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The Duchess of Malfi (originally published as The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy) is a macabre, tragic play written by the English dramatist John Webster in 1612-13. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then later to a larger audience at The Globe,... Read Full Overview

This fully re-edited, modernised play text is accompanied by insightful commentary notes, while its lively introduction explains why Webster's interests in complex female lead characters and questions of social tension related to sexuality, gender, race, and law and equity... Read Full Overview

John Webster's The White Devil is a story of Passion and Revenge.

"John Webster's first independent play, The White Devil, originally performed in 1612, centres on the beautiful Vittoria Corombona and her lover, Duke Brachiano, whose passionate,... Read Full Overview

"Woman to man is either a god or a wolf"

The White Devil is a revenge tragedy that debuted in 1612 by English playwright John Webster (1580-1634). A notorious failure when it premiered, Webster complained the play was acted in the dead of winter before an unreceptive audience. The play's complexity, sophistication,... Read Full Overview

A compellingly dangerous and fascinating play with a comprehensive set of notes and criticism.

The White Devil is a revenge tragedy by English playwright John Webster (c.1580-c.1634). According to Webster's own preface to the 1612 Quarto Edition, "To the Reader", the play's first performance in that year was a notorious failure; he complained that the play was acted in... Read Full Overview

One of the most creative and accessible periods of art the world has ever known, the Golden Age is brought to life in an unprecedented series of biographies of the artists active in the Netherlands during the 17th-century. Painters in the Dutch Republic specialized in portraits,... Read Full Overview

John Webster, (born c. 1580, London, Eng.--died c. 1632), English dramatist whose The White Devil (c. 1609-c. 1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (c. 1612/13, published 1623) are generally regarded as the paramount 17th-century English tragedies apart from those of Shakespeare.

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A compellingly dangerous and fascinating play with a comprehensive set of notes and criticism.

Webster's other masterpiece of Jacobean tragedy.

A compellingly dangerous and fascinating play with a comprehensive set of notes and criticism.

In publishing this tragedy, I do but challenge myself that liberty, which other men have taken before me; not that I affect praise by it, for, nos h c novimus esse nihil, only since it was acted in so dull a time of winter, presented in so open and black a theatre, that it wanted... Read Full Overview

The White Devil, tragedy in five acts by John Webster, performed and published as The White Devil in 1612. Based on historical events that occurred in Italy during the 1580s, this dark Jacobean drama is considered one of the finest of the period.The White Devil centers on the... Read Full Overview

A compellingly dangerous and fascinating play with a comprehensive set of notes and criticism.

Book Excerpt: ...do what, sir?Cam. To lie with you to-night. Your silkworm used to fast every third day, and the next following spins the better. To-morrow at night, I am for you.Vit. You 'll spin a fair thread, trust to 't.Flam. But do you hear, I shall have you steal to her... Read Full Overview