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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare male, deceased
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's...
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe male, deceased
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William...
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson male, deceased
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he...
George Chapman
George Chapman male, deceased
George Chapman (ca. 1559 - May 12 1634) was an English dramatist, translator, and poet. He was a classical scholar, and his work shows the...
Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker male, deceased
Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 - August 25 1632) was an Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer whose career spanned several...
Robert Greene
Robert Greene male, deceased
Robert Greene, BA, MA, (1558 – September 3, 1592) was an English playwright, poet, pamphleteer, and prose writer. He was born in Norwich, En...
Thomas Kyd
Thomas Kyd male, deceased
Thomas Kyd was an English dramatist, the author of "The Spanish Tragedy", and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan...
Nicholas Udall
Nicholas Udall male, deceased
Nicholas Udall (1504 - December 23, 1556), was an English playwright and schoolmaster, the author of "Ralph Roister Doister", generally regarded as...
Nathan Field
Nathan Field male, deceased
Nathan Field (1587 - 1620), was an English dramatist and actor; his father was the Puritan preacher John Field and his brother Theophilus Field...
John Webster
John Webster male, deceased
John Webster (c. 1580 - c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late contemporary of William Shakespeare. His tragedies "The White Devil" and...