The Fair Maid of the West " review
New theatre, ExeterIt is not difficult to guess who Thomas Heywood was flattering with his 1599 swashbuckling play about a plucky maid called Bess who is chaste and true, and rules in a man's world. It might only be a tavern to start with for his Elizabeth, but she ends up on the open seas leading a victorious battle against the Spanish, and wrapping the king of Fez round her little finger.With a plot that casua…