Bartholomew Fair
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Bartholomew Fair
The author of the book “Bartholomew Fair” is Ben Jonson. It is a book of Jacobean comedy in five acts. The play was performed on 31 October 1614 by Lady Elizabeth’s male company at the Hope Theatre. The story takes place at Bartholomew Fair, a popular summer retreat for Londoners that lasted from the 12th to the 19th century. The play first opens in the home of John Littlewit, a playwright and notary.
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Ben Jonson
Jonson was a bricklayer’s stepson who soldiered in the Low Countries, killed a fellow actor in a duel in 1598, and escaped hanging only by pleading benefit of clergy, which left him branded on the thumb. Volpone, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair are the comedies…
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