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A blonde woman stares vacantly, whilst black ink or blood seems to spill down her chest from her neck.
A blonde woman stares vacantly, whilst black ink or blood seems to spill down her chest from her neck.

The Duchess of Malfi

By John Webster, Directed by Rebecca Frecknall

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30 Nov 2019 — 25 Jan 2020

★★★★★ Time Out

★★★★ The GuardianEvening StandardThe Observeri, The Stage

“Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust”

You fall in love.
You get married.
You have children.
You live happily ever after.

Almeida Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall follows her Olivier Award-winning production of Summer and Smoke and Three Sisters with The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster’s electrifying revenge tragedy about rage, resistance and a deadly lust for power.

When the Duchess falls in love with her steward Antonio, her corrupt brothers embark on a chilling plot to destroy her marriage, power and agency. What begins as a jealous plan to extinguish her love becomes a bloodthirsty quest to extinguish her life.

Lydia Wilson returns to the Almeida to play the Duchess, following her Olivier Award-nominated performance in King Charles III.

Photograph by Nadav Kander

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CREATIVES

Direction Rebecca Frecknall
Design Chloe Lamford
Costume Nicky Gillibrand
Light Jack Knowles
Sound George Dennis
Casting Julia Horan CDG
Resident Director Sammy Glover
Fight Director Jonathan Holby
Resident Designer (Sound) Fizz Margereson
Resident Designer (Set) Amy Hayden-Wason
Resident Designer (Costume) Finlay Forbes Gower

CAST

Khalid Abdalla
Hadassah Allen
Leo Bill
Jersey Blu Georgia
Ioanna Kimbook
Michael Marcus
Ciarán Owens
Shalini Peiris
Jack Riddiford
Jethro Skinner
Kalungi Ssebandeke
Lydia Wilson