Red Bull Theater’s smart “The Imaginary Invalid” and Taylor Mac’s dismaying “Prosperous Fools” attempt to engage with the French writer’s comedy.

Fellow playwright Ben Jonson wrote about usquebagh, from the Irish uisce beatha, meaning ‘water of life’. Queen Elizabeth was acquainted with London and Irish whisky. In 1594, she briefly granted a ...

The Alchemist, by Ben Jonson. It is ironic for the Lincoln Center Theater to be doing this play, since the troupe specializes in turning dramatic gold into lead. Some new actors are present ...

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is seeking talent for its production of “The Alchemist.” “The Alchemist” is considered one of the best comedies of the 17th century. Written by playwright Ben Jonson, ...

Of course, the fart joke has been a staple of humour for centuries, whether it’s Ben Jonson’s 1610 comedy The Alchemist containing the line “I fart at thee!” James Joyce reflects on the “seated calm ...

Ben Jonson Missing out the name of Ben Jonson while making a list of contemporaries of William Shakespeare would be a big mistake. Ben Jonson was a prolific poet and playwright.

Paulo Coehlo's 'The Alchemist' movie is back on at Legendary and TriStar for a release after two decades of stops and starts from multiple studios.

The company was then commissioned by two Archbishops of Canterbury for performances at the Lambeth Conferences of 1998 and 2008. In 2000, Riding Lights moved into Friargate Theatre, in York, and into ...

To this end, Steve has publsihed work on the presence of fairy convention in the Middle English dream vision Pearl and in Ben Jonson's city comedy The Alchemist.

That evening, they performed Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist. There was one additional item at the end. Mrs. Cibber, Beard, and Reinhold, three of the day’s best vocalists, took the stage and began a ...

SACRAMENTO — City Theatre at Sacramento City College brings Ben Jonson’s popular comedy “The Alchemist” to the stage in a new adaptation. Adrienne Sher adapts and directs the play highlighting the ...