by Ben Jonson · Newton Compton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788879830102
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«Il Dottor Sottile, l'alchimista» is the theatrical comedy by Ben Jonson, published by Newton Compton in paperback (98 pages, in Italian).
In seventeenth-century London, ravaged by plague, the servant Facciatosta allies with the swindler Dottor Sottile and his accomplice Dora to deceive clients of every kind with false prophecies, supposed alchemical transmutations, and promises of love and fortune. The comedy of intrigue portrays the credulity and greed of the era.
Italian translation by Franco Cuomo, in the Tascabili Economici Newton collection. The original title of the work is 'The Alchemist'.
For readers with a command of Italian interested in classical theatre and seventeenth-century comedy of intrigue.
Ben Jonson was an English actor, poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox, The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. He is regarded as "the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I."
