Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy by Ben Jonson
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"Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy" by Ben Jonson is a Jacobean comedy first staged in 1614. Set at London's famous summer fair, the play follows an eclectic mix of characters—from a disguised justice to a hypocritical Puritan, from pickpockets to country simpletons—as they converge on Smithfield's chaotic marketplace. Through schemes, robberies, mistaken identities, and a climactic puppet show, Jonson creates a vivid panorama of early seventeenth-century London life, where social positions crumble and
human folly takes center stage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 |
|---|---|
| Title | Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Fair_(play) |
| Credits |
Produced by Paul Haxo with special thanks to the Internet Archive, the University of California, and Christopher Webber. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 91.1 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | English drama -- 17th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 49461 |
| Release Date | Jul 16, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1038 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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