Ben Jonson's Volpone or The Fox (Yale Ben Johnson, Vol. 1)

By Alvin; Kernan

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: B000V96CHU
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Each version and edition reveal new facets.

I came upon this play and Ben Jonson by the back door. I was watching a movie titled "The Honey Pot" (1967) with Rex Harrison. His character, Cecil Fox, after observing this play, Volpone, which was first performed in 1606 at the Globe Theatre in London, used the outline for his purposes. So naturally, I must read the play to see what the movie is mimicking. I have several copies of "Volpone" (the fox) to compare information on Ben. This is a review of the "New Mermaids Series." I have several of their series. They give you all the background information and any annotations needed. They make the information interesting enough that you feel that Ben Jonson is in the room with you. I am sure some people would not want to be in the same room. I was surprised to find that William Shakespeare acted in some of Ben's plays. The play is well-written and has many levels to it. If it did not have so many footnotes, I would be in trouble. It reads like an English play, yet has parts that would make Stephen King blush. Any version is better than none.