Performance

Venue	Friargate Theatre
Town	York
County	North Yorkshire
From	11th May 2000
Opened	12th May 2000
To	1st July 2000
When	May 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 29, 30, Jun 2, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, Jul 1- 19:30
Friargate Theatre (V0389299607)
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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:: (T1017901759)

Company	Riding Lights Theatre Company
Director	Paul Burbridge
Design	Sean Cavanagh
Lighting	Mark Doubleday
Performer	Mike Burns
Performer	Nigel Forde
Performer	Bridget Foreman
Performer	David Hill
Performer	Mark Payton
Performer	Michael Peacock
Performer	Matt Robinson
Performer	Rhona Scott-Black

Listing:: L1237025398

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