A Yorkshire Tragedy by William Shakespeare
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"A Yorkshire Tragedy" by William Shakespeare is a domestic tragedy written in 1605. This dark Jacobean play tells the harrowing story of a Yorkshire gentleman who descends into ruin through gambling and vice. Based on the real-life crimes of Walter Calverley, who murdered his own children, the play explores how one man's moral collapse destroys his family. Originally performed by Shakespeare's company at the Globe Theatre, this brief but brutal work examines
domestic violence and financial ruin with unflinching intensity, though modern scholars attribute it to Thomas Middleton rather than Shakespeare. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Dubious author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Yorkshire Tragedy |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Yorkshire_Tragedy |
| Note | Shakespeare apocrypha - work questionably attributed to Shakespeare and others. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_apocrypha for more information |
| Credits | Tony Adam |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Tragedies (Drama) |
| Subject | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Spurious and doubtful works |
| Subject | Yorkshire (England) -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4255 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 326 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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