John Ford (dramatist)

John Ford (dramatist)

John Ford (baptised 17 April 1586 – ca. 1639) was an English Jacobean and Caroline playwright and poet born in Ilsington in Devon in 1586.

Read more about John Ford (dramatist):  Life and Work, The Canon of Ford's Plays

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