Arden of Faversham * A Woman Killed with Kindness * The Witch of Edmonton * The English TravellerIn about 1590; an unknown dramatist had the idea of writing a tragedy about the lives of ordinary people; instead of the genres 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 killedby his wife and her lover.In Thomas Heywoods 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 Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords 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.
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