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The Mysterious Mr Webster

6.0201459mMovieDocumentary

Professor James Shapiro goes in search of the mysterious man behind The Duchess of Malfi, the son of a coachmaker who ended up rivalling Shakespeare.

DirectorsAlastair Laurence·David Okuefuna
ProducersMichael Poole·Rachel Jardine

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Cast · Directed by Alastair Laurence

JS
James Shapiro
Self - Presenter
BABen Addis
Ben Addis
John Webster
GAGemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton
Self - Performer in The Duchess of Malfi
OD
Oscar Dunbar
Duchess
AA
Anthony Arlidge
Self - Interviewee
SBSimon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
Self - Interviewee
DD
Dominic Dromgoole
Self - Interviewee
TG
Tom Guthrie
Self - Singer
FK
Farah Karim-Cooper
Self - interviewee
DL
David Lindley
Self - Interviewee
KM
Keith McGowan
Self - Interviewee
RMRhys Meredith
Rhys Meredith
The Dresser

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Yes — The Mysterious Mr Webster is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).