Minor characters in this work include a Doctor who is beaten after attempting to treat another character's "lycanthropia" and a figure dismissed as "a mere stick of sugar-candy" by the title character, Malateste.
Stephen Oliver's operatic adaptation of this play includes a setting of "Beati, quorum via integra est" to emphasize this play's final couplet, "Integrity of life is fame's best friend/Which nobly (beyond death) shall crown the end." Minor characters in this work include a Doctor who is beaten after attempting to treat another character's "lycanthropia" and a figure dismissed as "a mere stick of sugar-candy" by the title character, Malateste. The unfaithful wife of Castruccio, Julia, is killed by a poisoned Bible in this work, while major plot points include a horoscope lost near its beginning and the servant (*) Cariola's revelation of a secret which allows the title character to be apprehended near the shrine of Loretto, after which she's shown a fake corpse and a severed hand. The plot of this play is set in motion when the steward Antonio's marriage to the title character is discovered by Ferdinand and the Cardinal. For 10 points, identify this play in which all three of those characters are stabbed by Bosola before his own death, a work about the titular Italian noblewoman by John Webster.
Stephen Oliver's operatic adaptation of this play includes a setting of "Beati, quorum via integra est" to emphasize this play's final couplet, "Integrity of life is fame's best friend/
The {Duchess} of {Malfi}