{"product_id":"a-woman-killed-with-kindness-revised-edition-9780713677775","title":"A Woman Killed with Kindness: Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Here lies she whom her husband's kindness killed\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the epitaph, in golden letters, Master John Frankford proposes for the tomb of his wife, Anne, who has just starved herself to death. Frankford congratulates himself on the clever means by which he has brought his wife to repentance-and got rid of her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The marriage is comfortable, if uneventful, until Frankford gives his friend Wendoll the free use of his table and purse. When Wendoll takes even more than was offered, and confesses his desperate love to Anne, a complex and tragic drama ensues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praised as Heywood's best play and as the best \"domestic tragedy,\" \u003ci\u003eA Woman Killed with Kindness \u003c\/i\u003e(1603) requires us to consider who and what the household includes and on what conditions. What are the limits of hospitality? What are the relationships between friendship and marriage, intimacy and possession? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This student edition contains a fully annotated version of the playtext in modern spelling. The Introduction includes a detailed discussion of the play's interpretation and stage history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Heywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e New Mermaids\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713677775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2nd Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43244174442633,"sku":"9780713677775","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_61dca2b7-c697-42c7-9392-229d3b7c1f96.jpg?v=1735641459","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-woman-killed-with-kindness-revised-edition-9780713677775","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}