A Pleasant Comedy called A Maidenhead Well Lost is a dark comedy set in Italy; it was written and published by Thomas Heywood in 1634 and performed at The Cockpit by Queen Henrietta’s Men in that same year. The plot centres on Julia the daughter of the Duke of Milan who finds herself pregnant before she is officially married to the Prince of Parma.
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Thomas Heywood
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*A Huntsman, *A Lord of Florence, *A Lord of Milan, *A soldier of Sforza's, *Attendants and other lords, *Julia his daughter, *Lauretta her daughter, *Monsieur Tutor to the Prince, *Stroza Secretary to the Duke, *The Clown servant to Lauretta and her mother, *The Duke of Florence, *The Duke of Milan, *The Prince of Florence, *The Prince of Parma, *Three maimed soldiers, *Widow of General Sforza
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