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The plague has brought life to a standstill in London as the curtain rises on Ben Jonson’s 1610 play The Alchemist. A crafty servant left behind in a comfortable home when his master flees to a country refuge decides to take advantage of his peculiar situation. What better way to indulge his own greed than to swindle other greedy Londoners? The servant, Face, asks his friends, a con artist named Subtle and a prostitute named Dol Common, to help him with his plan. Together, they will convince their hapless “clients” that Subtle is an alchemist who can turn any substance into gold. The Alchemist has been celebrated as one of the greatest dramatic works ever written and makes for devilishly funny social satire.
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Opening Lines (Experimental)
BY BEN JONSON.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
SUBTLE, the Alchemist.
FACE, the Housekeeper.
DOL COMMON, their Colleague.
DAPPER, a Lawyer's Clerk.
DRUGGER, a Tobacco Man.
LOVEWIT, Master of the House.
SIR EPICURE MAMMON, a Knight.
PERTINAX SURLY, a Gamester.
TRIBULATION WHOLESOME, a Pastor of ...
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| charlottevalle |  | 2008-10-01 | |
| metinci |  | 2008-09-24 |
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