LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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based on actual events.
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completely fictional.
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set in the 16th century but had nothing to do with the actual Jane Shore.
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an updated version of the Jane Shore story that reflected the promiscuity of Charles II.
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changed to remove all of the references to religion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The play is based on real historical events: Jane Shore, a famous beauty, was mistress to Edward IV. Though he follows quite closely the events of her life, Rowe amends the story to emphasize repentance and forgiveness. The real Jane died obscure and in poverty without a romantic reconciliation to console her.
Detailed explanation-2: -She is a significant character in The True Tragedy of Richard III, an anonymous play written shortly before William Shakespeare’s Richard III.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore is an English broadside ballad from the 17th century. It tells the story of Jane Shore, a mistress of King Edward IV, and her downfall after the death of Edward.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jane Shore was a mistress of King Edward IV. After his death in 1483 she was accused of being a harlot and condemned to do public penance in St Paul’s Cathedral.