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'A silent and loving woman is a gift of the lord'

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... Read Full Overview

Benjamin "Ben" Jonson was born in June, 1572. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays; Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, and his equally accomplished lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for... Read Full Overview

Epicoene, or The silent woman by Ben Jonson is a comedy play that was originally performed by the Blackfriars Children a group of boy players, in 1609.Any profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards the Freeriver Community project, a project designed to promote... Read Full Overview

Ben Jonson (1572-1637), actor, playwright, satirist, and lyric poet, studied under William Camden at Westminster, worked as a bricklayer, served in the army, and was imprisoned twice--once for sedition and once for murder. Epicoene: or, The Silent Woman (1609) is considered... Read Full Overview

Short excerpt: It will get you the dangerous name of a poet in town sir; besides me a perfect deal of ill-will at the mansion you wot of whose lady is the argument of it; where now I am the welcomest thing under a man that comes there.

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours. He is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598),... Read Full Overview

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours. He is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598),... Read Full Overview

"Epicoene" from Ben Jonson. Playwright, poet, and literary critic of the seventeenth century (1572-1637).