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 NERFINISHED
associatedWith King's Men (acting company) NERFINISHED
author Francis Beaumont NERFINISHED
John Fletcher NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Altea NERFINISHED
Bobadilla NERFINISHED
Clara NERFINISHED
Eugenia NERFINISHED
Lamoral NERFINISHED
Lucio NERFINISHED
Pedro NERFINISHED
Vitelli NERFINISHED
hasFemaleProtagonistInMaleDisguise true
hasMaleCharacterRaisedAsFemale true
influencedBy Spanish honor plays
literaryMovement English Renaissance drama
literaryPeriod Jacobean era NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
partOf Beaumont and Fletcher canon NERFINISHED
setting Spain NERFINISHED
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