Nicholas loses his desire for Alizon Eliot after his brother Humphrey no longer wants her, which works out because Alizon runs off and marries the Mayor of Cool Clary Hebble Tyson's clerk, Richard.  
One character in this play lies motionless on the ground, refusing to pick himself up since he did not knock himself down, and another character in this work is placed in a convent because her father does not like the prospect of marrying off six daughters.  Nicholas loses his desire for Alizon Eliot after his brother Humphrey no longer wants her, which works out because Alizon runs off and marries the Mayor of Cool Clary Hebble Tyson's clerk, Richard.  The title character, Jennet Jourdemayne, is accused of turning old Skipps into a dog and falls in love with a man who refuses to stop confessing murders out of his desire to be hanged, Thomas Mendip.  FTP, name this play by Christopher Fry.
One character in this play lies motionless on the ground, refusing to pick himself up since he did not knock himself down, and another character in this work is placed in a convent because her father does not like the prospect of marrying off six daughters.  
The Lady's Not for Burning