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The Duchess of Malfi takes place in Italy, mostly at the Duchess’s palace in Malfi, in the sixteenth century. The Duchess is a young widow whose two brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal, are visiting her from Rome at the play’s start. Antonio, the manager of her household, has just returned from France. The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster Introductory Note Of John Webster's life almost nothing is known. The dates given for his birth and death are conjectural inferences, about which the best that can be said is that no known facts contradict them. The first notice of Webster so far discovered shows that he was collaborating in the production of plays for the theatrical manager. The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy, John Webster The Duchess of Malfi is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by British dramatist John Webster in – The play begins as a love story, when the Duchess marries beneath her class, and ends as a nightmarish tragedy as her two brothers undertake their revenge, destroying themselves in the process/5.

John Webster's great Jacobean drama detailing the fiendish schemes of two brothers who desire their wealthy sister's title and estates ends with a bloody and horrifying climax. "The Duchess of Malfi" is a meditation on power--political, religious, and sexual--and presents a bleak, violent, and fascinating world couched in some of the most. The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, Karen Britland (Editor) Paperback (New Edition) $ Hardcover. $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats Editions. Ship This Item — Qualifies. One of the most popular playwrights of the 17th century, John Webster (??) was known for his particularly gory tragedies. The Duchess of Malfi ACT 1. SCENE 3. John Webster The Duchess.

The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy, John Webster The Duchess of Malfi is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by British dramatist John Webster in – The play begins as a love story, when the Duchess marries beneath her class, and ends as a nightmarish tragedy as her two brothers undertake their revenge, destroying themselves in the process. 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 – The Duchess of Malfi takes place in Italy, mostly at the Duchess’s palace in Malfi, in the sixteenth century. The Duchess is a young widow whose two brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal, are visiting her from Rome at the play’s start. Antonio, the manager of her household, has just returned from France.