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The Duchess of Malfi (tr. Auden)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 16m

Bertolt Brecht, W.H. Auden

Adaptation of the English seventeenth-century tragedy by John Webster, by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. He collaborated with H. R. Hays and Anglo-American poet, W. H. Auden. It was written during Brecht's period of exile in the United States. It premiered in New York, in 1946.

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The Duchess of Malfi (tr. Auden)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 16m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Brecht's adaptation of the classic seventeenth-century play by John Webster tells the story of the spirited duchess and her love for her trustworthy steward Antonio.
Cast Attributes
Delio Bologna
Antonio Bologna
Bosola
Cardinal of Ancona
Duke Ferdinand
Castruchio
Cariola
Attendant 
Duchess of Malfi
First officer
Second officer
First servant 
Second Servant 
Page 
Monk
Third Officer
Fourth Officer


Courtiers, gentlemen, men at arms, standard bearers, ladies
  • Setting Various interior and exterior settings.

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Authors

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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