Brittany Chandler, Mitchel Kawash, Samantha Blinn, Claire Curtis-Ward and Ariana Karp tackle the epic final act of The White Devil - our cold read ran around 55 minutes!
We discuss a number of topics, including:
- Flamineo’s changes in the final act, the realization of mortality
- Bracciano’s violent and public death
- Vittoria’s ascension to being a Duchess
- The significance of Francisco’s “moorish” disguise
- The ‘othering’ of different characters
- The Jacobean aesthetic of decay
- Marcello’s place as a sibling with Vittoria and Flamineo
- The play with traditional gender roles between Bracciano and Vittoria
- Revenge is a dish served very icily in this play
- Vittoria and Flamineo’s death “games” at the end of the play
- Does Flamineo at the very end, acknowledge his deep love for his sister?
- Who is “The White Devil”?
