The Alchemist and Other Plays
By Ben Jonson
1987
First Published
3.59
Average Rating
560
Number of Pages
This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction, notes, and glossary further bring to life these timeless comedies for the modern reader.
Avg Rating
3.59
Number of Ratings
333
5 STARS
22%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
31%
2 STARS
12%
1 STARS
3%
goodreads
Author
Ben Jonson
Author · 27 books
Benjamin Jonson was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets. A house in Dulwich College is named after him. See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben\_Jonson
