The White Devil Resources

The Project Gutenberg E-Book of The White Devil is a well-rendered, accurate, typo-free copy of the work.

Learn more about The White Devil's creation and background from the experts at Brittanica.

Dang, turns out they made the Tarantino comparison too—but it's a pretty natural one to make.

This radio version of the play set the action in the 1950s underworld.

The young John Webster appears as an unwashed little kid playing with mice, who compliments Shakespeare on Titus Andronicus for having "lots of blood" and tells the Queen he liked the part in Romeo and Juliet where Juliet stabs herself.

This episode of the HBO series features discussion of The White Devil in a Princeton classroom – the teacher quotes Cornelia, saying, "What, because we are poor shall we be vicious?" To which a student replies, quoting Flamineo, "Pray what means have you to keep me from the galleys, or the gallows?"

This Guardian review of a new version of The White Devil is decidedly mixed: it finds the new version interesting, while suggesting that it's also too much about the director's own ideas and vision, as opposed to Webster's.

Check out this trailer for a university production of the play—it's got a very definite vibe.

An actress playing Vittoria discusses her role.

Take an inside look at this professional production of The White Devil from the UK.

This tune makes weirdly direct references to Webster—the intro basically states who he was and what he did.

This is a full recording of the whole play—perfectly legal and in the public domain (in the U.S.)—courtesy of Librivox.

Does she look like a murderer? The real Vittoria Accoramboni may have been totally innocent—which seems to vibe with this painting. But appearances can be deceiving—as Webster's play demonstrates.

This is the Pope who Cardinal Monticelso becomes in the play—just not in real life.

In real life, Cardinal Monticelso (Montalto) became this Pope—who looks like a bit of a schemer.