The evils of greed and ambition overwhelm love, innocence, and the bonds of kinship in this dark tragedy concerning the secret marriage of a noblewoman and a commoner. John Websters great Jacobean drama detailing the fiendish schemes of two brothers...
Based on the reprinted Revels Plays Edition of 1964, the notes to this play have been augmented to cast futher light on Webster's dialogue. A new introduction sets the tragedy in the context of pre-Civil War England and discusses the play's themes,...
Ferdinand forbids his widowed sister to marry again. When he discovers that she is not only married but had a child he is driven mad with fury. The Duchess of Malfi is a study in strong characters, dark deeds and dreadful revenge. This edition includes...
The plays of Jacobean dramatist John Webster are masterpieces of early seventeenth-century English theatre. âThe White Devilâ depicts a dark sinister world of duplicity intrigue and murderous infidelity while â...