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Description for The White Devil
Paperback. Webster's other masterpiece of Jacobean tragedy. Series: Drama Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price
The Italian Court is riddled with corruption in this classic Jacobean tragedy.
The Duke Brascino is openly seducing a married woman, Vittoria, while plotting the murder of his own wife. Vittoria's brother Flamineo, a cold-blooded murderer, tries to exploit his position as Brascino's servant and pander. Finally Brascino's enemies, outraged by his perversions, seek a vicious revenge.
John Webster's play The White Devil was first performed at the Red Bull Theatre, London, by Queen Anne's Men in 1612.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
Drama Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854593450
SKU
V9781854593450
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
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
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