The Duchess of Malfi is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster.
Sleeping Murder[]
The play was referenced in the novel Sleeping Murder, when several of the characters attend a performance of the play. The passage used is:
- Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle: she died young.
In the novel actor John Gielgud is referenced as being one of the actors performing in the play. In real life he performed in the play at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, from April 11th to May 12th 1945.[1]