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The sharpest, funniest comedy about money and morals in the 17th century is still the sharpest and funniest about those things in the 21st. The full play text is accompanied by incisive commentary …

The sharpest, funniest comedy about money and morals in the 17th century is still the sharpest and funniest about those things in the 21st. The full play text is accompanied by incisive commentary …

This collaborative masterpiece of hilarious city comedy was performedby the Children of the Revels at the Blackfriars playhouse in 1605. Thestory is of an allegorical simplicity that lends itself to …

This collaborative masterpiece of hilarious city comedy was performedby the Children of the Revels at the Blackfriars playhouse in 1605. Thestory is of an allegorical simplicity that lends itself to …

‘A silent and loving woman is a gift of the lord’This ‘excellent comedy of affliction’ enjoyed enormous prestige for more than a century after its first performance: for John Dryden it had ‘the …

‘A silent and loving woman is a gift of the lord’This ‘excellent comedy of affliction’ enjoyed enormous prestige for more than a century after its first performance: for John Dryden it had ‘the …

Like all of Jonson’s city comedies, this play – here given in the 1616 Folio version, in which Jonson rewrote and set it in England, not Italy – is a kind of dramatised Do-It-Yourself kit on how to …

Like all of Jonson’s city comedies, this play – here given in the 1616 Folio version, in which Jonson rewrote and set it in England, not Italy – is a kind of dramatised Do-It-Yourself kit on how to …

Early modern London – too foggy and Protestant to have a carnival -offered its inhabitants commercial events during which to indulge theirneed for bodily delights and festival exuberance. The fair of …

Early modern London – too foggy and Protestant to have a carnival -offered its inhabitants commercial events during which to indulge theirneed for bodily delights and festival exuberance. The fair of …

The Alchemist is set during a plague epidemic in the Liberty of Blackfriars in 1610 – and was first performed on tour in 1610 by the company whose London home at Blackfriars was temporarily closed …

The Alchemist is set during a plague epidemic in the Liberty of Blackfriars in 1610 – and was first performed on tour in 1610 by the company whose London home at Blackfriars was temporarily closed …

Bringing together four of the most popular and widely studied of Ben Jonson’s plays, this anthology focuses on the city comedies for which Jonson is best known today: The Alchemist (edited by …

Bringing together four of the most popular and widely studied of Ben Jonson’s plays, this anthology focuses on the city comedies for which Jonson is best known today: The Alchemist (edited by …

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it!This book is everything you want Christmas to be loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless …