Epicene, or the Silent Woman By Ben Jonson

Name: Epicene, or the Silent Woman By Ben Jonson
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ISBN: 9780719078385

ISBN-10: 0719078385

ISBN-13: 9780719078385

Edition: 2003

Authors: Richard Dutton, Ben Jonson, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich

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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 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…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



General Editors' Preface


Acknowledgements


References and abbreviations


Introduction


Dating


The Children of the Whitefriars/Of Majestyï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Revels


The ï¿½Ç momentï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ of Epicene, 1609


Pseudo—martyrdom


Literary sources


The text


The Whitefriars Theatre and the original staging


Farce and wit


Reception


Gender


Epicene, or the Silent Woman


Appendices



Related documents (inc. The Key Keeper)



Classical sources



1616 folio collation: arranged by formes


Glossarial Index