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    Arden of Faversham by William Shakespeare - Apocryphal - Apocryphal (Illustrated)
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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Arden of Faversham’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Shakespeare includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781786563071
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      Arden of Faversham by William Shakespeare - Apocryphal - Apocryphal (Illustrated) - William Shakespeare (Apocryphal)

      The Complete Works of

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      VOLUME 41 OF 74

      Arden of Faversham

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2012

      Version 6

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘Arden of Faversham’

      William Shakespeare: Parts Edition (in 74 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 307 1

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      William Shakespeare: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 41 of the Delphi Classics edition of William Shakespeare in 74 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Arden of Faversham from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of William Shakespeare, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of William Shakespeare or the Complete Works of William Shakespeare in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      IN 74 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Plays

      1, Henry  VI, Part 2

      2, Henry  VI, Part 3

      3, Henry  VI, Part 1

      4, Richard  III

      5, The Comedy of Errors

      6, Titus Andronicus

      7, Taming of the Shrew

      8, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

      9, Love’s Labour’s Lost

      10, Romeo and Juliet

      11, Richard II

      12, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

      13, King John

      14, The Merchant of Venice

      15, Henry IV, Part I

      16, Henry IV, Part II

      17, Much Ado About Nothing

      18, Henry V

      19, Julius Caesar

      20, As You Like It

      21, Twelfth Night

      22, Hamlet

      23, The Merry Wives of Windsor

      24, Troilus and Cressida

      25, All’s Well that Ends Well

      26, Measure for Measure

      27, Othello

      28, King Lear

      29, Macbeth

      30, Antony and Cleopatra

      31, Coriolanus

      32, Timon of Athens

      33, Pericles

      34, Cymbeline

      35, The Winter’s Tale

      36, The Tempest

      37, Henry  VIII

      38, The Two Noble Kinsmen

      The Lost Plays

      39, The Lost Plays

      The Sources

      40, The Plays’ Sources

      The Apocryphal Plays

      41, Arden of Faversham

      42, The Birth of Merlin

      43, King Edward  III

      44, Locrine

      45, The London Prodigal

      46, The Puritan

      47, The Second Maiden’s Tragedy

      48, Sir John Oldcastle

      49, Thomas Lord Cromwell

      50, A Yorkshire Tragedy

      51, Sir Thomas More

      52, Fair Em

      53, Mucedorus

      54, The Merry Devil of Edmonton

      55, Edmund Ironside

      56, Thomas of Woodstock

      57, Vortigern and Rowena

      The Adaptations

      58, Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb

      The Poetry

      59, The Sonnets

      60, Venus and Adonis

      61, The Rape of Lucrece

      62, The Passionate Pilgrim

      63, The Phoenix and the Turtle

      64, A Lover’s Complaint

      The Apocryphal Poetry

      65, To the Queen

      66, A Funeral Elegy for Master William Peter

      67, Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music

      The Criticism

      68, The Criticism

      The Biographies

      69, Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear by Nicholas Rowe

      70, Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters by Henry Norman Hudson

      71, Life of William Shakespeare by Sir Sidney Lee

      72, Shakespeare’s Lost Years in London by Arthur Acheson

      73, The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote by Charles Dudley Warner

      Resources

      74, Resources

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      Arden of Faversham

      This play was entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on 3 April 1592, and printed later that same year by Edward White. It depicts the murder of Arden by his wife Alice and her lover, and their subsequent discovery and punishment. The play is notable as perhaps the earliest surviving example of domestic tragedy, a form of Renaissance play depicting local crimes rather than far-off and historical events. Some believe Thomas Kyd wrote this play, while others still believe Shakespeare had a hand in its composition.

      The 1592 Quarto of the play

      CONTENTS

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE

      ACT I

      ACT II

      SCENE II

      ACT III

      SCENE II

      SCENE III

      SCENE IV

      SCENE V

      SCENE VI

      ACT IV

      SCENE II

      SCENE III

      SCENE IV

      ACT V

      SCENE II

      SCENE III

      SCENE IV

      SCENE V

      SCENE VI

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE

      Thomas Arden, Gentleman, of Feversham

      Franklin, his Friend

      MOSBIE

      Clarke, a Painter

      Adam Fowle, Landlord of the Flower-de-Luce

      Bradshaw, a Goldsmith

      Michael, Arden’s Servant Greene

      Richard Reede, a Sailor

      Murderers : Shakebag, Black Will

      A Prentice

      A Ferryman

      Lord Cheiny, and his Men

      Mayor of Feversham, and Watch

      Alice, Arden’s Wife

      Susan, Mosbie’s Sister

      ACT I

      A Room in Arden’s House.

      Enter Arden and Franklin.

      Franklin. Arden, cheer up thy spirits, and droop no more !

      My gracious Lord, the Duke of Somerset,

      Hath freely given to thee and to thy heirs.

      By letters patents from his Majesty,

      All the lands of the Abbey of Feversham.

      Here are the deeds,

      He hands them.

      Sealed and subscribed with his name and the

      king’s :

      Read them, and leave this melancholy mood.

      Arden. Franklin, thy love prolongs my weary life ;

      And but for thee how odious were this life, lo

      That shows me nothing but torments my soul,

      And those foul objects that offend mine eyes !

      Which makes me wish that for this veil of heaven

      The earth hung over my head and covered me.

      Love-letters pass ‘twixt Mosbie and my wife,

      And they have privy meetings in the town :

      Nay, on his finger did I spy the ring

      Which at our marriage-day the priest put on.

      Can any grief be half so great as this ?

      Franklin. Comfort thyself, sweet friend ; it is not

      strange That women will be false and wavering.

      Arden. Ay, but to dote on such a one as he

      Is monstrous, Franklin, and intolerable.

      Franklin. Why, what is he ?

      Arden. A botcher, and no better at the first ;

      Who, by base brokage getting some small stock,

      Crept into service of a nobleman.

      And by his servile flattery and fawning

      Is now become the steward of his house,

      And bravely jets it in his silken gown.

      Franklin. No nobleman will countenance such a peasant.

      Arden. Yes, the Lord Clifford, he that loves not me.

      But through his favour let him not grow proud ;

      For were he by the Lord Protector backed.

      He should not make me to be pointed at.

      I am by birth a gentleman of blood,

      And that injurious ribald, that attempts

      To violate my dear wife’s chastity

      (For dear I hold her love, as dear as heaven)

      Shall on

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