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| − | ''Epicœne, or The silent woman'', also known as ''The Epicene'', is a comedy by Renaissance playwright Ben Jonson. It was originally performed by the Blackfriars Children or Children of the Queen's Revels, a group of boy players, in 1609. It was, by Jonson's admission, a failure on its first presentation; however, John Dryden and others championed it, and after the Restoration it was frequently revived—indeed, a reference by Samuel Pepys to a performance on 6 July 1660 places it among the first plays legally performed after Charles II's ascension.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1969: Directed by [[Roy Sargeant]] and presented by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in association with [[CAPAB]] in Grahamstown, Stellenbosch and Cape Town in September 1969, including [[Frantz Dobrowsky]] as Ned Clerimont; [[Stephen Gurney]] as Sir Dauphine Eugenie; [[Dugald Thomson]] as Truewit; [[John Burch]] as Morose; [[Christopher Weare]] as Cutbeard and [[Anthony Peake]] as Epicoene.
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| − | A new prologue to the play was composed by [[Guy Butler]] and spoken by [[Noël Roos]] before a performance of the play, 1969.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic%C5%93ne,_or_The_silent_woman].
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| − | CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.
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| − | Photograph of 1969 cast held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: Rhodes University. Drama Department]: 2006. 6. 5. 9.
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| − | Poster (Prologue) held by [[NELM]] Location: [Collection: BUTLER, Guy]: 2004. 37. 8.
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