Duchess of Malfi fic: hunt the badger by owl-light

Apr 11, 2012 13:39

So, I went to see The Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic at the weekend (superb performance by Eve Best in the title role), and, like one does, I came out fancing a bit of brother and sister pre-canon dirty times. And I couldn't find a scrap! Woe. So I wrote some. Here it is, just in case there's one other person on the planet besides me who wants ( Read more... )

fiction: the duchess of malfi, theatre, fiction

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tikiaceae April 14 2012, 18:44:05 UTC
Oh, Ferdinand... A lovely fic and I'm happy you decided to write it. :)

I saved the fic to read until after watching the play and I'm glad I did. I don't think I found Ferdinand very sympathetic when reading the play but I definitely felt for Harry Lloyd's Ferdinand.

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oxoniensis April 16 2012, 11:21:07 UTC
Thank you!

Glad you got to see the play - did you enjoy it? I had very mixed feelings about it (especially after having seen a superb performance years ago), but overall I did enjoy it. And obviously I came out craving some porn!

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tikiaceae April 16 2012, 15:36:24 UTC
Yeah, I did like it overall. I've been wanting to see the play for a while and it was great that I got the chance to. There were bits that I wasn't particularly keen on but Eve Best was great. Now I'm jealous about this performance you saw years ago! :)

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oxoniensis April 16 2012, 19:12:02 UTC
I've finally found a cast list for the production I saw before: Harriet Walter was the Duchess, and Russel Dixon played the Cardinal. I was only in my teens, but I still remember it well. I was on the front row at the Pit, right in the action. It was enthralling.

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tikiaceae April 16 2012, 20:23:40 UTC
It must've been awesome. Perhaps there'll be another production that I'll get to see...

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oxoniensis April 17 2012, 07:40:05 UTC
It's a great play, so I'm sure it'll be produced again soon!

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