Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid

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Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid is a Jacobean-era comedy play traditionally attributed to the English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, known for its themes of gender disguise and social identity.

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Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jacobean comedy play ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
alternateTitle The Martial Maid ⓘ
associatedWith King's Men (acting company) ⓘ
linked to: King's Men
author Francis Beaumont ⓘ
John Fletcher ⓘ
belongsTo Jacobean theatre tradition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticConvention restoration of social order at the end ⓘ
dramaticDevice disguise ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
dramaticForm comedy of manners ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Alberto ⓘ
Altea ⓘ
Bobadilla ⓘ
Clara ⓘ
Eugenia ⓘ
Lamoral ⓘ
Lucio ⓘ
Pedro ⓘ
Vitelli ⓘ
hasFemaleProtagonistInMaleDisguise true ⓘ
hasMaleCharacterRaisedAsFemale true ⓘ
influencedBy Spanish honor plays ⓘ
literaryMovement English Renaissance drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Beaumont and Fletcher canon ⓘ
setting Spain ⓘ
structure five-act play ⓘ
style verse and prose ⓘ
subject conflict between love and honor ⓘ
family feud ⓘ
reversal of gender roles ⓘ
theme cross-dressing ⓘ
family honor ⓘ
gender disguise ⓘ
martial valor ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
social identity ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition early 17th century ⓘ

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Beaumont and Fletcher → notableWork → Love's Cure, or The Martial Maid ⓘ