The recipe for realistic theatre gore? Jelly, oatmeal and raw meat
From cat brains to dismembered tongues, the teams behind theatre’s bloodiest shows reveal how they made audiences shriek with horror and delight
May 2019
The Duchess (of Malfi) review – critique without context
Zinnie Harris’s narrow reworking of Webster’s revenge tragedy fails to persuade
November 2015
The Duchess of Malfi review – a suitable intensity of vision
Fiona Buffini’s production does justice to John Webster’s play – even if at times the sense of his words is lost
January 2014
Mark Lawson's theatre studies
Globe's Sam Wanamaker Playhouse casts new light on Jacobean staging
Candlelit murder: Gemma Arterton and the duchesses of Malfi – in pictures
The Duchess of Malfi - review
The Snowman, London Calling, Lost Boy: what to see at the theatre this week
October 2013
Gemma Arterton to play Duchess of Malfi in new Globe theatre's first show
Matt Trueman: The candlelit Sam Wannamaker theatre is on the same site as the Globe, where Arterton made her professional stage debut six years ago
September 2013
The Duchess of Malfi – review
Eyestrings’ intelligent production may have a few raw performances, but oozes promise overall, writes Lyn Gardner
February 2013
Theatre's new generation
Laurie Sansom: incoming artistic director, National Theatre of Scotland – profile
'I directed The Duchess of Malfi when I was in the sixth form. Naturally, I gave myself the main part: it must have been painful'
April 2012
The Duchess of Malfi; I Dreamed a Dream; Vera Vera Vera – review
All eyes are on Eve Best in the Old Vic's chillingly spellbound production of the Webster classic, writes Susannah Clapp
March 2012
Duchess of Malfi - review
What to see this week
What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips
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Eve Best in The Duchess of Malfi at The Old Vic: Top price tickets for £35
February 2012
The Duchess of Malfi – review
The swansong production in the Playhouse's current home didn't always get the superlative acting it needed, writes Lyn Gardner
January 2012
Jacobean tragedy: of love and death
With new productions of The Changeling and The Duchess of Malfi about to open, it seems we can’t get enough of revenge tragedies. Andrew Dickson on a gruesome addiction
December 2010
TV review
Last Night's TV: The Making of the Duchess of Malfi and American Dream
Only a masochist would forego X Factor for the making of an experimental opera
