The Duchess
Trafalgar Theatre, London
About the Show
Jodie Whittaker stars as The Duchess, a daring and powerful widow who defies her family’s wishes by remarrying beneath her class. However, when her brothers, driven by insurmountable greed and rage, discover her second marriage they unleash a series of cruel and devastating punishments against her. But will their harrowing atrocities come back to haunt them?
Written and directed by award-winning Zinnie Harris (Macbeth (an undoing)), this adaptation of John Webster’s drama, The Duchess of Malfi explores the depths of the patriarchy against female resistance.
Whittaker leads an all-star cast in this vivid production and is joined by Joel Fry, Rory Fleck Byrne, Jude Owusu, Paul Ready, Elizabeth Ayodele, Hubert Burton, Matti Houghton, Hannah Visocchi, Kerill Kelly, Greg Snowden, and Amy Vicary-Smith.
Don’t miss Whittaker in the performance of a lifetime.