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The Duchess of Malfi (originally published as The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy) is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613. [1] It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre , then later to a larger audience at The Globe , in 1613–1614.
Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi (1478–1510) was an Italian aristocrat, regent of the Duchy of Amalfi during the minority of her son from 1498 until 1510. Her tragic life inspired several works of literature, most notably John Webster 's play, The Duchess of Malfi .
The Duchess of Malfi is an opera in three acts by the British composer Stephen Oliver, based on the eponymous play by John Webster. Oliver originally wrote this opera, his ninth in 1971, at age 21, for a production at the Oxford Playhouse on commission from the Oxford University Opera Club. [ 1 ]
1493–1498 Alfonso I Piccolomini, whose wife Giovanna is the title character in The Duchess of Malfi; 1499–1559 Alfonso II Piccolomini; 1559–1575 Cesare I Gonzaga; 1584–1630 Ferrante II Gonzaga; 1642–1656 Ottavio Piccolomini, created by Philip IV; 1656–1673 Enea Silvio Piccolomini
The Duchess of Malfi is an adaptation by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht of the English seventeenth-century tragedy of the same name by John Webster. [1] He collaborated with H. R. Hays and Anglo-American poet, W. H. Auden. [2] It was written during Brecht's period of exile in the United States. [2] In premiered in New ...
The Duchess of Malfi is a macabre, tragic play, written by the English dramatist John Webster and first performed in 1614. The Duchess of Malfi may also refer to: The Duchess of Malfi, 1946, an adaptation by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht; The Duchess of Malfi, 1971, an opera in three acts by British composer Stephen Oliver
The first edition of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, printed in 1623, contains the earliest cast list in English Renaissance drama. The list states that Sharpe originated the title role of the Duchess. The 1623 cast list actually covers two separate productions, the premiere staging and a later revival.
As far as I am aware is was never thought to be of Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi, who was not 16 at the time. She died ten years before Raphael did, when Giulio Romano was about 11. It was thought to be Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Tagliacozzo the patron of the arts. The caption is just wrong.