• ‘The Silent Women’ is a play written by Ben Jonson.- এই নাটকটি 'Epicoene' নামেও পরিচিত।- এই নাটকের কেন্দ্রীয় চরিত্র হচ্ছে 'Morose' যাকে কেন্দ্র করে নাটকটি রচয়িত হয়েছে।- তার ভাগিনা Dauphine হচ্ছে আরেকটি চরিত্র যে তার চাচা Morose সম্পত্তির উত্তরাধিকার হতে বিভিন্ন ষড়যন্ত্রে লিপ্ত থাকে।- The plan involves setting Morose up to marry Epicoene, a boy disguised as a woman.It was originally performed by the Blackfriars Children, or Children of the Queen's Revels, a group of boy players, in 1609.- Excluding its two prologues, the play is written entirely in prose.• Characters of the play:- Morose,- Sir Dauphine Eugenie,- Ned Clerimont,- Truewit,- Epicoene: A young Gentlewoman, supposedly the silent woman,- Sir John Daw,- Sir Amorous la Foole, etc.• Ben Jonson, by name of Benjamin Jonson (1572 -1637), English Stuart dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic.- তিনি Jacobean Period এর একজন স্বনামধন্য লেখক।- He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I.• Among his major plays are comedies:- Every Man in His Humour (1598),- Volpone (1605) (Beast Fable)- Epicoene; or, The Silent Woman (1609),- The Alchemist (1610), and- Bartholomew Fair (1614).Source: Britannica.