John of Gaunt left isolated (even the Black Prince supported the need for reform) and the Commons refused to grant money for the war unless most of the great officers of state were dismissed and the king's mistress Alice Perrers, another focus of popular resentment, was barred from any further association with him. But even after the government acceded to virtually all their demands, the Commons then refused to authorise any funds for the war, losing the sympathy of the Lords as a result. The death of the Black Prince on 8 June 1376 and the onset of Edward III's last illness at
The Mistress of the Inn giocoso". In 1800 the German composer Simon Mayr and Italian librettist Gaetano Rossi adapted it as a two-act "dramma giocoso". The American composer Henry Kimball Hadley adapted it as a one-act comic opera called "Bianca", which was first performed in 1918. Bohuslav Martinů also produced an operatic version, his three-act "Mirandolina", which was first performed in 1959. The play was also adapted into several films, notably Paolo Cavara's "La locandiera" and Tinto Brass' "Miranda". The Mistress of the Inn The Mistress of the Inn ( ), also translated as "The Innkeeper Woman" or "Mirandolina" (after the play's main character), is