Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 18 August [O.S. 6 August] 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on...

Ben Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) collected his plays and other writings into a book he titled The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. In 1616 it...

works that includes 36 of his plays. Its Preface was a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, who hailed Shakespeare with the now famous...

Sons of Ben were followers of Ben Jonson in English poetry and drama in the first half of the seventeenth century. These men followed Ben Jonson's philosophy...

1983), Australian cyclist Ben Jonson (1572–1637), English poet and dramatist Ben Johnson (actor) (1918–1996), American actor Ben Johnson (artist) (born 1946)...

and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature...

surname include: Ben Jonson (1572–1637), English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor Björn Jonson (born 1940), Swedish professor Fredric Jonson (born 1987)...

drama continued, with writers such as William Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben Jonson, and Francis Bacon contributing to a flourishing literary culture. James...

discussion of critics from Ben Jonson on. Ben Jonson, 'Conversations with Drummond of Hawthornden', in Herford and Simpson, ed. Ben Jonson, vol. 1, p. 139. Greene's...

in three acts by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Stefan Zweig after Ben Jonson's 1609 comedy Epicœne, or The Silent Woman. Since Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier...

between the imaginary space within the play and the outside world.: 2  Ben Jonson has often been noted as using the prologue to remind the audience of the...

Ben Jonson Journal is a biannual academic journal published by Edinburgh University Press in Scotland, in May and November of each year. It was established...

Men were producing plays by Shakespeare and other playwrights such as Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Johnson's main claim to fame is that...

The Devil Is an Ass is a Jacobean comedy by Ben Jonson, first performed in 1616, first published in 1631, and based on the events of the famous Leicester...

circles, particularly in his role as enemy to the equally pugnacious Ben Jonson. Jonson, who reported to Drummond that Marston had accused him of sexual profligacy...

Farquhar • John Ford • Robert Greene • Thomas Heywood • Ben Jonson I • Ben Jonson II • Ben Jonson III • Christopher Marlowe • Philip Massinger I • Philip...

Sejanus His Fall, a 1603 play by Ben Jonson, is a tragedy about Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the favourite of the Roman emperor Tiberius. Sejanus His Fall was...

Every Man in His Humour is a 1598 play by the English playwright Ben Jonson. The play belongs to the subgenre of "humours comedy", in which each major...

Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's...

the lyrics of which are the poem "To Celia" by the English playwright Ben Jonson, first published in 1616. Drink to me only with thine eyes,      And I...

prominent playwrights were William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson. The term English Renaissance theatre encompasses the period between 1562—following...

theatre closures of 1642. As well as plays by Shakespeare, early works by Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and John Fletcher were first performed here. A modern reconstruction...

pickleball player Ben Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Jonson (1572–1637), English poet Ben Kane (born 1970), English novelist Ben Kasica, American...

Shakespeare's death, the poet and dramatist Ben Jonson (1572–1637) was the leading literary figure of the Jacobean era. Jonson's aesthetics hark back to the Middle...

Ben Jonson. This group seems to have been closer and more serious than the 'tribe of Ben', a group of writers who simply styled themselves on Jonson without...

of the genius of Ben Jonson, 2) the preference of Dryden for comedy of wit and repartee and of Shadwell, the chief disciple of Jonson, for humors comedy...

several dozen masques, most by royal command and many in collaboration with Ben Jonson. Beyond that he was born in Smithfield, London, as the son of clothworker...

undeniable fact that he is the most performed playwright of all time. Ben Jonson is preparing to enter the stage. The narrator offers to take the viewers...

son of Shakespeare, in the same way that followers of Ben Jonson called themselves the "Sons of Ben". However, according to Samuel Schoenbaum, since Aubrey's...

comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy;...