King's Revels Company (?); Prince Charles's Men (second) (?)
Theater
Salisbury Court;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
Ser.
Words
183
Characters
938
Typicality
0.45 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A12129
BritDrama no.
2355
Cluster
Cluster 16 — Errand servants & brief parts
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Sir Gervace Simple Sir, is newly entered, Here is a Gentleman desires access to you. He may be a Lord by his train, A Page waits on him. Sir, there is a Lady enquires for Master Caperwit. She seems of Noble quality, she has Coach and fair Attendants, and calls her self the Lady Bird. Trot my Ladies Footman, Sir, 'tis done. The Song, Whither? How Sir? They are every month. Why, with your pardon, do you wish it, Sir? I have not, since I served him, known him so Oppressed with melancholy; he's asleep, I dare not wake him. This quiet will much benefit him, he Began to talk idly. He wakes. Yes, a Gentlewoman that came to visit you. I can hear no news, And Sir John Woodhamore is much troubled Sir, His Niece is gone too. Sh'as been absent Ever since morning. I cannot find em. But I have met a Gentleman, that can Tell you some news. So he reports, he is a cunning man, I think a conjurer, He talks of art, and spirits. This is he Sir.
Plot summary
Plot — Changes, or Love in a Maze
Goldsworth’s twin daughters, Chrysolina and Aurelia, are daily courted by numerous suitors, including the foolish knight Simple, whom Mistress Goldsworth favours for his title, and the would-be poet Caperwit. Both girls favour the same suitor, Gerard, but with selfless sisterly affection, each wants the other to have him. Gerard comes under pressure to choose between them, not only from Goldsworth but also from his friend Thornay, who wants to woo whichever one he leaves; but, loving them equally, he cannot decide. Thornay decides to seize the initiative and woos Chrysolina (who consequently thinks him disloyal to Gerard), then misleads Gerard into thinking that she has reciprocated and that he should concentrate on Aurelia. But Chrysolina is offended by Gerard’s sudden neglect, and Aurelia takes it as a sign of his fickleness, and refuses him. She also rejects Simple’s suit, but her attempts to be polite about it to her mother are misconstrued, and Mistress Goldsworth sets about making wedding plans. Sir John Woodhamore keeps his niece Eugenia inside, away from the world and its temptations, while he seeks a husband worthy of her; he has decided on Youngrave. When Youngrave is left alone to woo her, however, she asks him to carry a letter to Thornay, the man she loves. Thornay protests that he isn’t interested: he loves Chrysolina. To get her own back on Gerard, Chrysolina pretends to return Thornay’s love; but she is upset to hear that he has rejected Eugenia, and sends him to make amends. He does so, feeling guilty at the way he has treated her, and her uncle catches them kissing. They pretend that he was only delivering a message from Youngrave, who then arrives to find Woodhamore planning their wedding. The miserly uncle decides it will be a secret marriage: he prefers the scandal of a supposed elopement to the expense of a public celebration; consequently he will not be present. This will enable an appropriate substitution of bridegroom. Admiring Youngrave’s self-sacrificing willingness to put Eugenia’s choice of suitor above his own wishes, Chrysolina falls for him. Despite her hints, Youngrave decides on a life of celibacy. The twins worry that they may end up unmarried. Chrysolina asks Eugenia to use her influence to win Youngrave for her. Thornay explains to Chrysolina why Gerard neglected her; Aurelia visits the melancholy Gerard and apologises for her behaviour. In a separate strand of action, Caperwit is pursued to the Goldsworths’ house by…