The Duchess of Malfi

By John Webster

Adapted & directed by Jennifer Dick

So I through frights and threatenings will assay / This dangerous venture. Let old wives report / I winked and chose a husband.

The Duchess wishes to remarry. She’s a widow, a woman of means, a woman of position. Surely the choice is hers? Her brothers think not. They forbid her from taking a husband and send a spy, the malcontent Bosola, into her household, to ensure she toes the line.

But the Duchess is also a woman of strength who will not submit to their will. In secret she marries Antonio, her steward and they conceal not only their love but their growing family.

In a society dominated and controlled by men, this woman chooses to stand against them.

I am Duchess of Malfi still.

But her decision is a dangerous one, and the consequences could be terrible…

Adapted and directed by Jennifer Dick (Jekyll & Hyde, Sherlock Holmes), this darkly thrilling new production of Webster’s gothic revenge tragedy is not to be missed!

RUNNING TIME - 1hr 40mins (no interval) - Please note this is an approximate running time and will be updated closer to the performance dates

Previews: Thus 16th July 7.45p.m. (Preview tickets: £19)

Performances: Fri 17th July – Sat 1st August (no performances on Sundays or Mondays) 7.45p.m.

Venue: Kibble Palace Glasshouse

Tickets: £28 | £21 (Disabled/Student/Unemployed) | £15 (Equity/BECTU/SSP members)

Discount Tuesdays – All tickets £19 on Tuesday performances