The Fair Maid of the West

The Fair Maid of the West is a two-part English Renaissance play by Thomas Heywood, first published in 1631 and likely written between 1597 and 1630. Set amid English seaport life and the Anglo-Spanish war, it follows Bess Bridges, a quick-witted barmaid whose boldness and charm carry her from local romance into a series of hazardous journeys and sea-borne adventures.