Word: maidenhood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Similary affecting is Meyers, who enters to lament "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" in a clear, lovely voice. Disappointed with being married off so soon, she mourns: "Shall I not be on a pedestal, worshipped and competed for? Not be carried off, or better still, cause a little war?" Every character plays a bit of the fool in the course of the night --a refreshing touch--and this is Jenny's moment. But Guinevere is a clever, rosy-cheeked lass and Meyers' performance justifies all the attentions the good lady Jenny receives--from Arthur, Lancelot, and adoring court knights...
Although the inevitability of Beatrice-Joanna's psychological paralysis is meant to move us, it doesn't because the gruff and ready D'Aquila hasn't accumulated any sweet-maidenhood points. We don't care that she makes love to a man she hates in order to obviate marrying another man she scorns (and all for the sake of a third man whom she loves but deceives). We like her so little we find it hard to view her tragic demise as anything but deserving comeuppance...