Comedies and tragicomedies

2 books

Philaster; Or, Love Lies a BleedingFrancis Beaumont · 1620A Jacobean tragicomedy by Francis Beaumont (with John Fletcher), set in Sicily and Calabria, about Philaster, the rightful heir whose kingdom was unjustly taken, and the political and romantic conflicts that follow when the king arranges his daughter's marriage to a Spanish prince.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The AlchemistBen Jonson · 1610A 1610 comedy by Ben Jonson, this play satirizes the follies of its age, following the schemes of a con artist who uses claims of alchemy to exploit gullible Londoners while the master is away from his house.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية