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White Devil (other)
White devil may refer to: * ''The White Devil'', a 1612 tragedy by John Webster * The White Devil (1930 film), ''The White Devil'' (1930 film), a German film directed by Alexandre Volkoff * The White Devil (1947 film), ''The White Devil'' (1947 film), an Italian film directed by Nunzio Malasomma * The White Devil (Dark), "The White Devil" (''Dark''), a 2019 TV episode * Gundam (fictional robot), nicknamed "White Devil", a fictional piloted robot in the anime ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' * "White Devil", a 2004 song by Alexisonfire from ''Watch Out! (Alexisonfire album), Watch Out!'' * ''White Devils'', a 2004 novel by Paul J. McAuley See also * Foreign Devil (other) * Black Devil (other) * Red Devil (other) * Div-e Sepid (), the chieftain of divs (demons) from the Persian epic ''Shahnameh'' * "White Demon Love Song", from ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' (2009) * Ricky Marvin (born 1980), ring name "White Demon", Mexican professional wrestler {{Disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Devil
''The White Devil'' (full original title: ''The White Divel; or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano. With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous Venetian Curtizan'') is a tragedy by English playwright John Webster. According to Webster's own preface to the 1612 Quarto Edition"To the Reader" the play's first performance in that year was a notorious failure; he complained that the play was acted in the dead of winter before an unreceptive audience. The play's complexity, sophistication, and satire made it a poor fit with the repertory of Queen Anne's Men at the Red Bull Theatre, where it was first performed. It was successfully revived in 1630 by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre and published again in 1631. Background The story is loosely based on an event in Italy thirty years prior to the play's composition: the murder of Vittoria Accoramboni in Padua on 22 December 1585. Webster's dramatisation of this event turned Italian co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |