The Duchess of Malfi - Media Adaptations

Media Adaptations

  • Opera - Stephen Oliver's The Duchess of Malfi, staged at Oxford in 1971.
  • Television - In 1972, produced by the BBC
  • Television - A Question of Happiness #1: A Question About Hell, an adaptation by Kingsley Amis in which the names of all the characters are changed
  • Audio - In 1980, produced by the BBC.
  • Radio - on BBC Third Programme, 16/5/1954, with Peggy Ashcroft as the Duchess and Paul Scofield as Ferdinand.
  • Radio - In 1988 on Australia's ABC, with Fay Kelton as the Duchess.
  • Radio - on BBC Radio 3, 8/11/1992, with Fiona Shaw in the title role, Roger Allam and John Shrapnel.
  • Radio - on BBC Radio 3, 12/10/2008, with Sophie Okonedo as the Duchess.
  • Recording - (excerpts only) In 1952, read by Dylan Thomas by Caedmon
  • Recording - (full dramatization) In 1969 by Caedmon starring Barbara Jefford as the Duchess, Alec McCowen as Ferdinand, Robert Stephens as Bosola and Jeremy Brett as Antonio.
  • DVD - 2010, Stage on Screen, with Aislin McGuckin (Duchess), Tim Treloar (Bosola), Tim Steed (Ferdinand) and Mike Hadfield (Cardinal).

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