 The extant manuscript of "Adelphe" states that that play was first performed in 1611, a validation for the dating of Middleton's play.The play's subplot, which centers on Master Low-Water — and which was original with Middleton rather than borrowed from another source — had a long theatrical life over the coming centuries.It was adapted for the 1677 play "The Counterfeit Bridegroom, or The Defeated Widow", a work variously ascribed to either Aphra Behn or Thomas Betterton.