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3 unusual facts about The White Devil


Pope Paul IV

He also appears as a character in John Webster's Jacobean revenge drama The White Devil (1612).

The White Devil

The Royal Shakespeare Company performed The White Devil in 1996 at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon (later transferred to London to The Pit at The Barbican), directed by Gale Edwards with Richard McCabe as Flamineo, Philip Quast as Ludovico, Ray Fearon as Brachiano, Jane Gurnett as Vittoria, Stephen Boxer as Francisco and Philip Voss.

Vittoria Accoramboni

Her story formed the basis of John Webster's drama, The White Devil, or The Tragedy of Paolo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano (1612), of Stendhal's novella Vittoria Accoramboni (1837-1839), of Ludwig Tieck's novel, Vittoria Accoramboni (1840) and of Robert Merle's novel l'Idole (1987) published in English translation as Vittoria.



see also

The Lost Tracks of Danzig

The album includes "White Devil Rise", recorded during the sessions for Danzig 4 in response to racist comments by Louis Farrakhan and his use of the term "The White Devil" to describe the white race.