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Penguin English Library (1985), Paperback, 464 pages
Description
The plays of John Webster are read and seen more widely today than at any time since they were written - provoking much disagreement in the process. The continuing debate about his political, religious and philosophical attitudes, his formal skills and the importance of his plays for understanding the changing culture in which they were written, make Webster the most controversial of all Jacobean dramatists. This volume includes freshly collated, fully annotated and cross-referenced texts of his three best-known plays, together with introductions and a useful critical bibliography.
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LibraryThing member datrappert
Webster is hardly the hack he is made out to be by his portrayal as a young boy in "Shakespeare in Love". At their worst, the plays in this book are highly entertaining. At their best, they are quite poetic. After 500 years or so, that is saying something.
LibraryThing member JVioland
Uneven in the extreme. John Webster had a brilliant wit and created memorable characters. This selection of his plays also shows a penchant for gross manipulation of his audience by manufacturing outrageous coincidences and irrational behaviors that fly in the face of reality. The Duchess of Malfi
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is the best of the three dramas and is so good that I wish some theatrical company would produce it. The White Devil and The Devil's Law-Case should be forgotten as they fail to display the gift Webster had. Show Less
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Original publication date
ca 1617 - 1619 (The Devil's Law-Case)
1623 (The Duchess of Malfi)
1612 (The White Devil)
Physical description
464 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0140430814 / 9780140430813
Local notes
White Devil. Duchess of Malfi. Devil’s Law-Case