"In 1610, William Shakespeare 's The Winter's Tale and Ben Jonson 's satiric farce The Alchemist triumphantly re-opened the theatre in London," says Artistic Director Alexander Burns.

The Alchemist Olivier National Theater; 1,127 Seats; £27.50 ($52) Top Production: LONDON A National Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Ben Jonson. Directed by Nicholas Hytner.

The Stratford Festival’s zany new production of The Alchemist features a trio of con people who have set up shop in a plague-vacated house to part fools from their money – and have found no ...

Back in 1610, a London theatergoer who had a choice between two new plays, “Cymbeline” by William Shakespeare and “The Alchemist” by Ben Jonson, might very well have chosen the latter ...

The play is generally considered Ben Jonson's best comedy, deftly exposing human foible and foolishness to mockery and has continued to thrive in stage productions.

In the 1610 comedy “The Alchemist,” playwright Ben Jonson wrote about upper-class Londoners who fall for get-rich-quick scams perpetuated by three con artists.

BEN Jonson was a prominent member in the stellar cast of William Shakespeare's contemporaries. There was Christopher Marlowe, who said those who loved not tobacco and boys were fools and who died ...

In response to the Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) production of Ben Jonson’s Volpone last year, I determined to undertake a study of the life and work of this extraordinary playwright and poet ...

The occasion is "The Alchemist," written by Shakespeare contemporary Ben Jonson, adapted and directed by artistic director Bonnie J. Monte.