First performed in the 1580s, Love\'s Metamorphosis is widely regarded as the most elegantly structured of Lyly\'s plays.
A series of allusions to earlier Lylian compositions allows the play to be viewed in terms of a continuum of work, exploring the status of Cupid and the natur.
The plot looks back to the account of Erisichthon\'s punishment for the desecration of Ceres\' grove in Ovid\'s Metamorphosis, but the Ovidian story is woven into a wider network of interests turning upon aspects of love.
First performed in the 1580s, Love\'s Metamorphosis is widely regarded as the most elegantly structured of Lyly\'s plays