Webster: The Duchess of Malfi

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Webster: The Duchess of Malfi by David Carnegie, Macmillan Education UK
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Author: David Carnegie ISBN: 9781137474476
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK Publication: September 1, 2014
Imprint: Red Globe Press Language: English
Author: David Carnegie
ISBN: 9781137474476
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Publication: September 1, 2014
Imprint: Red Globe Press
Language: English

The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster's finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional complexity. The conflict between private love and public political behaviour for a passionate but circumscribed woman is as theatrically pertinent now as when first performed. This timely Handbook:

• examines the play's sources and its cultural context
• offers a detailed theatrical commentary that aids visualisation of the underlying dynamics and structure of the play in performance, and explores performance possibilities
• analyses influential productions on stage and screen, from when it was first performed by the actors of Shakespeare's theatre company, the King's Men, to the present day
• presents key critical debates and assessments of The Duchess of Malfi.

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The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster's finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional complexity. The conflict between private love and public political behaviour for a passionate but circumscribed woman is as theatrically pertinent now as when first performed. This timely Handbook:

• examines the play's sources and its cultural context
• offers a detailed theatrical commentary that aids visualisation of the underlying dynamics and structure of the play in performance, and explores performance possibilities
• analyses influential productions on stage and screen, from when it was first performed by the actors of Shakespeare's theatre company, the King's Men, to the present day
• presents key critical debates and assessments of The Duchess of Malfi.

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