An edition of The Alchemist, 1612 (1612)

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An edition of The Alchemist, 1612 (1612)

The alchymist

a comedy

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (27 ratings) ·
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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.

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Printed for the proprietors under the direction of John Bell
Language
English
Pages
134

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Subjects

British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction, Drama, Alchemists, City and town life, London (England), Comedies, Literature: Classics, Alchemist (Jonson, Ben), Women, employment, great britain, English drama (Comedy), English drama -- 17th century, London (England) -- Drama, City and town life -- Drama, Alchemists -- Drama, General

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1967, Cambridge U.P.
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1927, Payson & Clarke
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1903, H. Holt
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The alchymist: a comedy
1791, Printed for the proprietors under the direction of John Bell
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1705, H. Hills
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"Regulated from the prompt-books by permission of the managers."
"As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane."
Microfiche. New Canaan, CT : Readex. microfiches. (Three centuries of drama. English, 1751-1800) (Three centuries of English and American plays, 1500-1830)

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Series
British theatre -- v. 4, no. 2

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Format
Microform
Pagination
ix, [10]-134 p., [1] leaf of plates
Number of pages
134

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OL15137295M

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OL1085186W

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September 30, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Merge works (MRID: 83529)
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