The Second Maiden's Tragedy

2006 Books (28 items)
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/spoilers/ What a morbid play! Written in the 17th-c, the language is of course archaic (think Shakespeare), but the content is kind of risqué in that there are tons of sexual innuendos and the story centers around adultery, suicide, betrayal and necrophilia (Ok, maybe not that risqué ...except for the last item, these are pretty common themes in Renaissance plays). There are two parallel tales,... read more