Epicoene

A costard-monger’s cry can make Morose swoon; the city’s watchmen are paid to keep their music out of his ward. His nephew Dauphine has a plan for the man who cannot bear a sound.

In Ben Jonson’s bustling London, courtiers trade sharp jokes while a new society of fashionable women sets the town talking. But Dauphine’s chief concern is his rich, noise-hating uncle—and the inheritance that stands between him and security. To outwit Morose, he means to offer him what seems the perfect remedy: a bride who never speaks. Around them gather fops, wits and ladies with opinions on everything, and quiet looks less like a blessing than a dangerous bargain. How long can Morose’s peace—and Dauphine’s scheme—survive the wedding?

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