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A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays
Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, and John Ford
Edited by Martin Wiggins
400 pages
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196x129mm
978-0-19-282950-4
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Paperback
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08 May 2008
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- This is a unique collection of plays from the early modern or English Renaissance period, bringing together four key examples of 'domestic' drama, inaugurated in about 1590 by The Tragedy of Master Arden of Faversham.
- Each of the plays sheds fascinating light on contemporary English society in their handling of issues such as marriage, crime, and property, involving adultery, murder, witchcraft and the obligations of friendship.
- All the texts are edited to modern standards from the earliest surviving copies, with explanatory notes and a glossary.
- A critical introdution outlines the ways in which all four plays raise complex questions about the English society in which their tragic events unfold.
- A chronology details the history of the plays and their genre from sources to recent stage history.
- Two appendices supply new analysis of scholarly issues relating to two of the plays: who wrote Arden of Faversham and when did Heywood write The English Traveller.
Arden of Faversham * A Woman Killed with Kindness * The Witch of Edmonton * The English Traveller
In about 1590, an unknown dramatist had the idea of writing a tragedy about the lives of ordinary people, instead of the genre's usual complement of kings and queens and politicians. His play, Arden of Faversham, inaugurated a new genre of 'domestic' drama, set in near-contemporary England and concerned with issues of marriage, crime, and property rather than war and power. Arden dramatizes a notorious murder case of forty years
earlier, in which a wealthy husband was killed by his wife and her lover.
In Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness, a wife is caught by her husband in bed with his best friend, only to find that he takes unusual reprisals. The Witch of Edmonton combines a true-life story of witchcraft with a fictitious tale of bigamy and wife-murder, and The English Traveller deals with the unexpected and unwelcome changes people find when they return home after a lengthy absence.
Part of the Oxford English Drama series, this edition has modern-spelling texts; a critical introduction that outlines the way all four plays raise powerful and complex questions about the English society in which their tragic events unfold; wide-ranging notes; a
chronology of the plays from their sources to recent performance; and appendices relating to two of the plays: who wrote Arden of Faversham and when did Heywood write The English Traveller.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: Readers, performers, and students of English Renaissance drama; also students of
English Literature, the Elizabethan stage, cultural studies.
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Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, and John Ford Edited by Martin Wiggins, Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute and Senior Lecturer in English at the University of BirminghamContributors:
Thomas Heywood
Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, and John Ford
Thomas Heywood
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Introduction
Note on the Texts
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of the Plays and their Genre
THE TRAGEDY OF MASTER ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
Thomas Heywood: A WOMEN KILLED WITH KINDNESS
Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, and John Ford: THE WITCH OF EDMONTON
Thomas Heywood: THE ENGLISH TRAVELLER
Appendix 1: The Unknown Author of Arden of Faversham
Appendix 2: The Date of The English Traveller
Explanatory Notes
Glossary
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