Event type:	Theatre Visit
Date:	21/05/2026
Time:	19:30
Group:	Play Going – Lace Market
Venue:	Lace Market Theatre
Organiser:	Richard Hill
Cost:	in the Auditorium Adults £15 Concession £13
Booking:	Note that booking is required.

by John Webster

The Duchess of Malfi is a revenge tragedy play by John Webster that tells the story of a widowed duchess who marries her steward against her brothers’ wishes The play explores themes of class, power, and the corruption of the Catholic Church. A defiant woman is destroyed by her corrupt brothers in this violent revenge tragedy, full of dark humour. In an attempt to prevent the fiercely independent Duchess from marrying the man she loves, her corrupt brothers go on a disturbing quest to destroy her. Remarkable for its inventive and grotesque violence, yet full of dark humour, this violent revenge tragedy asks how anyone can survive in a world where masculinity has become toxic.