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Arden of Faversham: Anon

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Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre
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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.

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Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre
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Emma Smith
Keywords
jacobean
language
theatre
elizabethan
renaissance
#greatwriters
english
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 05/11/2009
Duration: 00:41:38

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