Rowley, William

Related Category: English Literature, 1500 to 1799: Biographies

(rou´l), 1585?–1642?, English playwright and actor. He collaborated with many noted dramatists, including Dekker, Ford, and Webster; his best work, notably The Changeling (1622), was written with Thomas Middleton. Of Rowley's own plays, All's Lost by Lust (1622) is considered to be his best.