The White Devil

by John Webster from 1612

About

Webster's The White Devil (1612) is his other great tragedy alongside The Duchess of Malfi: the story of Vittoria Corombona, an Italian aristocrat whose adultery with the Duke of Bracciano leads to the murder of both their spouses and eventually to Vittoria's own destruction in the corrupt Roman courts. Vittoria's trial scene — in which she faces her accusers with defiance and intelligence that makes her more sympathetic than her judges — is one of the great theatrical confrontations of the Jacobean period. T. S. Eliot's essay on Webster established the play's modern critical reputation.

Tragedy Jacobean Dark Terrifying Intense Grotesqueen

The White Devil

Characters: 30
Words: 22.7k
Acts: 5
Duration: ~2 hr 50 min

Characters

#CharacterPlayerLines

1

Flam

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249

2

Brach

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145

3

Fran

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145

4

Vit

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127

5

Lodo

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99

6

Mont

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88

7

Zan

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38

8

Corn

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37

16 sections

22.7k words

#TitleWords

Act I

1

Act I Scene I

5123:50

2

Act I Scene II

2.7k20:05

Act II

3

Act II Scene I

3.2k23:50

4

Act II Scene II

4433:19

Act III

5

Act III Scene I

5954:28

6

Act III Scene II

2.6k19:49

7

Act III Scene III

1.1k7:55

Act IV

8

Act IV Scene I

6214:39

9

Act IV Scene II

2k15:14

10

Act IV Scene III

1.2k8:42

Act V

11

Act V Scene I

1.9k14:08

12

Act V Scene II

6364:46

13

Act V Scene III

2.1k15:33

14

Act V Scene IV

7765:49

15

Act V Scene V

1250:56

16

Act V Scene VI

2.3k17:20

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