"A Pretty Kind of Game": Ben Jonson's Volpone and The Alchemist

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We'll finish our look at Ben Jonson's comedies today with perhaps his most well-regarded efforts: Volpone, or The Fox and The Alchemist.
Additional music: "In Town Tonight" by Eric Coates, perf. Reginald Dixon. From the Internet Archive.

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