David Carnegie

Webster: The Duchess of Malfi (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster's finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional complexity. The conflict between private love and public political behaviour for a passionate but circumscribed woman is as theatrically pertinent now as when first performed. This timely Handbook:

- Examines the play's sources and its cultural context
- Offers a detailed theatrical commentary that aids visualisation of the underlying dynamics and structure of the play in performance, and explores performance possibilities
- Analyses influential productions on stage and screen, from when it was first performed by the actors of Shakespeare's theatre company, the King's Men, to the present day
- Presents key critical debates and assessments of The Duchess of Malfi

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137474476
• Artikelnr.: 62711131

Autorenporträt

DAVID CARNEGIE is Professor of Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and a Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities.