Arden of Faversham

by Catherine Richardson (Editor), Gordon McMullan (Editor), John Jowett (Editor), Suzanne Gossett (Editor)

Overview

Based on the true story of the murder of Thomas Arden by his wife, her lover and accomplices in 1551, Arden of Faversham is one of the earliest domestic tragedies and a play which has continued to thrill audiences since its first staging. This comprehensive edition situates the play in its social, cultural and political context while exploring its performance and critical history through a range of historical and contemporary productions, including William Poel's Lilies That Fester (1897) and the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2014 production. Throughout, the edition aims to reanimate the play's engagement with the material culture of domestic life, using little-known evidence for the objects and spaces implicated in the murder. The introduction also accounts for recent new thinking about the play's likely authorship, including claims that Shakespeare was a key co-author. The comprehensive, illustrated introduction combined with detailed on-page commentary notes and glosses make this an ideal edition for students and teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474289290
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/21/2022
Series:	Arden Early Modern Drama Series
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Catherine Richardson is Professor of Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent, UK. She is author of Domestic Life and Domestic Tragedy in Early Modern England: The material life of the household (Manchester, 2006), Shakespeare and Material Culture (OUP, 2011), and A Day at Home in Early Modern England: Material Culture and Domestic Life 1500-1700, and editor of Clothing Culture 1350-1650 (Ashgate, 2004), with Tara Hamling, Everyday Objects: Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture and its Meanings (Ashgate, 2010) and with Hamling and David Gaimster, The Routledge Handbook of Material Culture in Early Modern Europe (2016).

Table of Contents

Series Preface
Introduction
Arden of Faversham
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"[The editor] combine[s] personal enthusiasm ... with scholarly rigour, and the result is ... useful and enjoyable insights into early modern drama." - The Times Literary Supplement

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