The Lady of Pleasure was singled out by C. S. Lewis, in his Rehabilitations and Other Essays (1939), as representative of Shirley's comedies — to which Lewis gives a firmly negative evaluation. The play has also been studied as "a commentary on the Platonic love cult in the Caroline court under Queen Henrietta Maria."
C. S. Lewis singled out The Lady of Pleasure in his Rehabilitations and Other Essays (1939) as an exemplar of Shirley's comedies, to which he assigns a decidedly negative evaluation. Additionally, the play has been analyzed as a reflection on the Platonic love cult within the Caroline court under Queen Henrietta Maria.