![]() ![]() ![]() However her scheming brothers, Duke Ferdinand and the Cardinal, want to stop the Duchess from marrying again as they are keen to eventually seize her fortune. Students, actors, directors and theatre-goers will all find here a reappraisal of Websters artistry in the greatest age of English theatre, which highlights why it has lived on stage with renewed force in the last decades of the twentieth century. Set in the Italian city of Malfi, John Webster’s tragedy tells the story of the Duchess, a young widow who falls in love with her steward, Antonio. From its well-documented early performances to the two productions seen in the West End of London in the 1995-96 season, a stage history gives an account of the play in performance. An entirely new introduction sets the tragedy in the context of pre-Civil War England and gives a revealing view of its imagery and dramatic action. ![]() Based on the Revels Plays text, the notes have been augmented to cast further light both on Websters amazing dialogue and on the stage action. An entirely new introduction sets the tragedy in the cont More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Websters The Duchess of Malfi is here presented in an accessible and thoroughly up-to-date edition. More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Websters The Duchess of Malfi is here presented in an accessible and thoroughly up-to-date edition. ![]()
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