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The White Devil
John Webster
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Description for The White Devil
Paperback. John Webster s glittering masterpiece published alongside a major 2014 revival by the Royal Shakespeare Company." Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
A violent tragedy, regarded as one of the great works of Jacobean theatre.
Duke Bracciano is besotted by the beautiful Vittoria. When he makes her an indecent proposal she can't refuse, she enlists the help of Flaminio to fool her husband, and begins an illicit affair.
But Vittoria and Flaminio soon find themselves snared in a web of corruption, passion and retribution as their single-minded pursuit of personal gain reaches an epic and bloody conclusion.
This Prompt Book edition of The White Devil was published alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company's revival of the play in 2014, and features the text ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848424029
SKU
V9781848424029
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Ref
99-10
About John Webster
Born in c.1580, John Webster came from an evidently prosperous middle-class London family, his father a coachbuilder and wagonmaker with premises in Smithfield, just north-west of the City. The business was continued by John’s brother Edward, and perhaps helped to subsidise Webster’s playwriting career – for, by contrast with most professional dramatists, his output was scarcely sufficient to provide an ... Read more
Reviews for The White Devil
'Strong and compelling... a heightened and visceral re-envisioning of Webster's bloody tragedy'
WhatsOnStage
'Impressive... not only gives every plot-twist a gripping, edge-of-your-seat clarity, but also forces you to wrestle with how much, and how little, has changed over the last 400 years'
Telegraph
WhatsOnStage
'Impressive... not only gives every plot-twist a gripping, edge-of-your-seat clarity, but also forces you to wrestle with how much, and how little, has changed over the last 400 years'
Telegraph