizabethan playwright John Webster doesn't lie in the whimsical fantasy of his contemporaries like Shakespeare and Ben Johnson. This writer, whose works and life are shrouded in ...

Playwright John Webster, famous described by T.S. Eliot as seeing “the skull beneath the skin,” revels in the horror, his language ripe with imagery. And for much of the play, ...

Playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Danya Taymor reveal how the Tony-nominated play 'John Proctor Is the Villain' made it to Broadway, with help from 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink and ...

Dr James Shapiro talks to the actress about her title role in John Webster's play. BBC Two’s The Mysterious Mr Webster: BBC Arts at the Globe tells the life story of playwright John Webster and ...