Peter Kirwan is Associate Professor of Shakespeare and Performance at Mary Baldwin University, USA.Duncan Salkeld is Professor Emeritus at the University of Chichester and Visiting Professor at the University of Roehampton, UK.

• Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: Peter Kirwan (Mary Baldwin University, USA) and Duncan Salkeld (University of Roehampton, UK)1. The Critical Backstory: The Tragedy of Master Arden of Faversham (Jane Kingsley-Smith, University of Roehampton, UK)2. The Performance History: ‘Poor wench abused by thy misgovernment’: Arden of Faversham on Stage (Kathleen Bradley, independent scholar)3. The State of the Art: Locating Criticism of Arden of Faversham, 2000 to the present (Catherine Richardson, University of Kent, UK)4. New Directions: Susan of Faversham: Silence, Subordination and Siblinghood in Arden (Emma Whipday, Newcastle University, UK)5. New Directions: Mist Opportunities: The Play of the Weather in Arden of Faversham (Chloe Kathleen Preedy, University of Exeter, UK)6. New Directions: ‘What manner of man was he?’: Will and the Making of Textual Blackness in Arden of Faversham (Brandi K. Adams, Arizona State University, USA)7. New Directions: Crimson Snow: Arden of Faversham as Golden Age Detective Story (Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University, UK)8. Pedagogy: ‘Now I take you’: Approaches to Teaching Arden of Faversham (Kirsten N. Mendoza, University of Drayton, USA)Select BibliographyIndex

An excellent addition to the Arden Early Modern Drama Guides series, showcasing [a] plurality of approaches.