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, ''when a young man, wrote a five-act tragedy which was damned, and all reference to it forbidden under penalty of death. The King has a son—'—whose tendency to soliloquy has so alarmed his mother, Queen , that she has sent for ' and , to devise some Court revels for his entertainment. ' is a former lover of ', to whom ' is betrothed, and they lay their heads together to devise a plan by which ' may be put out of the way. Some Court theatricals are in preparation. ' and ' persuade  to play his father's tragedy before the King and Court. ', who is unaware of the proscription, does so, and he is banished, and ' happily united to ''.