He rescued its comic subplot as Damon and Phillida.
The main plot is mirrored and parodied in the comic subplot.
In a comic subplot, a poisonous snake gets loose inside the emergency room.
The play also contains a comic subplot which appears to begin outside the play and then merges with it.
The comic subplot and Lucrece's final choice were additions by Medwall.
As in much sublime tragedy, a comic subplot drains off some of the absurdity that might otherwise corrupt the main story.
The play, however, draws its title from the central character of its comic subplot.
It is considered likely Garnet Walch's main contribution to the play was providing a comic subplot.
He eventually moves in with Nash, and is often involved in comic subplots.
Others have suggested that Marston's contribution is concentrated in the comic subplot.