Epicœne, or The silent woman
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.
Performance history in South Africa
CAPAB, 1969.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic%C5%93ne,_or_The_silent_woman
CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.
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