The Alchemist

Past productions

Let Them Call It Mischief, White Bear Theatre, Kennington, London 27^th March – 14^th April 2012.
Olivier Theatre, National Theatre 14^th September – 21^st November 2006.
RNT and Birmingham repertory Theatre co-production, Olivier Theatre, National Theatre 4^th October 1996 – 1997.
Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London 15^th April 1992 (press night).
Royal Shakespeare Company, Newcastle Playhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2^nd (press night) – 7^th March 1992.
Barbican Theatre, London 1991 – 1992.
Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 27^th August 1991 (press night).
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon 1990 – 1991.
Cambridge Theatre Company, UK Tour 9^th February – 12^th March 1988.
Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London 14^th December 1977 (press night).

The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King’s Men, it is generally considered Jonson’s best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature. The play’s clever fulfillment 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 (except for a period of neglect during the Victorian era).

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