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The Duchess West End

The Duchess 2024

Opened: October 5, 2024
Closing: December 20, 2024

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Trafalgar Theatre
14 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1A 2DY, United Kingdom London

Returning to the stage for the first time in over a decade, Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing at the Trafalgar Theatre for 11 weeks only.



Recently widowed and in search for a new lease of life, the Duchess (Whittaker) defies her family’s wishes by remarrying beneath her class. However, when her brothers, driven by insurmountable greed and rage, discover her second marriage they unleash a series of cruel and devastating punishments against her that repress her power. But will their vicious atrocities come back to haunt them?



Directed and adapted by award-winning Zinnie Harris (Macbeth (an undoing)), this “towering adaptation” (The Stage) of John Webster’s thrilling drama The Duchess of Malfi explores the depths of the patriarchy against female resistance.



Vivid, complex, and captivating, this contemporary production plays in the West End this autumn from 5 October 2024. Book your tickets to see Jodie Whittaker play this iconic role now.


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Review: THE DUCHESS (OF MALFI), Trafalgar Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - October 17, 2024


Zinnie Harris’s 2019 incarnation of The Duchess of Malfi, matter-of-factly titled The Duchess (of Malfi), desperately yearns to conjure the sexy metatheatrical cunning of Van Hove, Mitchell, Ostermeier. It stumbles toe-curlingly at every hurdle.

Additional Cast Members Join THE DUCHESS (OF MALFI) Starring Jodie Whittaker
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 5, 2024


Further casting has been revealed for Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed production of The Duchess (Of Malfi). Learn how to purchase tickets.

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