Introducing Shakespeare's Contemporaries // The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- One of my reading goals this year is to read Shakespeare’s contemporaries. I want to get a sense of what the theatre scene was like during that time. The first play I tried was The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster. I loved many things about this play, but in this video, I’ll focus on the Duchess as a character. I was surprised to see such a strong and three dimensional female protagonist. It's a fabulous story and the Globe production in the candlelit Wanamaker Playhouse is superb!
Nicole, thank you for the great video on John Webster. I wish you had also summarised the last two acts for us. There is no such thing as spoilers for literature fans like you and I. 😊The suspense is killing me. Thus, I will surely read the play as soon as time permits. Keep up the good work dear friend and forever surprise us with your videos. Take care🌞🪔🌹🤨
Pleasure!
Haha I hope you enjoy it when you get to it.
Thank you :) happy reading!
Thank you, Nicole.
I can't wait to read The Duchess of Malfi.
It is so good to encounter such a well-rounded character, and from what you have said in the video, the Duchess is some woman. I think I already have fallen in love with this character already. And you, of course, are so good not to give us spoilers.
Really envy your candlelit globe theatre experience.
Love your videos as always.
Hope you enjoy it! She’s pretty cool :)
I watched it on Globe Player which is an online streaming service. Maybe it’s available to you too?
Thank you!
@adayofsmallthings
I certainly will try to seek it out. ♡
I will look this up, thank you so much.
Pleasure!
Thanks for this interesting video. I haven't read it yet but hope to. I just wanted to comment that I heard of the play first through Agatha Christie A quote from The Duchess of Malfi plays a role in the book Sleeping Murder-- "Cover her face, mine eyes dazzle..."
Pleasure :) hope you like it when you get to it.
Oh that’s so cool I had no idea! She seems to like quoting old plays. She quoted Macbeth in a Christmas murder novel too, ‘who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him’ (my paraphrasing!)
Really interesting, thanks for this review
My pleasure!
Heck. That 17 minutes passed so quickly. I am going to find out what happens in the end, though I'm not sure that I want to have a feeling of sorrow this evening 😢.
Haha it’s a thriller isn’t it!
Hope you enjoy it when you get to it :)
Very nice presentation
Thank you!