The bed trick is a plot device in traditional literature and folklore; it involves a substitution of one partner in the sex act with a third person (in...
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bed under the notion of his Mistris, and from such a virtuous deceit she (Oxford's youngest daughter) is said to proceed" (p. 79). Such a bed trick has...
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Post Office". ITV. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023. "The Shrine & Bed Among the Lentils, Bridge Theatre review - loneliness shared, with wit and...
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broadly, this type of tale is known as a "cradle-trick" tale, where the wife gets into the wrong bed because the cradle has been moved. These tales were...
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2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Miss Topsey 2011 Wreckers Sharon 2013 Bed Trick Rachel Short film 2014 Mr. Turner Queen Victoria 2015 The Process Leni...
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person's skin. One use of such a device is for magic tricks or physics demonstrations. For example, the bed of nails was used in vaudeville in the United States...
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befriends Isabella, and with her arranges two tricks to thwart Angelo's evil intentions: First, a "bed trick" is arranged. Angelo has previously refused...
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In an ill-fated bed-trick, Cleophila promises a nocturnal assignation to both Gynecia and Basilius in a nearby cave, intending to trick the husband and...
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ring—two tasks which he believes impossible. However, with the aid of a bed trick, Helena fulfils his tasks, Bertram realises the error of his ways, and...
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falls for Imperia, and Violetta has to resort to the standard Elizabethan bed trick to consummate her marriage. Blurt has an obvious relationship with Shakespeare's...
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