One of Shakespeare’s so-called “doubtful” plays, The Two Noble Kinsmen is thought to be a collaborative effort between Shakespeare and his fellow playwright, John Fletcher. The play is based on Chaucer’s ‘The Knight’s Tale,’ a story from the medieval text The Canterbury Tales, which would have been well-known to audiences in Shakespeare’s time.
The play - like in Chaucer’s story - follows a love-triangle between two Grecian knights and an Amazonian princess, Emilia. In a reference to ancient legends about Amazonian women, Emilia is implied to be a lesbian in The Two Noble Kinsmen, preferring
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