Love’s Mistress: Or, the Queen’s Masque

Love’s Mistress is a play by Thomas Heywood first performed in 1635. The play is set at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and features a cast of colorful characters, including a lovesick lord, a poet, and a group of actors. The play within a play format of Love’s Mistress allows Heywood to comment on the nature of theater and the courtly love tradition of the Renaissance era. This edition of the play is a wonderful introduction to one of the lesser-known works of one of the great playwrights of the English Renaissance.

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