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Details for The Lady Who Was Believed Dead
La creduta morta
Very Brief Synopsis
This play takes place at night, and has a lot of moments with people thinking they are seeing ghosts. Other people are playing tricks and dressing as other characters. The title Lady faked her death with a potion to avoid marriage.
Number of players
Total Main Characters: 11
Men: 7
Women: 4
plus extras
Additional Notes
- This has some similarity to Thomas Dekker’s “The Honest Whore” in that it starts out with the funeral procession for a faked death of a woman who used a deep-sleep potion to get out of a marriage. Romeo and Juliette also touch on the idea less comically. We see this again in “Day 18 The Tragic Events”
