by Ben Jonson · Methuen young books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780416718300
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«The Alchemist» is Ben Jonson's comedy, published by Methuen young books in paperback (232 pages, in English).
The action takes place in contemporary London and follows Subtle, Face and Doll Common, three swindlers who set up a fake alchemy business and deceive their clients with promises of wealth and power, exploiting their greed and credulity. The play is a scathing critique of the society of the time and of the obsession with amassing money.
Play first performed in 1610. Edition edited by F. H. Mares, in the University Paperbacks series.
For lovers of classic English theatre and Renaissance satirical comedy.
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."
