Episodes
| Series | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| DO3 | 20081012 | By John Webster. The Duchess of Malfi is one of the great Jacobean plays, and this new production focuses on the personal tragedies of a powerful family rent by lust and betrayal. When the widowed Duchess marries her steward Antonio, the choice challenges the accepted social order and established lines of power. It also brings her into direct conflict with her powerful brothers, the Duke Ferdinand and the scheming Cardinal, and tragedy ensues. The dark tale is enhanced by dark music written especially for the play. Duchess....Sophie Okonedo Antonio....Rory Kinnear Ferdinand....Jonathan Slinger Bosola....Bertie Carvel Cardinal....Oliver Senton Delio....Oliver Le Sueur Cariola....Becky Hindley Julia....Rachel Davidge Doctor....Michael Griffiths Pescara....Paul Panting Roderigo/Executioner....Nicholas Gadd Grisolan/Servant....Francis Middleditch Music by Arthur Ka Wai Jenkins. Adapted for radio and directed by Roy McMillan. The Duchess of Malfi is one of the great Jacobean plays, and this new production focuses on the personal tragedies of a powerful family rent by lust and betrayal. When the widowed Duchess marries her steward Antonio, the choice challenges the accepted social order and established lines of power. It also brings her into direct conflict with her powerful brothers, the Duke Ferdinand and the scheming Cardinal, and tragedy ensues. The dark tale is enhanced by dark music written especially for the play. Duchess - Sophie Okonedo Antonio - Rory Kinnear Ferdinand - Jonathan Slinger Bosola - Bertie Carvel Cardinal - Oliver Senton Delio - Oliver Le Sueur Cariola - Becky Hindley Julia - Rachel Davidge Doctor - Michael Griffiths Pescara - Paul Panting Roderigo/Executioner - Nicholas Gadd Grisolan/Servant - Francis Middleditch By John Webster. A new production of one of the great Jacobean plays. | |
| DO3 | 20210711 | 20230212 (R3) | Based on a true story, Webster's classic shifts from gentle romanticism to deepest, darkest cruelty. This visceral audio production intercuts the music of Jimi Hendrix and Laura Marling. The Duchess of Malfi - Pippa Nixon Bosola - Shaun Dooley Antonio - Sandy Grierson Ferdinand - Alexander Cobb Cardinal - Jonathan Keeble Delio/Pilgrim - Kevin Harvey Cariola/Julia - Jenny Platt Silvio/Pilgrim - Rupert Hill Doctor - Lloyd Hutchinson Original songs arranged and composed by Jules Maxwell and sung by Shaun Dooley and Jules Maxwell. Introduction by Professor Emma Smith from Hertford College, Oxford. Abridged and adapted by Pauline Harris and Emma Smith. Directed by Pauline Harris. A bold production of Webster's 17th-century masterpiece for BBC Radio 3. Based on a true story, Webster's classic shifts from gentle romanticism to deepest, darkest cruelty. This new, visceral audio production intercuts the music of Jimi Hendrix and Laura Marling. A bold new production of Webster's 17th-century masterpiece for BBC Radio 3. |