Claim: Love Tricks is a unique work with brand new characters and character interactions that was written during the Caroline era, which is the period of time that Charles I reigned (1625-1649),
Evidence: Love Tricks, or The School of Complement is a Caroline stage play by James Shirley, his earliest known work. Love Tricks was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 10 February 1625; it was performed by the Lady Elizabeth's Men at the Cockpit Theatre (prior to the epidemic of bubonic plague that closed the London theatres for most of 1625). Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.