A Woman Killed With Kindness

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By Thomas Heywood

Series: Arden Early Modern Drama

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A Woman Killed With Kindness, by Thomas Heywood, is a compelling domestic tragedy that delves into the complexities of marital punishment and the moral challenges of mercy. It portrays the intimate struggles and societal expectations within marriage, revealing profound emotional and ethical dilemmas.
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Ideal for students, scholars, and theatre practitioners, this edition suits those interested in early modern drama, literary analysis, and stage performance.

A startling domestic thriller written in 1603. "Fast moving, frightening and erotic: a major play in a radical production."--"Guardian"

A major new edition of a canonical play with detailed on-page notes and a lengthy introduction covering its historical, performance and critical contexts.

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The most studied of Thomas Heywood's plays, A Woman Killed With Kindness explores the boundaries of marital punishment and the moral weight of mercy. This major new edition of this startling domestic tragedy offers the standard, depth, and range associated with all Arden editions.

The on-page commentary notes explain the language, references, and staging issues posed by the text while the lengthy, illustrated introduction offers a lively overview of the play's historical, performance, and critical contexts. This is the ideal edition for study and performance.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781904271581

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 September 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare

Illustration: 14 bw illus

Contributors:

Edited by Margaret Jane Kidnie

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 352g

Pages: 320

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Thomas Heywood

About the Author

M. J. Kidnie is a professor at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She has edited several early modern works of prose and drama, and her research currently centres on live performance and adaptation.