THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

Based on a true story

The Duchess of Malfi

by John Webster

In March 2009, at The White Bear, BlackSun staged their first production. A macabre tale of murder, madness and revenge in Renaissance Italy, it proved as popular now as since its first performances at the Blackfriars Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 1614. Violent and disturbing, the play is also a profound meditation on faith and death and the journey of the soul and asks challenging questions of our position in society and the purpose of our lives within a darkening world.


Production at The White Bear Theatre, Kennington 3-22nd March 2009

  1. View Alex Tanner
  2. View ''bear-her-into-the-next-room''
  3. View Alex Tanner & James Rose
  4. View Bethany Audley & Steven Rostance
  5. View Bosola-and-duchess
  6. View CAriola-in-the-chamber
  7. View Cariola-fights
  8. View Fight-Director-Tim-Klotz-wi
  9. View Henry Doulton & Sam Child
  10. View James Rose & Bethany Audley
  11. View James Rose and Alex Tanner
  12. View James Rose and Bethany Audley
  13. View Steven Rostance (L) Bethany Audley and Paul Mooney
  14. View Trudy Hodgson and Paul Mooney
  15. View in-the-duchess''-bed-chamber
  16. View James Rose and David Fenson as Ferdinand
  17. View Julia-&-Gun
  18. View bosola-&-Antonio
  19. View bosola-and-the-hand
  20. View cariola
  21. View doctor-on-floor
  22. View duchess-&-Ferdinand
  23. View the-court-at-malfi
  24. View the-mad-men

Based on a true story, John Webster's macabre tale of murder, madness, and revenge in Renaissance Italy has proved popular since its first performances at the Blackfriars Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 1614. Violent and disturbing, the play is also a profound meditation on faith and death and the journey of the soul and asks challenging questions of our position in society and the purpose of our lives within a darkening world.

We wanted to tell Webster's dark tale in all its dark simplicity. Over one month we held speech and text drivenrehearsals, actors pursued research of the Renaissance mind and body and our Duchess ordered people about in Harrods.

What was created was epic.

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