Arden of Faversham: Anon

A true crime story of the murder of Thomas Arden by his wife and her lover, this play is concerned with the politics of the household, with gender roles within marriage, and presents a black comedy of botched murder attempts rather like The Ladykillers.
Date Published: 5 November 2009
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Contributors: Emma Smith
In Collection(s): Shakespeare’s Contemporary dramatists
Keywords: #greatwriters, renaissance, theatre, elizabethan, jacobean, language, english
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