Wednesday, 26 March 2025
The 2018 RSC version of Duchess of Malfi
Trailer gives you a sense of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJWExXXEjI
Photos from the production:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-duchess-of-malfi/maria-aberg-2018-production
A summary of the play from a power/gender perspective;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AaDCkVNDPU
Duchess on her relationship with Bosola:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8nkX9jQ4oU
Duchess on her relationship with Cariola:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b99EPQF74Sg
Duchess on Ferdinand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHvZP1FPqg
Analysis of the toxic masculinity in the production:
https://open.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1135&context=emc
The 2014 version at the Globe (Gemma Arteton as Duchess)
Compare with this much more traditional staging that uses shadows, candlelight and 17th century clothing—though that, too, has its connotations of masculine power:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoIP7Ftz5BI