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The Witch of Edmonton is an English Jacobean play, written by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker and John Ford in 1621. The play—"probably the most sophisticated treatment of domestic tragedy in the whole of Elizabethan Jacobean drama"—is based on events that supposedly took place in the parish of Edmonton, then outside London, earlier that year. The play depicts Elizabeth Sawyer, an old woman shunned by her neighbours, who gets revenge by selling her soul to the Devil, who appears to her in the shape of a black dog called Tom. In addition, there are two subplots. One depicts a bigamist who murders his second wife at the devil's prompting, and the other depicts a clownish yokel who befriends the devil dog.

Written and first acted in 1621, the play was not published until 1658. It was entered into the Stationers' Register on 21 May that year; the edition that followed was issued by the bookseller Edward Blackmore. The title page of the first edition attributes the play to "divers well esteemed Poets; William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, John Ford, &c." Scholars have generally ignored the "et cetera" and assigned the play to the three named playwrights—though a few have noted that the three writers were working with John Webster at the time, on Keep the Widow Waking, and have suggested that the "&c." might stand for Webster.

The play was first acted by Prince Charles's Men at the Cockpit Theatre in 1621 (there is a record of a performance at Court on 29 December of that year). In the modern age it has been performed twice by the Royal Shakespeare Company, first in a touring production which ran from 1981 to 1982, and secondly in 2014, in a production starring Eileen Atkins in the lead role. In June 2019, the play was revived and reworked by Hoof and Horn Productions at the BT Theatre in Oxford. In this retelling, Elizabeth Sawyer's storyline took centre stage: the Frank plot was removed and replaced by bits of new writing and theatrical portions of Henry Goodcole's pamphlet. In January 2020, The Witch of Edmonton was performed for the first time in Edmonton, Canada as a part of Edmonton's Winter Shakespeare Festival. The performance was a staged reading of a text adapted by John Richardson to include references to the history and contemporary landmarks of the Canadian Edmonton.

Sir Arthur Clarington. A wealthy knight and the employer of Frank Thorney and Winifred. He has a secret affair with Winifred, and when she gets pregnant, he pushes Frank to marry her in order to cover his own indiscretion. Old Thorney. Frank Thorney's father. He is a gentleman who has mortgaged all of his lands. He pushes his son to marry Susan Carter in order to escape his financial difficulties. Old Carter. The father of Susan Carter and Katherine Carter. He is a wealthy farmer who uses his daughters' marriages as means to improve his social status. Old Banks. The father of Cuddy Banks. He beats Mother Sawyer at the beginning of the play for gathering sticks on his land. Warbeck. Suitor to Susan Carter. A stuffy scholar. He becomes bitter when Susan chooses Frank Thorney over him. Somerton. Suitor to Katherine Carter. Frank Thorney. Old Thorney's son. He marries Winifred because he thinks she is pregnant with his child, enters into a second bigamous marriage with Susan, murders Susan as he attempts to escape with the dowry money, and is eventually executed for his crimes. Young Cuddy Banks. Old Banks' son (the clown). A country yokel and Morris dancer. He makes friends with the Devil Dog, but due to his innocence and ignorance, he proves incorruptible. Old Ratcliffe. The husband of Anne Ratcliffe, a woman who is driven insane by the Devil Dog at Mother Sawyer's behest. Justice. The local Justice of the Peace. He passes judgment on Frank Thorney and Mother Sawyer at the end of the play. Dog. A devil or spirit who has assumed the form of a black dog. Sometimes called 'Tom'. He performs mischievous acts for Mother Sawyer after she promises her soul to him. He can only be seen by Mother Sawyer and Cuddy Banks. Mother Sawyer (Elizabeth Sawyer). The 'witch' of Edmonton. At the beginning of the play, she is merely a poor old decrepit woman, but she makes a deal with a devil to get revenge on her neighbors when they treat her poorly and accuse her of using witchcraft to spoil their crops and kill their livestock. Anne Ratcliffe. Old Ratcliffe's wife. At Mother Sawyer's bequest, the Devil Dog drives her insane and causes her to beat her own brains out. Susan Carter. Old Carter's eldest daughter. She chooses to marry Frank Thorney rather than Warbeck. Frank murders her when she tries to follow him as he escapes with the dowry money. Katherine Carter. Old Carter's younger daughter. She is wooed by and agrees to marry Somerton. While nursing Frank back to health, she finds the bloody knife he used to murder her sister Susan, thereby revealing Frank's guilt. Winifred. Sir Arthur Clarington's maid and Frank Thorney's first wife. Sir Arthur gets her pregnant and offers Frank money to marry her. When Frank flees after his second marriage, she travels with him disguised as his boy servant.