The Miseries of Enforced Marriage

Title page of The Miseries of Inforst Mariage (1607) by George Wilkins

The Miseries of Enforced Marriage is a play written by George Wilkins in 1607.

The play covers the real life case of a murder which was also the subject of Thomas Middleton's 1605 play The Yorkshire Tragedy. [1]

Wilkins was a brothel owner in Cowcross Street, a notorious red-light district. Wilkins was also co-author, with William Shakespeare, of Pericles, Prince of Tyre writing most of the first two acts.

References

  1. ↑ Wilkins, George. "The Miseries of enforced marriage". Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved 10 March 2013.


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