Ebook {Epub PDF} The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays by John Webster

 · John Webster was a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. This volume offers his two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil's Law-Case, and the comedy written with William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold. The texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and . The work is set in the court of Malfi, in reality Amalfi in Italy, and concerns the story of the titular Duchess who is recently widowed and falls in love with Antonio, a lowly steward. However the Duchess' family, wishing her to not split up her inheritance, forbids the union. Also included in this volume are three other plays by John Webster/5(53). The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays (Paperback) Published October 22nd by Oxford University Press, USA. Paperback, pages. Author (s): John Webster. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: www.doorway.ru by: 4.

John Webster 's genius as a writer was first fully revealed in his great tragedies The White Devil, produced in , and The Duchess of Malfi, staged about Both plays depict a world of extravagant passions, dark intrigue, and fratricidal violence. Both plays ensured Webster's long-lasting critical acclaim and both are still produced. The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays. This volume offers John Webster's two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil's Law-Case, and the comedy written with William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold. Webster is a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. "The Duchess of Malfi" by John Webster. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read.

The Duchess of Malfi (originally published as The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy) is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in – It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then later to a larger audience at The Globe, in – Webster, in his preface to the Quarto edition, tells the reader it was a failure when first performed by the Queen Anne's Men at the Red Bull Theatre. Webster's most famous piece The Duchess of Malfi (c), however, enjoyed success at the indoor Blackfriars Theatre and later, at the outdoor Globe Theatre. Loosely based on the life of. John Webster was a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. This volume offers his two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil's Law-Case, and the comedy written with William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold. The texts of the plays have been newly edited and are.