Surname: Rowley Forename(s): William d. February 1626. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Jacobean playwright, actor, and poet. Born c. 1585. Performed and wrote for the Duke
of York’s Men (Prince Charles’s Men) theatre company (1609-1625). Later became a member
of Queen Anne’s Men and King’s Men. Author of All’s Lost by Lust (1619). Collaborated with John Webster, Thomas Middleton, John Ford, and Thomas Heywood.
Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)