The Alchemist

Updated to modern London and advertised as “a farcical entertainment mainly by Ben Jonson”.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Abel Drugger
Ananias
Dame Pliant
Dapper
Dol Common
Face
Kastril
Lovewit
Neighbour and Band
Neighbour and Band
Neighbour and Band
Officer
Sir Epicure Mammon
Subtle
Surly
Tribulation

Crew

Designer
Director
Lighting Designer
Press Representative

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Play description

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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