The Alchemist

Paperback, 160 pages

English language

Published Sept. 11, 1997 by Nick Hern Books.

ISBN:
978-1-85459-262-0
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day.

28 editions

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  • Drama texts: 16th to 18th centuries
  • Performing Arts/Dance
  • Drama
  • Plays / Drama
  • Plays
  • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • General
  • Drama / General