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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The Lady of Pleasure canonical 10
Lady Fancyfull 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Caroline-era play
comedy play
stage play
author James Shirley
countryOfOrigin England
dramaticForm comedy of manners
dramaticStructure five-act play
dramaticStyle comedy of wit
verse drama
featuresCharacter Kickshaw
Lady Bornwell
Lord Bornwell
Sir Thomas Bornwell
firstPerformancePeriod 1630s
genre comedy
hasInfluenceOn later comedies of manners
literaryMovement English Renaissance drama
literaryPeriod Stuart period
surface form: Caroline era
originalLanguage English
partOf Caroline theatre repertoire
satirizes aristocratic leisure culture
courtly extravagance
fashionable London society
setting London, England
surface form: London
subject English aristocracy
theme courtly manners and fashions
marriage and fidelity
moral corruption of the aristocracy
satire of social excess
workOf James Shirley

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James Shirley notableWork The Lady of Pleasure
The Provoked Wife featuresCharacter The Lady of Pleasure
this entity surface form: Lady Fancyfull
Lady Bornwell appearsIn The Lady of Pleasure
Lady Bornwell firstAppearance The Lady of Pleasure
Lord Bornwell appearsIn The Lady of Pleasure
Lord Bornwell fictionalUniverse The Lady of Pleasure
Kickshaw appearsIn The Lady of Pleasure
Kickshaw characterIn The Lady of Pleasure
Kickshaw firstAppearanceIn The Lady of Pleasure
Sir Thomas Bornwell appearsIn The Lady of Pleasure
Sir Thomas Bornwell fictionalUniverse The Lady of Pleasure