Production Photographs of Three Recent Versions of "The Duchess of Malfi":

 

Directed by Jamie Lloyd
Designed by Soutra Gilmour

CAST
Madeline Appiah – Cariola
Harry Atwell – Pescara
Tom Bateman – Antonio
Eve Best- The Duchess of Malfi
Nari Blair-Mangat – Roderigo
Mark Bonnar- Bosola
Adam Burton – Silvio
Lucy Eaton – Livia
Taylor James – Grisolan
Tunji Kasim – Delio
Finbar Lynch – Cardinal
Iris Roberts – Julia
Alan Westway – Castruccio / Doctor
Alexander Aze / Max Hurst – son

The Duchess arrives

The Duchess with Antonio

The Duchess with Ferdinand

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The Cardinal in bed


The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

Sam Wanamaker’s Playhouse, The Globe, London (2014)

Directed by Dominic Dromgoole
Designed by Jonathan Fensom
Composer: Claire van Kampen

CAST:

Gemma Arterton – Duchess of Malfi
David Dawson – Ferdinand
Alex Waldmann – Antonio
James Garnon – The Cardinal
Sean Glider – Bosola
Paul Rider- Delio
Sarah MacRae – Cariola
Giles Cooper – Silvio
John Dougall – Castruccio / Doctor
Denise Gough – Julia
Brendan O’Hea – Pescara / Roderigo
Dickon Tyrell – Malateste / Grisolan

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Ferdinand, Cardinal, Duchess: three siblings

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James Garnon as The Cardinal with Gemma Arterton as The Duchess

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Directed by Maria Aberg
Designer- Naomi Dawson
Music Orlando Gough

Royal Shakespeare Company,
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

CAST:
Jeff Alexander – Doctor
Areth Ayeh – Julia, mistress of the Cardinal
Greg Barnett – Delio, friend of Antonio
Graeme Brookes – Officer
Will Brown – Roderigo
Alexander Cobb – Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria; twin brother to the duchess
Ashley Gayle- Silvio
Francis Gush -Counter Tenor
Amanda Hadingue – Cariola, waiting woman to the Duchess
Richard Hurst – Grisolan
Solomon Israel – Officer
Joan Iyiola – The Duchess of Malfi, a widow
Chris New – The Cardinal, elder brother of the duchess and Ferdinand
Nicholas Tennant – Bosola, spy and ex-galley-slave
Paul Woodson – Antonio de Bologna, Steward of the Duchess’s household

Dancers with Duchess at the rear

Enter the Duchess: Joan Iyiola. Ferdinand on the right (Alexander Cobb). Beast suspended. A bull? What?

The Duchess (Joan Iyiola) and brother Ferdinand (Alexander Cobb)

The Duchess with Antonio (Paul Woodson)

Boseola (Nicholas Tennant)

Julia, the Cardinal’s mistress (Areth Ayeh)

Joan Iyiola as The Duchess with dancers

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The murderers take Cariola (Amanda Hadingue) and the Duchess (Joan Iyiola)

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Too much blood … Ferdinand (Alexander Cobb) and The Cardinal (Chris New)

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TV monitor in the lobby after the performance as people leave. That’s how much blood there was.

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