Love's Mistress - Thomas Heywood - Bog

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.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.