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- English
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A Woman Killed With Kindness
About this book
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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A WOMAN
KILLED WITH
KINDNESS
TITLE] Q1 adding Written by Tho: Heywood; Q2 adding As it hath beene oftentimes Acted by the Queenes Maiest. Seruants. Written by THO. HEYWOOD. The third Edition.
LIST OF ROLES
| PROLOGUE | ||
| Mistress ANNE Frankford | ||
| Master John FRANKFORD | husband of Anne Frankford | |
| Master WENDOLL | friend of John Frankford, later Anne Frankford’s lover | |
| Master CRANWELL | friend of John Frankford | 5 |
| JENKIN | Frankford house servant, assigned to Wendoll | |
| NICK CICELY Milkpail Spiggot the BUTLER |  | |
| Jack SLIME Roger BRICKBAT |  | 10 |
| Joan Miniver Isabel Motley Jane Trubkin |  | |
| Sir FRANCIS Acton | brother of Anne Frankford, later | 15 |
| Susan Mountford’s husband | ||
| Master MALBY | friend of Sir Francis | |
| Sir CHARLES Mountford | ||
| SUSAN Mountford | sister of Sir Charles | |
| SHAFTON | duplicitous friend of Sir Charles | |
| OLD MOUNTFORD | uncle of Sir Charles and Susan | 20 |
| SANDY | acquaintance of Sir Charles | |
| RODER | landowner, former tenant of Sir Charles | |
| TIDY | cousin of Sir Charles and Susan | |
| FALCONER[S] | ||
| SHERIFF | 25 | |
| KEEPER | prison-keeper at York Castle | |
| EPILOGUE | ||
| Musicians, Huntsmen, Officers, Sergeant, Servingmen and Servants, Maid, Frankford Children, Coachman, Carters | ||
LIST OF ROLES
1PROLOGUE This character may have appeared only once onstage in Heywood’s theatre, to advocate for the play at the first performance (Stern). The part was delivered by Jenkin at the RSC, and shared between Jenkin and Cicely at the NT in 1971; both other productions since 1971 cut the Prologue.
2Mistress ANNE Frankford ‘Anne’ is the speech prefix used in both quartos (and this edition), but there is a striking gap between reading this play and seeing it in the theatre, as the name ‘Anne’ is never heard onstage. This character is addressed in dialogue as ‘Mistress Frankford’ (this is also the preferred form in stage directions) or as ‘Nan’ (six times by her husband, and once each by her lover and brother).
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title Page
- The Editors
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- General Editors’ Preface
- Preface
- Introduction
- A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS
- Commentary Notes and Textual Notes
- Abbreviations and References
- Index
- Copyright