This caused the various victims of Face and his accomplices to blend into one another as they were rapidly trotted in and out either singly or in tandem spouting dialogue the humor and complexity of which were difficult to suss out. Frankly, I found some of the detail impenetrable.

In short order, there follows the introduction of a parade of greedy secular and clerical fools who are subjected to a variety of complicated frauds, some of which involve disguises. Jeremy has assumed the guise of 'Captain Face,' and recruited fellow commoners, the rogue Subtle, and prostitute Dol Common to aid and abet him. Another fraud is the promise of marriage to an alleged high born lady. Principal among his schemes is convincing victims that he can turn base metal into gold. A scamp, Jeremy is using the Lovewit house as the headquarters for the operation of his schemes to defraud a bevy of avaricious fools. Lovewit has fled in order to escape the Plague, leaving his home in the care of his butler, Jeremy. The more than 400-year-old comedy is set in the suburban London home of the genial Lord Lovewit.

Monte has come a cropper with her production of her own new adaptation of Ben Jonson's rarely today produced 1610 classic comedy, The Alchemist. Sadly, the brilliant and indefatigable Bonnie J. It has been said the road to you know where is paved with good intentions. Monte's Director's Notes for The Alchemist What I have attempted is to create an adaptation that .honors Jon's language, style and intent .I have assigned myself the role of modern tour guide to bring Jonson to the audiences of the 21st century .I have endeavored to convert old gold to new gold.' I made hundreds of cuts and word changes, and deleted various minor characters and locations. some minute .others as arrogant as re-writing entire lines. I have made at least 1,000 changes to Jonson's original text .

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