The White Devil (New Mermaids)

Témoignage des racines anglaises du mouvement romantique, La Duchesse d'Amalfi est la plus importante tragédie de John Webster (1580-1625). Elle tient une place de choix parmi les " tragédies sanglantes " de l'époque élisabéthaine, à cause de l'horreur tragique qui s'en dégage, de la [......

This volume offers John Webster's two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil's Law-Case, and the comedy written with William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold. Webster is a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. His...

Edited by Fred B. Millett, this edition of The Duchess of Malfi for performance and study is based on the 1623 first edition and includes an introduction that discusses the publication of the play, its sources, and its dramatic strengths and weaknesses. Also included are a list of principal dates in...

Tragedy in five acts by John Webster, performed and published as The White Divel in 1612. Based on historical events that occurred in Italy during the 1580s, this dark Jacobean drama is considered one of the finest of the period. The White Devil centers on the love affair between the Duke of Brachia...