John Webster monologues
Webster — dark Jacobean tragedy.
3 monologues
Duchess
The Duchess of Malfi · John Webster
«The misery of us that are born great! We are forc'd to woo, because none dare woo us; And as a tyrant doubles…»
A high-born widow woos her own steward — play it as courage, tenderness and vulnerability at once, never coy.
Bosola
The Duchess of Malfi · John Webster
«He and his brother are like plum-trees that grow crooked over standing-pools; they are rich and o'erladen…»
The malcontent mercenary on the ingratitude of patrons and the cast-off soldier's fate; corrosive, biting bitterness.
Vittoria Corombona
The White Devil · John Webster
«Humbly thus, Thus low to the most worthy and respected Lieger ambassadors, my modesty And womanhood I tender;…»
A woman on trial for her life refuses to grovel: she turns the courtroom into her stage and makes her accusers look small.