The Sea Voyage

The Sea Voyage is a late Jacobean comedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. The play is notable for its imitation of Shakespeare's The Tempest. The play was licensed for performance by the Master of the Revels on 22 June, 1622. The play was entered into the Stationers' Register on 4 September, 1646, and received its initial publication in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.

The main characters are the French pirate captain Albert and his current love interest Aminta. Before the play's events, Albert had captured Aminta. He fell in love with his captive and promised to search for her missing brother on her behalf. When Albert's ship is caught in a storm, the crew struggles to reach a nearby island for refuge. They are unaware that the island is inhabited by two Portuguese castaways, stranded there due to a previous pirate attack. The Portuguese men impress the French crew with the treasure which they had managed to salvage, but then hijack Albert's ship and sail away. The French crew realize that the island is bleak and inhospitable, and they are soon suffering severely from hunger and thirst. Three of them are considering human cannibalism as an option, attempting to kill and eat Aminta. Unfortunately for them, Albert protects the damsel in distress.

Albert swims to a nearby island and makes contact with a community of misandrist Amazons who live there. The Amazons realize that they need men to propagate a new generation, and the younger women are eager for sexual contact. Their middle-aged leader allows them to choose partners among the French crew. The leader's daughter Clarinda falls for Albert, creating a love triangle between Albert, Aminta, and Clarinda. The Frenchmen accidentally offend the Amazons by trying to court them with jewels which once belonged to them. The situation is resolved when Aminta's brother Raimond arrives in the islands. Portuguese colonists and French pirates initiate peaceful relationships, Raimond and Clarinda become lovers, and Albert and Aminta are allowed to marry each other.

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