Esta web utiliza cookies propias y de terceros que nos permiten optimizar tu experiencia en el sitio web, evaluar su rendimiento, generar estadísticas de uso y mejorar y añadir nuevas funcionalidades. Mediante el análisis de tus hábitos de navegación podemos mostrar contenidos más relevantes y medir las interacciones con la web.
Puede obtener más información aquí.

Avanzado
Artículos
Portada

THE ALCHEMIST IBD

BEN JONSON
INDOEUROPEANPUBLISHING.COM
03 / 2023
9798889421863
Inglés

Sinopsis

The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the KingâÇÖs Men, it is generally considered JonsonâÇÖs best and most characteristic comedy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge believed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature. The playâÇÖs clever fulfilment of the classical unities and vivid depiction of human folly have made it one of the few Renaissance plays (except the works of Shakespeare) with a continuing life on stage, apart from a period of neglect during the Victorian era. áAn outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country. He leaves his house under the sole charge of his butler, Jeremy. Jeremy uses the opportunity given to him to use the house as the headquarters for fraudulent acts. He transforms himself into 'Captain Face,' and enlists the aid of Subtle, a fellow conman, and Dol Common, a prostitute. ...(wikipedia.org)