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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this play may have been inspired by the true story of French siblings [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_and_Marguerite_de_Ravalet Julien and Marguerite de Ravelet]], executed in Paris in 1603 on charges of incest and adultery.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, {{Website/Wikipedia}}, this play may have been inspired by the true story of French siblings [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_and_Marguerite_de_Ravalet Julien and Marguerite de Ravelet]], executed in Paris in 1603 on charges of incest and adultery.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this play may have been inspired by the true story of French siblings [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_and_Marguerite_de_Ravalet Julien and Marguerite de Ravelet]], executed in Paris in 1603 on charges of incest and adultery.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this play may have been inspired inspired by the true story of French siblings [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_and_Marguerite_de_Ravalet Julien and Marguerite de Ravelet]], executed in Paris in 1603 on charges of incest and adultery.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this play may have been inspired by the true story of French siblings [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_and_Marguerite_de_Ravalet Julien and Marguerite de Ravelet]], executed in Paris in 1603 on charges of incest and adultery.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this play may have been inspired inspired by the true story of French siblings [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_and_Marguerite_de_Ravalet Julien and Marguerite de Ravelet]], executed in Paris in 1603 on charges of incest and adultery.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: Due to its controversial title, in several performances, the play was renamed ''Giovanni and Annabella'', '''Tis Pity'', or ''The Brother and Sister''.


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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, this play may have been inspired by the true story of French siblings [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_and_Marguerite_de_Ravalet Julien and Marguerite de Ravelet]], executed in Paris in 1603 on charges of incest and adultery.
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** In the pilot episode of ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', "The Killings at Badger's Drift", a staging of the play is being rehearsed. [[spoiler:It's also related to a vital clue -- VictimOfTheWeek Emily Simpson vaguely mentions someone being "just like poor Annabella", and it turns out that she is murdered due to [[HeKnowsTooMuch accidentally witnessing]] the BrotherSisterIncest between Katherine and Michael Lacey]].

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* ReferencedBy: Music/DavidBowie based two songs on his album ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'' after this play. "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore" is directly named after the play and uses its themes metaphorically, while "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" is a direct adaptation.

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Music/DavidBowie based two songs on his album ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'' after this play. "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore" is directly named after the play and uses its themes metaphorically, while "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" is a direct adaptation.adaptation.
** In ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' and ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'''s joint review of ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'', when presented with the twist that [[spoiler:Tromeo and Juliet are siblings, and decide to have a relationship anyway]], Oancitizen asks why Troma didn't just make an adaptation of this play instead.

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* RealitySubtext: The play is set in Parma, which at the time was ruled by the Hapsburgs, who were known for inbreeding.
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* ReferencedBy: Music/DavidBowie named a song on his album ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'' after this play.

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* ReferencedBy: Music/DavidBowie named a song based two songs on his album ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'' after this play.play. "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore" is directly named after the play and uses its themes metaphorically, while "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" is a direct adaptation.
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* ReferencedBy: Music/DavidBowie named a song on his album Music/{{Blackstar}} after this play.

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* FollowTheLeader: It was written not long after Shakespeare's plays, and... you can tell.
* RealitySubtext: The play is set in Parma, which at the time was ruled by the Hapsburgs, who were known for inbreeding.
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