The White Devil
Past productions
- Lazarus Theatre Company, Blue Elephant Theatre, London
- Menier Chocolate Factory, Menier Chocolate Factory, London
- Mercury Theatre Company, Mercury Theatre, Colchester
- Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit, London
- Barbican Theatre, London
- Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Ursa Major Theatre Company, Southwark Playhouse, London
- National Theatre, National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre
- Bristol Old Vic Company, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal
- The Old Vic, London
- Nottingham Playhouse Company, Nottingham Playhouse
- National Theatre, The Old Vic, London
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Vanbrugh Theatre, London
- Cambridge Arts Theatre
- The Old Vic, London
- University of Iowa
- University of Iowa
- Victoria Rooms, Bristol
- Duchess Theatre, London
- Marlowe Society, Cambridge, Unknown, Cambridge, Tour – Scandinavia, and other locations
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
A play by John Webster
The White Devil is a retelling of a true story. In 1473, at the age of 16, Vittoria Accoramboni was married to a nephew of Cardinal Montalto. At the age of 23, she met Paolo Giordano Orsini, Duke of Bracciano. He fell desperately in love with Vittoria and ordered her husband’s murder. The two were married, but Bracciano died eight months later. The Medicis challenged his will, in which he left his fortune in Vittoria’s charge, and when she refused to listen to them, they had her assassinated.