Tabling: The Podcast

Tabling: The Duchess of Malfi Act V


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Emily Ota, Ian Harkins, Brittany Chandler, Levi Morger, Rafe Terrizzi, Samantha Blinn & Ariana Karp conclude our discussion of the play in this episode, as we tackle questions about: 

  • Most productions make massive cuts to this last act, why?
  • The ultimate sin of despair in Elizabethan and Jacobean times
  • The Duchess is the only character who is saved in the play
  • Has the cultural attitude towards murder changed since the Elizabethan times with the rise of forensics?
  • Who is the play really about?
  • What is the biggest difference between Shakespeare and Webster?
  • How the Julia wooing Bosola scene mirrors the Duchess wooing Antonio scene from the beginning?
  • Staging questions about the multiple deaths in act 5 and the use of darkness.
  • The importance of the soundscape in this play in our conception of the production

Production image from Cheek by Jowl's famous production. Julia & the Cardinal.

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