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BEN JONSON (1572 - 1637) |
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Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best,[1] and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Ben Jonson
Alchemist, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1970 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2061 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Jonson. Adapted with Trevor Nunn | |||||
Synopsis: | base metal to gold in restoration times | |||||
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Alchemist, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 14 Sep 2012 | |||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #145000 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Jonson | |||||
Synopsis: | When Face, self-styled master conman, is left in sole charge of his masters house, he calls in his not-so-trusty fellow tricksters, Subtle and Dol. Claiming to have discovered the 'philosopher's stone', the substance that can transform any metal into gold, they whip their vain, greedy and hopelessly optimistic victims into a frenzy of get-rich quickery. The con is on. But time is running out. What will they do when things get complicated? And how long before the trio come unstuck? | |||||
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Bartholomew Fair | ||
| 1st Produced: | Unproduced | 1956 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8903 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Jonson | |||||
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Devil Is An Ass, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1973 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2074 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Jonson | |||||
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Devil Is An Ass, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | May 2009 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136668 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation of Johnson play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Jonson adapted by Brian Woolland. Ben Jonson's play: Blackfriars Theatre, London, 1616. This adaptation: Helen McPherson Smith Theatre, Ballarat, Australia, May 2009 | |||||
| The Devil is an Ass opens in Hell, where Pug, a minor devil, is desperate to be allowed to visit Earth and wreak havoc. Satan warns him against it - they have Vices will put ours to shame - but Pug is as stubborn as he is naive. So poor Pug's wretched fate it is to be conjured from Hell by the asinine Fitzdottrel, newly arrived in the City and determined to make an impression. And even though poor Pug would love to taste of every sin a little , he is outwitted by everyone he meets and finds himself unexpectedly upholding virtue. | |||||
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Epicoene | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10296 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Jonson | |||||
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Sly Fox | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadhurst Theatre, New York | 1976 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1978 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13289 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Ben Jonson. play Volpone | |||||
Synopsis: | To tickle the humor of today's audiences, Volpone has been moved from 17th century Venice to turn of the century San Francisco. Volpone is now called Foxwell J. Sly and he is the same scheming, rapacious miser bent on extracting fortunes from a trio of rich, greedy opportunists. Sly, pretending to be on his death bed, says he will name each of the three as his sole heir. The extent that the trio will go to acquire Sly's fortune knows no bounds. One goes so far as to disinherit his only son; another offers up his wife to the lecherous Sly. Sly is aided and abetted by his conniving servant in grabbing the other men's gold. | |||||
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