Women Beware Women

About the show

In Florence, Bianca elopes with the poor Leantio, but his decision to confine her allows the Duke to pursue and rape her with help from Livia. Bianca becomes the Duke’s mistress, while Livia and Leantio begin an affair. A parallel plot follows Hippolito’s incestuous relationship with his niece Isabella. As betrayals surface, a wedding masque erupts in violence and kills the principal characters.