Yorkshire Tragedy

A Yorkshire Tragedy: Not So New as Lamentable and True (1619) tells the gruesome tale of Walter Calverly who stabbed his wife and killed his two young sons in April 1605. This recording is based on the text of the second quarto, which was attributed to William Shakespeare on its title page.

This transcription is based on the 1619 quarto at the Boston Public Library. Students completed the transcription in the fall of 2013 for English 422 (Seminar on Renaissance Drama: Gender and Print) taught by Professor Tara Lyons at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

Cast list:

Narrator: Michaela Cook

Raphe: Jen Dempsey

Oliver: Kaitlyn Kirk

Sam: Samantha Brescia

Wife: Stephanie Cunha

Husband: King Indeed

Gentleman 1: Melanie Lavoie

Gentleman 2: Erik Isaacson

Gentleman 3: Megan Gregoire

Servant: Emily Heroux

Master: Kelsey Wilbur

Son: Emma Cornila

Lusty Servant: Nichole T. Colleton

Maid: Sherrie Sousa

Knight: Melissa Jordan