The Duchess of Malfi [1972] - Part 1
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- John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" is a chilling tale of jealousy, madness, and murder.
After the death of her first husband, a young and wealthy Duchess secretly marries another man below her rank. However, with the help of a morally-confused "intelligencer" named Bosola, the Duchess' transgression is soon discovered, leaving her at the mercy of her corrupt, possessive and unbalanced brothers. As her dangerous siblings seek their revenge, intrigue, plot-twists, madness, poisonings, accidental stabbings, incest, werewolves, ghosts and severed limbs abound, eventually leading to the gruesome and unrelenting downfall of the entire family and all who had been influenced by their actions.
Arguably the most popular of the Jacobean tragedies, "The Duchess of Malfi" is a provocative tale of love, power, obsession, and madness.
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Cast:
Eileen Atkins - The Duchess
Michael Bryant - Daniel de Bosola
Charles Kay - Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria
T.P. McKenna - The Cardinal
Gary Bond - Antonio Bologna
Jean Gilpin - Julia
Jerome Willis - Delio
Sheila Ballantine - Cariola
Tim Curry - a madman
directed by James MacTaggart
Produced for television by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), released October 10th, 1972 (c)
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"The Duchess of Malfi" is a meditation on power--political, religious, and sexual--and presents a bleak, violent, and fascinating world couched in some of the most beautiful language ever put on the stage. The Duchess of Malfi's description of a world bereft of moral values on its highest levels fascinates and scandalises us to this day.
A macabre, tragic play, John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" was written in 161213. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then before a more general audience at The Globe, in 1613-14. Published for the first time in 1623, the play is loosely based on true events that occurred between about 1508 and 1513, recounted in William Painter's The Palace of Pleasure (1567). The Duchess was Giovanna d'Aragona, whose father, Arrigo d'Aragona, Marquis of Gerace, was an illegitimate son of Ferdinand I of Naples. Her husbands were Alfonso Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, and (as in the play) Antonio Bologna. 
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I watched this production on television 50 years ago. Very happy to have had the chance to view it again. Thanks!
Whenever any film starts with Purcell's 'Funeral March of Queen Mary', you know there aren't going to be a bundle of laughs...
Thanks so much for putting this play up! I've been watching it at the same time as reading it while studying for a literature exam & have now seen & read it tons of times. It really helps! Thank you :)
Based on the life of Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi (1478-1510), whose unequal and secret second marriage with her employer Antonio Beccadelli and her tragic end (she was probably strangled by orders of her own brothers) inspired many literary works.
You mean her employee. She was the employer.
What an exceptional production this is - remarkably good. Much thanks for putting this up. What a wonderful & benevolent act. A fabulous Elizabethan play acted superbly.
Thank you so much for uploading!
This is an amazing film of The duchess of Malfi. Thank you very much for uploading the whole play! What a life saver for my exam!
Absolutely brilliant production of an equally brilliant play. Much thanks for sharing this!
THANK YOU Lothriel FOR UPLOADING THE DUCHESS OF MALIFI! finally got to see it!!!!!
Wow. My 'great great great great........ grandfather' wrote this. :)
Are you really related to Christopher Marlowe?😮😮
@@anirbanbhattacharjee2834 I do not know. I just followed my family tree as far as I could go. Got as far as the 1500s. Never heard of John Webster until then to be honest. I’m from Barbados and the “Duchess of Malfi” isn’t too popular this part of the world.
Isn't that the Clockwork Orange intro song as well?? omg as a lit student I'm fangirling because I'm comparing that text with duchess of malfi hahaha what a coincidence
Purcell "Queen Annes Funeral March".
Yes...
Bit of last minute panic revision before my Lit exam. Thankyou for posting this :)
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Thank you
Thanks very much for uploading this. If, by chance, you have the 1971 version of She Stoops to Conquer, it would be great to see that too. It had a great cast with Tom Courtenay, Juliet Mills, Brian Cox, etc. It was the funiest version of this play I have ever seen. Cheers.
Brian Cox has been around for forever!
Thanks
going to see this a the new Sam Wanamaker theatre Bankside in feb 2014,this will really help me,thanks
Upload the whole play with English subtitles plzzzz...🙏
"Women like that part that, like the lamprey, has no bone it...Why lady, I mean the tongue."
He put his foot in it there; that's more than a fistful. The tongue is a creative force in the hands of the skilful playwright. Shakespeare was a Will; Webster was a John. Both had long quills to titillate a woman's orifice...why lady, I mean your ears.
My exam is finished...now u recommend this youtube?
الله ذكرى حلوة اخذناها هاي المسرحيه بجامعه الموصل كليه الاداب قسم اللغه الانكليزيه سنه 2014 بالمرحله الثانيه .كانت مسرحيه تراجيدي .طلعت بيها دور ثاني
We got a lot of apricots.
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I just discovered my dad's family, and she's in this as Julia. He watched it and felt a bit awkward with the nudity knowing it was his cousin
I am Duchess of Malfi still.
Hey Slartibartfast, how are the fjords coming along?
@@emilynightingale7758 I got a prize for creating those, you know.
The opening dialogue between Antonio and Delio is cut out of this adaptation. Has anyone else noticed any excisions or alterations from the original play?
Actually some of that opening dialogue is just moved to a little later in the first scene.
I am watching it for my exam
Sure, go ahead! :)
Same with when you see this guy at 0:51
stunning i cribbed a copy from the b bc and thought i had the only copy in the us the new one does not compare
Lothriel--may I have permission to use screen captures from the Duchess of Malfi from your site in a paper I'm writing on the Duchess of Malfi? I have cited the RUclips site Lothriel as the source for the screen grabs. Thank you. Dorothy
Absolutely! Thanks for asking, and all the best with your paper.
me thinks the cardinal looked familiar. just watched ulysses 1967 version and he was buck mulligan..
Yes, my father who enjoyed a long and distinguished career across stage, film and tv.
you could be the one to bring them back in!
Yeah, it doesn't follow the play exactly. It skips a lot of stuff.
oh my god i cant understand what they r saying its a bit hard for a non native person xd
cannot hear
One thump up from me for your big information
Writer: Ben Jonson
which part has tim curry
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is it me or is Ferdinand wearing a dress, i'm not sure if it's meant to be symbolism or if it was just the fashion back then.
Shyana Hello
@laurissy it's a cloak. But you're right it does look like a dress.