Like Cymbeline, this play is full of deceptions and disguises that could confuse the audience. So if I were to stage this production, I would again find a way to have a color palette for each character so that even in costume, the audience could follow along. When reading this piece, I personally imagined the actor with the character's name scrawled on a poster hanging around his neck, and then, when he was in disguise, his real name was crossed out on that poster and his secret identity was written . Aside from keeping each character's identity crystal clear, it would also add a sense of farce. This would be a way to remedy the discourse between the plot of the play and the research I did on Behn. She has been praised for being a feminist writer, but virtually every female character is sexually assaulted in this plot. It reminds me of The Lieutenant of Inishmore where McDonnough uses graphic scenes intended to shock and horrify the audience to emphasize the absurdity of the violence. In the case of the Rover, I believe Behn was trying to show the absurdity of the treatment reserved for