Dec 25, 2009
A Woman Killed with Kindness | A Woman Killed with Kindness
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Heywood
- First Published: 1607
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Early seventeenth century
- Setting: Yorkshire, England
- Principal Characters: John Frankford, Anne, Wendoll, Sir Francis Acton, Sir Charles Mountford, Susan, Nicholas, Shafton
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy, Domestic tragedy
- Subjects: Exile or expatriates, Marriage, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Adultery, Death or dying, Servants, Nobility, Debtors or creditors, Falconry
- Locales: Yorkshire, England
The Story:
John and Anne Frankford celebrated their marriage feast in the
company of a group of relatives and friends. Everyone joined in
complimenting the bride on her beauty and on her charming
submission to her husband. As the group joined the crowd dancing in
the great hall of the house, Sir Francis Acton and Sir Charles
Mountford arranged a wager on hawking for the next day. Out in the
courtyard, tenants of the Frankford estate celebrated their
master’s wedding.
Early the next morning Acton and Mountford and their companions
went into the field to match their...
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