The Duchess of Malfi contains a network of imagery related to light and darkness In The Terrors of the Night, the writer Thomas Nashe tells us that the "night is the devil's black book ...

The Duchess of Malfi fared better when performed by Shakespeare's company "privately at the Blackfriars, and publicly at the Globe". The composition of the play seems to have been interrupted by ...

However, The Duchess (of Malfi, as Webster had her) fails to convince from the start: how can a modern-day marriage be formally witnessed by a maid in a bedroom, for example? If we cannot trust a ...

Recorded live at the Greenwich Theatre London The Duchess of Malfi is a popular choice as a set text despite or perhaps because of the violence and horror of its later scenes Generally considered ...

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Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) stars in Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing at the West End's Trafalgar Theatre. This is a behind-the-scenes ...

takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing at the Trafalgar Theatre for 11 weeks only. Recently widowed and in search ...