 The first performance of "Epicœne" was, by Jonson's admission, a failure.Years later, however, John Dryden and others championed it, and after the Restoration it was frequently revived—Samuel Pepys refers to a performance on 6 July 1660, and places it among the first plays legally performed after Charles II's accession.The play takes place in London, primarily in the home of Morose.