The Duchess (of Malfi)

• Verfasst von: Harris, Zinnie [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The Duchess (of Malfi)
• Titelzusatz: in a new version after John Webster
• Verf.angabe: Zinnie Harris
• Verlagsort: London
• Verlag: Faber and Faber Ltd
• Jahr: 2019
• Umfang: 129 pages
• Format: 20 cm
• Fussnoten: The original play by English dramatist John Webster was written in 1612-1613 ; "The Duchess (of Malfi) was first performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh on 17 May 2019."--Page 5
• ISBN: 978-0-571-35538-9
• ISBN: 0-571-35538-2
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe
• K10plus-PPN: 1756097801

Abstract

""You should know: I sing at parties, I wear colorful dresses, I am headstrong, I won't wear my hair up because you say I should, or do this because you prefer it, in fact I might do the other just to be contrary, but I am utterly and always myself." The Duchess is a young widow. Her husband is dead, she is free. But her financial position, sexual freedom, and youth mean that she could be dangerous, she could get to determine her own life. That is if she isn't stopped first. Terrified by her sudden power and its implications, her brothers Ferdinand and The Cardinal seek to block The Duchess's desire to re-marry, repress her agency, and dismantle both her authority and spirit through any means necessary, with horrifying results and bloody vengeance from the most unexpected of sources"--