The eponymous heroine of the early-17th-century play “The Maid’s Tragedy” could teach Ophelia a thing or two about rejection. Like Hamlet’s ex, Aspatia of Rhodes sees her relationship with a nobleman fall through in the aftermath of sinister court machinations. But does Aspatia lose her wits and go around distractedly handing out pansies and fennel? No. She dresses as a man and forces her erstwhile fiance into a duel.
Review from The Washington Post
