A Promising Marriage Proposal and Other Plays and Essays

A marriage agency has found a candidate whose qualifications seem to fit every condition. Conversation soon reveals mistaken identities, unreliable introductions, and an unexpected attraction. A Promising Marriage Proposal turns the practical business of matchmaking into a comedy of competing accounts and personal choice.

A Bundle of Colds accompanies these three plays with memories of illness, travel, unconventional remedies, and the author’s amused reflections on coughing and convalescence. Complete translations preserve all four supplied works, with concise notes on names, period terms, textual details, and claims whose uncertainties remain part of the writing.