The Duchess of Malfi

First performed by the King’s Men at The Globe of Blackfriars Theatre

Performed in front of Venetian ambassador,
Orazio Busino

Starring Thomas Betterton as Bosola and Mary Betterton as the Duchess

Revised by Lewis Theobald and retitled “The Fatal Secret”

Revised and adapted by R.H Horne and produced for Sadler’s Wells by Samuel Phelps

Staged by William Poel for the Independent Theatre Society with the aim of restoring the original text and historicising the play.

Staged by Phoenix Society at the Lyric Theatre

Directed by George Rylands and staged at Haymarket Theatre

Brecht & Auden adaptation, directed by George Rylands