A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays

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This unique edition brings together four plays concerned with 'domestic' themes: Arden of Faversham, Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness and The English Traveller, and Dekker, Rowley and Ford's The Witch of Edmonton. Texts are in modern spelling, accompanied by a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation and bibliography. - ;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.;Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Texts; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of the Plays and their Genre; THE TRAGEDY OF MASTER ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM; A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS; THE WITCH OF EDMONTON; THE ENGLISH TRAVELLER; Appendix 1: The Unknown Author of Arden of Faversham; Appendix 2: The Date of The English Traveller; Explanatory Notes; Glossary. Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Note on the Texts Select Bibliography A Chronology of the Plays and their Genre THE TRAGEDY OF MASTER ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS THE WITCH OF EDMONTON THE ENGLISH TRAVELLER Appendix 1: The Unknown Author of Arden of Faversham Appendix 2: The Date of The English Traveller Explanatory Notes Glossary.