The Duchess of Malfi
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- First published
- 1623
- Pages
- 144
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Introduction
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Act 1
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Act 2
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Act 3
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Act 4
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Act 5
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John Webster's dark Jacobean tragedy follows a widowed duchess who secretly marries her steward Antonio, defying the brothers who insist she never wed again. Her twin, the unstable Duke Ferdinand, and their cold sibling the Cardinal set the malcontent spy Bosola to watch her, and once the marriage is discovered their revenge turns monstrous. Webster stages imprisonment, madness, and a cascade of murders with a poet's eye for cruelty and moral rot, giving Bosola one of the stage's most conflicted consciences. First performed around 1613 and printed in 1623, the play endures for its fierce heroine, its bleak vision of corrupt power, and lines that still chill. It stands among the summits of English Renaissance drama.
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Book facts
- Author
- John Webster
- First published
- 1623
- Reading time
- About 110 minutes
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Theater
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook