All Strut, No Fret One Shots - The Maid's Tragedy

Anna Kamaralli
Anna Kamaralli
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Published 2022-11-14
In the One Shots series I drink a single shot of something fortifying and then have a shot at telling you the plot of a lesser known Early Modern play in a single shot, with no cuts or edits. Today it's The Maid's Tragedy, a Jacobean revenge tragedy written in collaboration by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher sometime around 1610. I managed to misname the Maid of the play all the way through, her name is Aspatia (I kept saying Apatia). This play was requested by Drew.
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  • @Philaster3000
    "A maidenhead, Amintor, at my years?" Thank you so much for doing this request for me, that was absolutely brilliant!!! Many, many years ago I did see a student production at the University of Queensland entitled "Jacobean Women on Stage" where they did two scenes from the MT: the wedding night scene and the murder of the King. It was wonderful. I would give anything to see the full production of this play, and I can't help but think it would make a fantastic screen adaptation. Once again, thanks so much, absolutely loved your one shot!.