"Pull, pull, for with your able arms you must pull heaven down around me," cries the title character as she is tortured to death by the Cardinal's men.
"Pull, pull, for with your able arms you must pull heaven down around me," cries the title character as she is tortured to death by the Cardinal's men. Inspired by William Painter's  "The Palace of Pleasure" and considered the last Elizabethan drama, it tells the story of Duke Ferdinand's sister, persecuted for marrying her steward, Antonio, and producing legitimate heirs to the duchy of Calabria. Ferdinand's assassin, Bosola, is redeemed somewhat at the end. For ten points, name this 1613 tragedy by John Webster.
"Pull, pull, for with your able arms you must pull heaven down around me," cries the title character as she is tortured to death by the Cardinal's men.
The Duchess of Malfi