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The Duchess of Malfi
John Webster
Your darkest actions — nay, your privat’st thoughts — Will come to light.At her peril, a young widow disobeys her brothers and takes a second husband. In planting a spy, they set the trap. Exile, torture, madness and death follow in its wake.
Webster's sensational tragedy charts the calamitous consequences of a young widow's refusal to obey her brothers' command never to remarry. When the spy, Bosola, is planted in her household, the trap is set which leads to exile, torture, madness and death.
The Duchess is played by Janet McTeer. Phyllida Lloyd's work includes The Way of The World, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Mamma Mia!
Thou art undone
This production toured on the following dates:
18-22 March The Lowry, Salford
0870 787 5790 www.thelowry.com
25-29 March Malvern Theatres
01684 892277 www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
1-5 April King's Theatre, Edinburgh
0131 529 6000 www.eft.co.uk
Cast credits:
Doctor : Julien Ball
Pescara : Martin Chamberlain
Bosola : Lorcan Cranitch
Julia : Eleanor David
Antonio Bologna : Charles Edwards
Fourth Officer : Keiran Flynn
First Officer : James Howard
Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria : Will Keen
Madwoman : Eliza Luymley
Third Officer : Keith Macpherson
Madwoman : Penelope McGhie
The Duchess of Malfi : Janet McTeer
Cariola : Sally Rogers
Delio : Jonathan Slinger
The Cardinal : Ray Stevenson
Second Officer : Andrew Westfield
Production credits:
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Designer: Mark Thompson
Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson
Music: Gary Yershon
Director of Movement: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Fight Director: Terry King
Sound Designer: Simon Baker for Autograph
photo (Charles Edwards & Janet McTeer) by Anna Hodgson
The Duchess of Malfi finished on: 27 May 2003
