A play about adultery, guilt and forgiveness. It concerns an act of sexualbetrayal that precipitates not only the collapse of a marriage but aseries of moral struggles in which every character is caught up, andwhich result in the suicide of the...
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A play about adultery, guilt and forgiveness. It concerns an act of sexualbetrayal that precipitates not only the collapse of a marriage but aseries of moral struggles in which every character is caught up, andwhich result in the suicide of the adulterous wife. Cover -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- The Author -- Overview -- Domestic Tragedy -- Household Structure and Dramatic Form -- Hospitality -- Adultery -- Suicide -- Getting the Last Word -- Original Staging -- Recent Performance History -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- FURTHER READING -- ABBREVIATIONS -- A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS -- Dramatis Personae -- The Text -- SCENE I -- SCENE II -- SCENE III -- SCENE IV -- SCENE V -- SCENE VI -- SCENE VII -- SCENE VIII -- SCENE IX -- SCENE X -- SCENE XI -- SCENE XII -- SCENE XIII -- SCENE XIV -- SCENE XV -- SCENE XVI -- SCENE XVII.
