Ravishing the bride from the classical page to the early modern stage: Thomas Heywood’s The Rape of Lucrece

This article explores what Colin Burrow terms the “intimacy of violation”, focusing on the “adulterate bed” – a phrase used both by the rapist and his victim – in Thomas Heywood’s The Rape of Lucrece, which was first staged at the Red Bull Theatre in 1607 or 1608. While the term “adulterate” implies... View More