The Honest Whore, Part II | The Honest Whore, Part II

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Author: Thomas Dekker
First Published: 1630
Type of Work: Drama
Type of Plot: Tragi-comedy
Time of Work: Sixteenth century
Setting: Milan, Italy
Principal Characters: Gasparo Trebazzi, Infelice, Count Hippolito, Bellafront, Orlando Friscobaldo, Matheo, Candido, Candido’s Bride
Genres: Satire, Drama, Tragicomedy
Subjects: Love or romance, Gambling, Prostitution or prostitutes, Adultery, Sixteenth century, Italy or Italians, Nobility
Locales: Italy, Milan, Italy

Part One of THE HONEST WHORE must have been successful on the stage, for Dekker very quickly followed it with a sequel, written entirely by himself. He was obviously endeavoring to capitalize on features of the first play, since in the second part he used all the principal characters save one and continued the subplot of the patient Candido. He ended with a scene in Bridewell, a London prison of his time, to balance the Bethlem Scene in Part One. He also continued the high moral tone of the earlier play, this time, however, making gambling as well as...

The Honest Whore, Part II | The Honest Whore, Part II

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