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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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