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The Wonder of Women

The Wonder of Women or The Tragedy of Sophonisba is an early Jacobean stage play written by the satiric dramatist John Marston. It was first performed by the Children of the Revels, one of the troupes of boy actors popular at the time, in the Blackfriars Theatre.


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“Speak, speak, let terror strike slaves mute,
Much danger makes great hearts most resolute.”

The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedy of Sophonisba, Act II, sc. ii. (1606)

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