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The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster filmed at the Greenwich Theatre (2010) by Stage On Screen Productions

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Duchess of Malfi by John Webster filmed live at the Greenwich Theatre
by London Stage On Screen from Wienerworld Productions (2010)

Encoded from the original DVD
presented as two parts at act break

total runtime: 2 hrs 37 mins

Directed for the stage by Elizabeth Freestone
Stage On Screen outside broadcast unit director Chris Cowey
Editor, Guy Morley ;
production and costume designer, Neil Irish.

Partial Cast

Aislin MGuckin, Duchess
Tim Treloar, Bosola
Peter Bankolé, Delio
Mark Hadfield, Cardinal
Edmund Kingsley, Antonio
Tim Steed, Ferdinand
Harvey Virdi, Cariola
Brigid Zengeni, Julia

Summary

A dramatization of John Webster\'s play about a young widow who becomes a victim
of vengeance when she ignores her family\'s wishes and remarries.
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My notes

This is a performance for a live audience of the Jacobean tragedy called The
Duchess of Malfi by John Webster. The setting is nominally pre World War II
Italy in the 20th Century rather than 16 Century period costume.

The Jacobean stage followed the outdoor setting of Shakespeare\'s Globe Theatre
and was lit by candlelight. From this discussion of Jacobean stage lighting and
representations....
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/drama/Jacobean/research3.html

... you will see that the Greenwich Theatre production closely resembles the
size of the staging in this new production. When viewing the piece you will see
that it approximates the size and feel as well. Duchess was also presented at
the original Globe.

What makes this significant in our current time is the
reconstruction of a Jacobean Stage on the properties of Shakespeare\'s Globe
Theatre which will open 2014-- with the candlelit feature of this very intimate
theatre.

My other torrents from productions at the Globe can be seen here:

http://thepiratebay.sx/user/loninappleton

The full DVD box of Duchess has a commentary disk and a \"Master Shot\" disk of
the entire play shot from one location. As a teaching tool this disk is
valuable to show how stage movement works in developing and executing a scene.
This DVD production house also has another play from the 16th century available.
That play is called Volpone.

The box set of Duchess is available in NTSC region format and would make a
valuable addition to libraries.

Notes written November 15th 2013

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