The White Devil (2012)

Poster by Poster Designer

by John Webster

Directed by Dave Hollander

Performances: Tue 19th – Sat 23rd June 2012, Prompt Corner

Introduction

A heady blend of lust, intrigue and murderous plotting, John Webster's play tells the story of Vittoria Corombona, a married noblewoman, who elopes with her lover when her husband and his wife are both murdered. As the finger of suspicion wavers between different parties, mysterious strangers start to appear - are these ghosts from the past or aggrieved adversaries in disguise, hell-bent on revenge?

Cast

• Monticelso – A Cardinal, later Pope Paul IV.
• Francisco De Medici – Duke of Florence; in Act V disguised as the Moor, Mulinassar.
• Brachiano – Otherwise Paulo Giordano Orsini, The Duke of Brachiano, husband of Isabella, and in love with Vittoria.
• Giovanni – Brachiano's son by Isabella.
• Lodovico – Sometimes Lodowick, an Italian Count in love with Isabella.
• Antonelli – Ludovico's friend and conspirator.
• Gasparo - Ludovico's friend and conspirator.
• Camillo – Vittoria's husband, nephew of Monticelso.
• Carlo - Attendant of Brachiano, in league with Francisco.
• Pedro - Attendant of Brachiano, in league with Francisco.
• Hortensio – One of Brachiano's officers.
• Marcello – An attendant to the Duke of Florence; Vittoria's younger brother.
• Flamineo – Vittoria's brother. Brachiano's secretary.
• Arragon - A Cardinal.
• Julio - A Doctor
• Jacques – A Moor; servant to Giovanni.
• Isabella – Francisco De Medici's sister; first wife of Brachiano
• Vittoria Corombona – a Venetian lady, sister of Flamineo. first married to Camillo – afterwards to Brachiano
• Cornelia – Mother to Vittoria, Flamineo, and Marcello
• Zanche – Moor servant to Vittoria; in love with Flamineo, then Francisco
• Simon – Auditor to Duke of Florence/White Devil
• Taaffe – Apprentice of Brachiano, T-Bird
• Ambassadors, Courtiers, Officers and Guards, Attendants, Conjurer, Chancellor, Register and Lawyers, Conclavist, Armourer, Physicians, Page, Matron of the House of Convertites, Ladies.

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