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Epicene, or the Silent Woman - By Ben Jonson (Paperback)
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Epicene, or the Silent Woman - By Ben Jonson (Paperback)
Series: The Revels Plays
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Epicene is now one of the most widely-studied of Johnson's plays.
Brilliantly exploiting the Jacobean convention whereby boys played
female roles, it satirises the newly fashionable and sexually
ambiguous world of the West End of London, where courtly wit rubs
shoulders with commercial values. This authoritative new edition,
now in paperback, is based on a thorough re-examination of the
earliest texts. The introduction analyses the play as originally
written for the newly formed Children of the Queen's Revels, and
performed at the little-known Whitefriars Theatre. Dutton discusses
the composition of the play, which took place during a critical
period in Jonson's life and career, when he was established as the
principal writer of entertainments at the court. His relationships
at this time, with ambitious wits such as John Donne, Sir Edward
Herbert and the actor Nathan Field, are examined as models for the
principal characters. This challengingly historicised text of
Epicene will be essential reading for all serious students of early
modern drama. -- .
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