John Webster

People expecting punishment won’t be disappointed: Almeida’s Duchess of Malfi reviewed

18 January 2020 9:00 am

The Duchess of Malfi is one of those classics that everyone knows by name but not many have witnessed on…

Why are Shakespeare’s women so feeble?

29 March 2014 9:00 am

Shakespeare did not give his female characters pivotal roles, but some of his contemporaries did, as Lloyd Evans discovers