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Arden of Faversham
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This play will appeal to those interested in Elizabethan drama, crime and psychological thrillers, as well as readers who enjoy historical stories of passion and betrayal.
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This revised edition of Arden of Faversham contains a completely
re-written Introduction that brings the text up to date with the latest
performance history, criticism and research and fresh insight into the
context in which the play was written.
Accessible, easy to use and with a focus on performance, New Mermaidsbring the finest classic drama texts alive for the actor, student andtheatre-goer alikeEdited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards with detailed notes to the textFull Introduction provides a critical account of the play, staging conventions and recent stage history
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This lamentable and true tragedy, as it is announced on its title page, dramatises a domestic murder of the sort that nowadays scandalises and thrills the readers of tabloid newspapers.
Although the title advertises the great malice and dissimulation of a wicked woman and her unsatiable desire of filthie lust, the unknown playwright with great dramatic skill and psychological insight manages to balance the motivations of all the main characters.
Thomas Arden, one of the rapacious landlords so reviled in mid-Elizabethan social drama, was murdered at his own house in Faversham, Kent, in 1551. His murderers, it turned out, had been hired by his wife Alice, thrall to Mosby, who hoped to rise socially by marrying a rich widow.
As the introduction to this edition shows, sexual and material covetousness is the central theme running through the play, which is commonly rated unquestionably the best of all Elizabethan domestic tragedies.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780713677652
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 August 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Contributors:
- Edited by Martin White
- Edited by Tom Lockwood
- Volume editor Martin White
- Introduction by Tom Lockwood
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 156g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Dr Tom Lockwood, Lecturer in English at the University of Birmingham.His article The Sheridans at Work' was awarded The Review of English Studies Essay Prize and his book Ben Jonson in the Romantic Age is published by Oxford University Press.
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