John Webster: the Duchess of Malfi

"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 perfor...

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1. Verfasser: Carnegie, David 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2014
Schriftenreihe:The Shakespeare handbooks. Shakespeare's contemporaries
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Zusammenfassung:"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. "--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VIII, 159 S.
ISBN:9780230243750
9780230243743

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