![]() ![]() (Whilst the abridgement reduces the length of the text, all of Webster's gory details are preserved - which is more than can be said for the principals. The news sets the Duke and Cardinal into such a rage that nobody escapes unscathed. They set the loyal but troubled Bosola to spy on her, and he discovers that the duchess has, in secret, married Antonio, her steward. Her brothers - a duke and a cardinal - want control of her wealth and so have forbidden her from marrying. ![]() (The abridgement is copyrighted, so we charge for scripts and copying rights, but performances are royalty-free.) ![]() In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:Ībridgement of John Webster's 'The Duchess of Malfi', with the original text cut down to 50 minutes or so. We therefore invite you to read the text on-line.) We have not identified any instances of bad language in the text. The script includes characters in the following age range(s): Setting: Bedroom, Wilderness, Castle Interior, Castle Exterior and A Room More about John Webster More about Bill Tordoff 1 His life and career overlapped with Shakespeare s. 'A Fifty-Minute Duchess of Malfi' by John Webster abridged by Bill Tordoff 1632) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often seen as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. ![]()
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