perhaps a more typical example of the purpose of restoration revisions is davenant's "the law against lovers", a 1662 comedy combining the main plot of "measure for measure" with subplot of "much ado about nothing". the result is a snapshot of restoration comic tastes. beatrice and benedick are brought in to parallel claudio and hero; the emphasis throughout is on witty conversation, and shakespeare's thematic focus on lust is steadily downplayed. the play ends with three marriages: benedick's to beatrice, claudio's to hero, and isabella's to an angelo whose attempt on isabella's virtue was a ploy. davenant wrote many of the bridging scenes and recast much of shakespeare's verse as heroic couplets.