The Duchess of Malfi

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The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster. (1615) A passionate drama of love and intrigue in Renaissance Italy.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First produced in South Africa by ***.

Many productions over the years include ones by ** PACT (197*, directed by Ken Leach **, with Michael Richard and **), The Space (Cape Town) (197*, directed by Peter Stevenson, with John Dennison, Henry Goodman, Clare Stopford, etc), ***An experimental Afrikaans version??** of it was done by Think Theatre in Pretoria (197*, directed by Danie Burger, with Pieter Brand et al).

Bill Flynn starred in the PACT Arena Theatre opening production of Ken Leach’s production of The Duchess of Malfi with Leonie Hofmeyr in 1975.

Sources

Astbury 1979.


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