Imogen Says Nothing
by Aditi Brennan Kapil
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Synopsis
A revisionist comedy in verse and prose featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the first folio of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing , speaks no lines, and is probably a typo.
A feminist hijacking of Shakespeare that investigates the voices that have been absented from our canon, and the consequences of cutting them.
Press Reviews
"A fierce feminist fable. The playwright has spun bits of Elizabethan trivia into a profound meditation on women in society, gender roles in general, persecution, creativity, posterity and the nature of theater itself."
— Hartford Courant
"Imogen Says Nothing is beautifully conceived, written and executed."
— New Haven Register
"This is not just about women who have been left out of the canon. Nor is it just a poetic rebuttal to the overwhelming male-ness of Western history. It’s also about the whitewashing on feminism and the LGBT movement."
— New Haven Independent
Characters
| Character |
|---|
IMOGEN A bear passing as a human |
HUMANS |
(also play...) |
JOHN HEMMINGES An actor (Leonato) |
HENRY CONDELL An actor (Don John/Antigonus) |
ALEXANDER COOKE An actor (Beatrice) |
NICHOLAS TOOLEY An actor (Hero) |
RICHARD BURBAGE An actor (Don Pedro) |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Actor & playwright (Messenger/Friar), double cast with |
WARDEN |
CRIER Owns Bears (Conrade, Benedick), double cast with |
ISAAC |
ANNA ROOS Queen Anne’s Danish maid |
BEARS (double cast with humans...) |
BEAR ON ICE An escaped Bear (Anna) |
HARRY HUNKS The Blind Elder (Richard) |
NED WHITING The Noble Beast (John) |
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Yale Rep Cast discuss who is Imogen
Publication
Imogen Says Nothing is a comedy play written by Aditi Brennan Kapil and published by Samuel French (2018).
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Samuel French · 2018 · 100 pp
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