Endymion, the Man in the Moon

About the show

The courtier Endymion loves Queen Cynthia and rejects his former lover Tellus, who has him enchanted into a decades-long sleep. Cynthia and Endymion’s friend Eumenides seek a cure while several romantic and comic subplots unfold; Cynthia’s favor finally restores Endymion and resolves the court’s conflicts. The comedy’s allegory presents Cynthia as a model for Elizabeth I.