The Mysterious Mr Webster
Taal: nld
Categorie: kunst, cultuur
Professor James Shapiro goes in search of the mysterious man behind plays such as The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi. Piecing together the fragments of John Webster's life, he explores how he came to write it just at the moment when the Jacobeans were inventing modern indoor theatre. On hand to help is Gemma Arterton, who plays the Duchess in the Globe's candlelit production, which is also available on BBC Four. This is the story of the son of a coach-maker who ended up rivalling...