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CRANWELL

in A Woman Killed with Kindness — Heywood, Thomas

Metadata

PlayA Woman Killed with Kindness
AuthorHeywood, Thomas
Year (catalogued)1607
First performance1603
Decade1600s
GenreTragedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyWorcester's Men
Speech prefix(es)Cran. | Cranwell. | Cran,
Words282
Characters1456
Typicality0.32 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA03256
BritDrama no.1393
ClusterCluster 3 — Citizens, tradesfolk & neighbors

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Full speech

He speaks no more then you approve. I am for Sir Charles Mountford, I have seen His hawk and Dog both tried? What clap you hands? Or is't no bargain? He's cleared of all, spite of his enemies, Whose earnest labors was to take his life, But in this suit of pardon, he hath spent All the revenues that his father left him, And he is now turned a plain Countryman, Reformed in all things; see sir, here he comes. At your pleasure sir. Gentlemen what shall our game be? If you cannot agree upon the game to post and pair. Faith let it be Vide-ruff, and lets make honours. Methinks sir you might would e that interest In your wives brother, to be more remiss In this hard dealing against poor Sir Charles, Who as I hear lies in York castle, needy, And in great want. Sir God be your good speed. Might I crave favour, I would entreat you I might see my Chamber, I am on the sudden grown exceeding I l, And would be spared from supper. I will make bold: goodnight. Master Frankfurt. Why do you search each room about your house. Now that you have dispatched you wife away? Mean time sir, if you please, I'll to sir Francis Acton, and inform him Of what hath passed betwixt you and his sister. I told you what I was witness of It was my fortune to lodge there that night. Yes sir, I take it her your sister lies. Do master Frankfurt, he that hath least partly, Will find enough to drown one troubled heart. On this side heaves my hand. yours missed her at the far.

Plot summary

Plot — A Woman Killed with Kindness
. : : marries Sir Francis -Acton’s sister Anne, to ‘much. celebration. Frankford. welcomes IWSHUGH into his household as his companion. but Wendoll seduces Anne. Nicholas tells Frankford of Anne's infidelity,so - he leaves the house on a pretext and returns to find her in bed with Wendoll. Eschewing violence, he ejects Wendoll and banishes Anne to another house, never again to see him or their children. Wendoll goes into voluntary exile for a time, planning to return to . England when his misdeeds are forgotten. Anne starves herself to death. but is reconciled with her _ husband before she d | a Wood E. 4, p. 10; Chambers, iv. 30; Edmund Gayton, — Sir Francie: ey a Shtiite wager, kills two “of his ===== PAGE 26 ===== retainers, and is arrested; he escapes execution but spends his inheritance in litigation, and accepts a loan from SHafton. He is reduced to farming to keep his little remaining property, but Shafton wants to acquire it and puts pressure on him by calling in the loan; when Sir Charles refuses to sell, he is arrested for debt. Sir Francis plans to further his revenge against the Mountfords by tempting SUiSaii to whoredom, but falls in love with her when she proves chaste. After he has Sir Charles released from prison, Sir Charles feels obliged to repay him by offering him Susan; the siblings plan to commit suicide after the rape, but Sir Francis ends the feud and accepts Susan as his wife.