Zinnie Harris’ strongly feminist adaptation of The Duchess draws the themes of the play firmly into the 21st Century. As tension mounts, Bosola, employed the brothers to spy on the Duchess, grapples with right and wrong, and ultimately fails to understand this until it is too late. The tragedy is centred around a wealthy widow, the play’s titular character, who secretly marries her steward – much to the upset of her two, very controlling brothers. The play was first performed in 1614 – it’s really old, although this adaptation doesn’t feel it at all.
The Duchess was written by John Webster, and is loosely based on true events. 🕖 7:30pm / 2pm, 2.5 hour running time (including interval)Īdam Best as Bosola and Kirsty Stuart as The Duchess. This production, currently playing at Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre, is superbly intense, atmospheric, and executed with finesse by an exceptional cast. And, whilst I’m not sure that the audience were supposed to chuckle during any of the play’s very dramatic deaths, what kind of Jacobean revenge tragedy would this be if it wasn’t a little OTT? The play starts out with a quiet gravity, building to some very foreboding moments throughout the first act, and then culminating in an intensely full-on second act. GradeSaver, 28 June 2012 Web.A killer of a show, The Duchess, is everything that you’d want from an adaptation of one of Webster’s most famous tragedies. Previous Section Test Yourself! - Quiz 4 Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Cullina, Alice. “Webster’s Lenative Poisons.” Journal of English Linguistics 24.3 (Sept. “The Duchess of Malfi as a Tragedy of Identity.” Studies in Philology 96.1 (1999): 51.
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