The Lady of Pleasure
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The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Caroline-era play
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comedy play → stage play → |
| author |
James Shirley
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| countryOfOrigin |
England
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| dramaticForm |
comedy of manners
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| dramaticStructure |
five-act play
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| dramaticStyle |
comedy of wit
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verse drama → |
| featuresCharacter |
Kickshaw
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Lady Bornwell → Lord Bornwell → Sir Thomas Bornwell → |
| firstPerformancePeriod |
1630s
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| genre |
comedy
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| hasInfluenceOn |
later comedies of manners
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| literaryMovement |
English Renaissance drama
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| literaryPeriod |
Caroline era
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| partOf |
Caroline theatre repertoire
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| satirizes |
aristocratic leisure culture
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courtly extravagance → fashionable London society → |
| setting |
London
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| subject |
English aristocracy
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| theme |
courtly manners and fashions
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marriage and fidelity → moral corruption of the aristocracy → satire of social excess → |
| workOf |
James Shirley
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
The Provoked Wife
("Lady Fancyfull")
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featuresCharacter |
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James Shirley
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notableWork |