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The Duchess Of Malfi
Olivier Award-winner Eve Best stars in John Webster’s Jacobean dark and bloody tragedy.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
The Duchess Of Malfi
Old Vic, The Cut, LondonOlivier Award-winner Eve Best stars in John Webster’s Jacobean dark and bloody tragedy The Duchess Of Malfi.
Set in the Italian Renaissance court of Amalfi, The Duchess Of Malfi is the murderous tale of a recently widowed Duchess who acts against the wishes of her brothers and secretly marries her lover setting in motion a tidal wave of vengeance. As jealousy, madness and bloodshed surround her, she retains a calm strength and dignity to the end.
Written in the early 1600s, The Duchess Of Malfi is considered a masterpiece for its poetry and early exploration of female courage in the face of male corruption.
Best, who leads the cast of The Duchess Of Malfi, most recently played Beatrice to critical acclaim in Shakespeare’s Globe’s 2011 production of Much Ado About Nothing. The British actress won an Olivier Award in 2006 for her performance as Hedda Gabler, both at the Almeida theatre and in the West End, but might be best known for playing the Duchess of Windsor in Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech or Dr Eleanor O’Hara in hit US TV drama Nurse Jackie.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Eve Best, Madeline Appiah, Harry Attwell, Tom Bateman, Mark Bonnar, Adam Burton, Vyelle Croom, Lucy Eaton, Taylor James, Tunji Kasim, Harry Lloyd, Finbar Lynch, Nari Blair Mangat, Iris Roberts, Alan Westaway
director: Jamie Lloyd
music by: Max and Ben Ringham
designer: Soutra Gilmour
lighting designer: James Farncombe
sound: Max and Ben Ringham
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Ticket Prices:
£10-£49.50
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Play
- Sub-Genre: Play-Tragedy
- Show Times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Mats Wed & Sat 14:30
- opening night:
- closing:
- Box Office:
0844 871 7628 - Visit the Show Website
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Old Vic
The Cut, London, United Kingdom, SE1 8NB
- Nearest tube: Waterloo (200m)
- Nearest bus: 1, 68, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 501
- Nearest train: Waterloo (200m) Take Exit 2 and turn right.
- Parking: 1 bay for blue badge holders in Webber Street, plus meters. NCP in Coin Street. Nearest taxi pick-up point is at Waterloo station.
- Air conditioned: 1
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- How to book: Tel: 0844 871 7677 Fax: 020 7928 4397 Minicom: 0870 060 6641 Online booking form available via www.oldvictheatre.com/access
- Discounts: Discounts vary with each production.
- Limited mobility: Boxes or E28, F20, G6, G31, M4, X7 in the Stalls have the most leg room.
- Access description: There is a ramp from street level into the foyer and the box office is on your right. Handrails are available on either side of the entrance. From the foyer there are seven steps into the Stalls (without handrails). There are 20+ steps to the Dress Circle and a further 20 steps to the Baylis Circle (with handrails). The theatre is open 1 hour before the performance.
- Hearing impaired: Sennheiser infra-red system. A unit is required to be collected from the cloakroom for a £5 deposit (which will be refunded on return of the unit). 30+ units available, including in-ear types and loop units to be used with the T-setting/switch on hearing aids. Some seats are unsuitable for use with the units, please inform the box office at the time of booking if one is likely to be needed. Induction loop is available at the walk-up box office.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are allowed into the auditorium. Alternatively, staff can dog-sit. Pleae inform Box Office at time of booking.
- Wheelchairs: There is a ramp from street level into the foyer. One wheelchair position in Stalls seat N5, a companion can sit in N6. In the case of a transfer, the wheelchair will be stored in the adapted toilet which is next to the access door and close to the wheelchair position. Please discuss any access needs with the box office at the time of booking.
- Toilets: There are men’s and women’s off the Pit bar, and 21 steps up from the Lilian Baylis bar.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted WC on the left inside the side entrance.
- Bars: Pit bar down 19 steps from foyer (spacious), Dress Circle bar up 20+ steps, Lilian Baylis bar up 49 steps. Soft drinks brought to disabled customers in the auditorium. All have moveable seats.
