Ben Jonson. The alchemist

Description

Summary: Excerpts from Jonson's 17th century "comedy of humors" in which a con man with a "philosopher's stone" dupes respectable but greedy members of the establishment. With the cast of a remarkable 1964 off-Broadway production.

Runtime

27 min

Subjects

Date of Publication

c1997, 1964

Database

Alexander Street

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