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Alchemist And Other Plays
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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1998
Alchemist And Other Plays written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with British drama categories.
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.
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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Release Date : 2008-09-11
The Alchemist And Other Plays written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Oxford Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-11 with Drama categories.
This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies in one volume. Volpone, which was first performed in 1606, dramatizes the corrupting nature of greed in an exuberant satire set in contemporary Venice. The first production of Epicene marked the end of a year long closure of the theatres because of an epidemic of the plague in 1609; its comedy affirms the consolatory power of laughter at such a time. The Alchemist (1610) deploys the metaphors of alchemical transformation to emphasize the mutability of the characters and their relationships. In Bartholomew Fair (1614) Jonson embroils the visitors to the fair in its myriad tempations, exposing the materialistic impulses beneath the apparent godliness of Jacobean Puritans. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. Stage directions hvae been added to facilitate the reconstruction of the plays' performance, and there is a scholarly introduction, detailed annotation, and a glossary. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Volpone The Alchemist And Other Plays
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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-03-09
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Benjamin Jonson was a Renaissance dramatist, poet, and actor, known best for his satirical plays and lyric poems. Jonson focused on creating works that implemented elements of the realistic as well as the absurd. Jonson's most performed play, and the one that sparked a period of great success for the playwright, is "Volpone, or The Fox". Volpone, a Venetian con artist, is feigning to be on his death bed, pitting several aspirant heirs against one another. The dark comedy is as much serious as it is amusing, exposing the audience to greedy, corrupt characters that at first seem absurdly fictional, but who ultimately reveal a number of societal flaws. Also included in the is collection are "The Alchemist", a comedy which relates the fraudulent enterprise of a butler when left in charge of his master's house who has fled to the country during an outbreak of the plague; "The Epicoene", which concerns the farcical scheme of Dauphine to get his inheritance from his uncle; and "Bartholomew Fair", the comedic tale of a plot to win the widow Dame Purecraft from the hypocritical Puritan Zeal-of-the-Land Busy. All together this collection presents Jonson's most admired and often performed works. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
The Alchemist
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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: The Floating Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day.
The Alchemist
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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1997
The Alchemist written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Drama categories.
From virtue to venality examines the problem of corruption in British urban society and politics between 1930 and 1995. It is not a conventional study of the politics of local government since it seeks to place corruption in urban societies in a wider cultural context. The accounts of corruption in Glasgow - a British Chicago - as well as the major corruption scandals of John Poulson and T. Dan Smith show how Labour-controlled towns and cities were especially vulnerable to corrupt dealings. By contrast the case of Dame Shirley Porter in the City of Westminster in the late 1980s reveals that Conservative-controlled councils were also vulnerable since in London the stakes of the political struggle were especially intense. This book will be of special interest to students of history and politics and those who are concerned about the growth of corruption in British political culture.
The Alchemist In Volpone And Other Plays Edited With An Introduction And Notes By Michael Jamieson Penguin Classics
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language : en
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Release Date : 2004
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Volpone Or The Fox
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language : en
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Release Date : 1954
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The Alchemist
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Author : Ben Johnson
language : en
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Release Date : 2021-10-23
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The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. Samuel Taylor Coleridge believed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in all of literature. The play's clever fulfilment of the classical unities and vivid depiction of human folly have made it one of the few Renaissance plays (except the works of Shakespeare) with a continuing life on stage, apart from a period of neglect during the Victorian era. The plot, like his other play Volpone, or the Foxe, deal with man's folly in pursuit of wealth. In The Alchemist, a character named Face sets about London deceiving a steady stream of dupes as he goes about dispensing spurious potions and charms. While Face's goal is ostensibly wealth, in Johnson's able hands, the play really deals with those who want to change their station in life, to make themselves into gold. The servant longs to be a master and the ordinary man to be a magician. It's Johnson's genius that allows this dark unfulfilled desire to be an entertaining and humorous life lesson in the end.
The Alchemist
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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-05-19
The Alchemist written by Ben Jonson and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-19 with Fiction categories.
First performed in 1610, The Alchemist is one of Ben Jonson’s greatest comedies. Written for the King’s Men—the acting company to which Shakespeare belonged—it was first performed in Oxford because the playhouses in London were closed due to the plague. It was an immediate success and has remained a popular staple ever since. The play centers around a con man, his female accomplice, and a roguish butler who uses his master’s house to gull a series of victims out of their money and goods. Jonson uses the play to satirize as many people as he can—pompous lords, greedy commoners, and self-righteous Anabaptists alike—as his three con artists proceed to bilk everyone who comes to their door. They don multiple roles and weave elaborate tales to exploit their victims’ greed and amass a small fortune. But it all comes to a sudden, raucous end when the master unexpectedly returns to London and all the victims gather to try and reclaim their property.
Volpone Or The Fox
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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1995
Volpone Or The Fox written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Comedies categories.
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.
