The Lady’s Not for Burning (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Christopher Fry Harris
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: c. 1400
- Setting: Cool Clary, a small market town
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Justice, Folkloric or magical people, Love or romance, Escapes, Social issues, Prejudices or antipathies, England or English people, Corruption, Witches or witchcraft, Middle Ages
- Locales: Cool Clary (fictive)
Characters Discussed
Thomas Mendip, a discharged soldier who wants to be hanged. He is part egoist and part misanthrope. So that he will be hanged, he claims to have killed old Skipps. After he is tortured to make him stop confessing, he falls in love with Jennet Jourdemayne. His love for her makes him decide to escape from jail and go on living.
Jennet Jourdemayne, a beautiful girl accused of being a witch so that her property can be confiscated by the town. She is accused of turning old Skipps into a dog. When her supposed victim turns up, she is allowed to escape with...
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