The Duchess of Malfi, Old Vic
This is the Jacobean tragedy that probably gave Quentin Tarantino his best ideas - by the end of night the body count is almost in double figures through stabbings and strangulations. But even as the fake blood flows and the gurglings mount, Jamie Lloyd's sturdy but sometimes sluggish production of John Webster's masterpiece (c 1614) isn't exactly gripping.read more