Alchemist and Other Plays

Alchemist and Other Plays
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 566
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ISBN-10 : 0192834460
ISBN-13 : 9780192834461
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Book Synopsis Alchemist and Other Plays by : Ben Jonson

Download or read book Alchemist and Other Plays written by Ben Jonson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction, notes, and glossary further bring to life these timeless comedies for the modern reader.


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