The Duchess of Malfi contains a network of imagery related ... one being to illustrate character. Webster enjoyed writing 'Characters', a popular 17th-century genre which described a particular ...

A performance of music to accompany the Dance of the Madmen in The Duchess of Malfi A dance performed by eight madmen opens Act IV, Scene II of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, following their ...

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 ...

The widowed Duchess of Malfi longs to marry her lover, the steward Antonio. But her rancorous brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal, are implacably opposed to the match. When their spy, Bosola ...