William Rowley (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
When and where William Rowley (ROW-lee) was born and much else about his life and career are only conjecture, with elements of his biography pieced together from allusions to him in play texts and theater records. A popular actor of secondary comic roles on London stages for almost two decades, he wrote plays mainly in collaboration with others, and the four extant ones he presumably did alone are his least memorable contributions to the Jacobean and Caroline drama. He is remembered only because of his work with major contemporaries: Thomas Dekker, John Fletcher, John Ford, Thomas...
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