Performance

Venue	Swan Theatre
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	26th May 2016
Opened	2nd June 2016
To	6th August 2016
When	May16 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, Jun16 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, Jul16 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, Aug16 1, 2, 5, 6 at 19:30. Jun16 4, 15, 17, 18, 22, Jul16 2, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30, Aug16 3, 6 Mats 13:30. Jun16 2 at 19:00
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Date of change: 7 Sep 15 - T1787528444

The Alchemist

Work:: The Alchemist (S2247)

While the master of the house is out of town to escape the plague, his house-keeper sets up with 'a cheater and his punk' as the city's premiere conman. A full range of alternative services is offered to the citizens who beat a furtive path to their door - anything from the secret of eternal youth to that recipe of recipes, which will turn a tin can into bankable gold. Masters of the ludicrous disguise, in one amazing day they aim to prove 'who shall shark the best.' Their frantic fraudulence reaches boiling point when the gang receives some alarming news. Jonson's satire mercilessly burns away the dross, exposing a society whose obsessions make it vulnerable to any well worked scam - as long as it promises the instant jackpot in business, gambling, quarrelling or sexual conquest.

Author

Ben Jonson

Production:: (T1787528444)

Company	Royal Shakespeare Company
Director	Polly Findlay

Listing:: L01817052985

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