20. A Very Woman. (Massinger and Fletcher.)
M.: Act I.; Act II., 1, 2, 3 down to “Enter Pedro”; Act IV., 1, 3.
A. H. B. identifies this play with The Woman's Plot, acted at Court in 1621. In its present state it is a version of a play by Fletcher, revised for a revival by Massinger in 1634.
Macaulay assigns Act III. and Act IV., 1, 2, 3 to Fletcher. For a discussion of this play cf. pp. 129-131.
21. The Second Maiden's Tragedy. (Massinger, Tourneur.)
M.: Act I., Act II.
In Eng. Stud., ix. 234, Boyle, with some hesitation, regards this play as “an early, anonymous, and unsuccessful attempt of Massinger's.” Whoever wrote it, the work is immature.
A. H. C. I find no trace of Massinger in this play, but a great deal of Tourneur's manner. Cf. [Appendix XIII].
22. Love's Cure. (Massinger and (?) Middleton.)
M.: Act I.; Act IV.; Act V., 1, 2.