"To those who report I was a long time in finishing this tragedy, I confess I do not write with a goose-quill winged with two feathers; and if they will needs make it my fault, I must answer them with that of Euripides to Alcestides, a tragic writer: Alcestides objecting that Euripides had only in three days composed three verses, whereas himself had written three hundred, 'Thou tell'st truth,' quoth he, 'but here's the difference: thine shall only be read for three days, whereas mine shall continue three ages."
— John Webster, Preface in The White Devil
John Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1632) was a Jacobean dramatist and poet, best known for his revenge tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi. He was also a contemporary of William Shakespeare, with whom his life and career overlapped.
Major Plays:
- The White Devil
- The Duchess of Malfi
- The Devil's Law-Case
- A Cure For a Cuckold
