Ben Jonson wrote this comedy in 1610, and its subject, people talked out of their money by promises of easy transformation, has aged remarkably little.
With plague emptying London, a servant named Face takes over his absent master's house and, with two accomplices, sets up shop as an alchemist. The customers arrive carrying their own greed, and Jonson lets each one expose it. The Chartwell Classics edition prints the play complete and unabridged in a 248-page hardcover, with an introduction by Felix E. Schelling and a timeline of Jonson's life and times.
Useful to know:
• The complete and unabridged text of Jonson's 1610 comedy
• A 248-page hardcover in the Chartwell Classics series
• Introduction by Felix E. Schelling plus a life-and-times timeline
• Satire aimed at greed, vanity and easy credulity
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