The Maid’s Tragedy

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The Maid’s Tragedy is a Jacobean revenge tragedy, co-written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, renowned for its dark exploration of courtly corruption, sexual politics, and moral ambiguity.

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instanceOf Jacobean tragedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
associatedWith Beaumont and Fletcher canon ⓘ
author Francis Beaumont ⓘ
John Fletcher ⓘ
centralCharacter Amintor ⓘ
Aspatia ⓘ
Evadne ⓘ
Lysippus ⓘ
the King ⓘ
centralTheme abuse of royal power ⓘ
courtly corruption ⓘ
honor and shame ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
sexual politics ⓘ
containsMotif disguise and deception ⓘ
female complicity in tyranny ⓘ
forced marriage ⓘ
regicide ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticalReputation considered one of the most powerful tragedies of the Beaumont and Fletcher collaboration ⓘ
renowned for its dark exploration of courtly corruption and sexual politics ⓘ
dramaticForm five-act play ⓘ
dramaticStructure mixes scenes of court intrigue with intimate domestic confrontation ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate circa 1610–1611 ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1619 ⓘ
genre revenge tragedy ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
influenceOn later Restoration and 17th-century tragic drama ⓘ
literaryMovement English Renaissance drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
meter blank verse ⓘ
moralPerspective marked by moral ambiguity and critique of absolutist monarchy ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
performanceHistory popular on the 17th-century English stage ⓘ
revived during the Restoration period ⓘ
plotSummary Amintor is forced by the King to marry Evadne instead of his betrothed Aspatia, only to discover Evadne is the King’s mistress, leading to revenge and multiple deaths. ⓘ
setting a fictional Greek court ⓘ
stageGenre domestic tragedy ⓘ
textualHistory survives in several early quartos and later collected editions of Beaumont and Fletcher ⓘ
tone dark ⓘ
tragic ⓘ

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Francis Beaumont → wrote → The Maid’s Tragedy ⓘ
John Fletcher → notableWork → The Maid’s Tragedy ⓘ
Beaumont and Fletcher → notableWork → The Maid's Tragedy ⓘ
linked to: The Maid’s Tragedy