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The first English language work that was loosely based on Platus was an interlude in Jacke Juggler ( ca.
1550 ).
John Marston's What You Will ( 1607 ) was also partly based on Platus.
The first large scale work where Platus was the chief source was Thomas Heywood's The Silver Age ( 1613 ).
John Dryden's 1690 Amphitryon is based on Molière's 1668 version as well as on Plautus.
Notable innovations from Dryden's adaptation include music by Henry Purcell and the character of Phaedra, who flirts with Sosia but is eventually won over by Mercury ’ s promises of wealth.
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