Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman

"Epicoene or The Silent Woman," also known as «Epicene,» is a comedy by Renaissance playwright Ben Jonson. The plot develops around a man named Dauphine, dreaming of cheating his wealthy uncle into sharing his heritage with him. To do this, he creates a scheme to set Morose up to marry Epicoene, a boy disguised as a woman. Yet, things don't go as easy as Dauphine expected.