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John Mason

17th-century English playwright

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John Mason

17th-century English playwright

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John Mason was an English playwright, author of the Jacobean revenge tragedy An Excellent Tragedy of Mulleasses the Turke, and Borgias Governour of Florence, commonly referred to as The Turk (play), first published in 1610.

Occupation: playwright
Citizenship: England
Born: 1600, 1700
Died: 1700

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John Mason was a British playwright, author of the Jacobean revenge tragedy An Excellent Tragedy of Mulleasses the Turke, and Borgias Governour of Florence, commonly referred to as The Turk (play), first published in 1610. Little of Mason's life is known. An 18th-century writer reported that Mason may have graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1606. He owned a half-share of the Whitefriars Theatre, which performed The Turk. References English Renaissance dramatists Year of birth missing Year of death missing

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