More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before JohnWebsters The Duchess of Malfi is here presented in an improved accessibleand throughly up... » 

More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before JohnWebsters The Duchess of Malfi is here presented in an improved accessibleand throughly uptodate edition. Starting with the authoritative Revels Playsedition of 1964 John Russell Brown has augmented the notes and collations andcasts new light on Websters dramatic dialogue and on the stage action. Anentirely new introduction encompasses a stage history from its welldocumentedearly performances right through to recent productions in the twenty firstcentury. The bibliography has also been expanded. Students actors directorsacademics and theatregoers will find here a reappraisal of Websters artistryin the greatest age of English theatre. «