The Duchess of Malfi Tickets
3.5 (6) · Classic Drama
John Webster’s electrifying revenge tragedy about rage, resistance and a deadly lust for power.
Overview
When the Duchess falls in love with her steward Antonio, her corrupt brothers embark on a chilling plot to destroy her marriage, power and agency. What begins as a jealous plan to extinguish her love becomes a bloodthirsty quest to extinguish her life.
Critic reviews
There is something curiously cold-blooded about this new Almeida production
Frecknall finds – at least before the plot goes really bonkers gory in the second half – an unexpected stealth and stillness, and reveals a celebration of settled love before the expected riot of violence
A medicine cabinet of wonders
Ultimately, it cannot be denied that Frecknall has style
A frustratingly bloodless evening
Artful, ambitious and far too serious
Lydia Wilson is riveting as the strong-willed duchess in Rebecca Frecknall’s arresting update
An uneven take on Webster's classic
It all feels a bit too familiar
Lydia Wilson is a phenomenal Duchess in Rebecca Frecknall’s revelatory rewiring of Webster’s gory tragedy
Lydia Wilson is extraordinarily haunting in Webster where women don't die
Rebecca Frecknall directs a production which ultimately finds its heart
Lydia Wilson is stunningly good in a tense and emotionally nuanced staging of Webster's bloody tragedy
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