Magnetic Lady, The, or Humours Reconciled
Magnetic Lady, The, or Humours Reconciled,a comedy by Jonson , performed 1632 , printed 1641 .
Lady Loadstone , the ‘Magnetic Lady’, who ‘draws unto her guests of all sorts’, has a niece Placentia, of age to be married. The girl is pursued by various suitors until, after an argument between two of them, she goes into labour and gives birth. Her uncle, the usurer Sir Moth Interest, uses this as an excuse to take possession of her dowry. However, Compass, the play's hero, learns that Lady Loadstone's real niece is her waiting-woman Pleasance, who had been exchanged with Placentia when the two were infants. He marries Pleasance, whom he loves, reveals her true identity, and receives her dowry. Placentia is married to the father of her child, Lady Loadstone's steward Needle, and Lady Loadstone marries Compass's brother Captain Ironside . Between the acts there is an interlude of debate about the theatre between a boy actor...
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