La Foire De La Saint Barthelemy

Volpone - célibataire très riche sans héritier naturel - feint cyniquement d'être à l'article de la mort, ce qui a pour but d'attirer les prétendants à la succession. Le serviteur Mosca fait saliver l'avocat Voltore, le vieux gentilhomme Corbaccio et le jeune marchand Corvino devant la perspective de l'héritage. Corvino va jusqu'à offrir sa femme, Corbaccio déshérite son fils. Les choses se compliquent jusqu'à un dénouement moral dans le procès final où Volpone et Mosca sont démasqués.

Volpone ou Le Renard

Dramaturge, comédien, poète, critique et personnalité littéraire à l'influence considérable Ben Jonson (1572 ?-1637) fut le contemporain de Shakespeare et de Marlowe.
Maître de la " comédie de mœurs " à l'époque élisabéthaine, on lui doit surtout le très sarcastique Volpone (pièce en cinq actes créée en 1605) l'un des plus universels chefs-d'œuvre de l'histoire du théâtre.

Volpone Ou Le Renard. Edition Bilingue Francais-Anglais

Ben Jonson's "Volpone" is a fine example of Elizabethan theatre and one of the greatest satirical comedies ever written. In this 1606 tale of greed, lust and utter cowardice, Ben Jonson explores the travails of the human soul. He also created some of the most memorable theatre characters with Volpone or Mosca and invented some of the most memorable scenes in theatre: Mosca talking Corbaccio into disinheriting his own son or convincing Corvino to gift his own wife. "Volpone" is one of the finest plays of the time. Rediscover it in this new edition by Les Éditions de Londres.

Volpone or the Fox

Fortune, that favours fools, these two short hours,

We wish away, both for your sakes and ours,

Judging spectators; and desire, in place,

To the author justice, to ourselves but grace.

Our scene is London, 'cause we would make known,

No country's mirth is better than our own:

No clime breeds better matter for your whore,

Bawd, squire, impostor, many persons more,

Whose manners, now call'd humours, feed the stage;

And which have still been subject for the rage

Or spleen of comic writers. Though this pen

Did never aim to grieve, but better men;

Howe'er the age he lives in doth endure

The vices that she breeds, above their cure.

But when the wholesome remedies are sweet,

And in their working gain and profit meet,

He hopes to find no spirit so much diseased,

But will with such fair correctives be pleased:

For here he doth not fear who can apply.

If there be any that will sit so nigh

Unto the stream, to look what it doth run,

They shall find things, they'd think or wish were done;

They are so natural follies, but so shewn,

As even the doers may see, and yet not own.

The Alchemist

Volpone ou Le renard

Excerpt from Les Contemporains de Shakespeare: Volpone ou le Renard; Le Juif de Malte; Le Mardi-Gras du Cordonnier; Moyen d'Attraper un VieillarTh��tre complet de Shakespeare avec de nombreuses pr�faces et annotations. (ouvrage couronn� par l'acad�mie fran�aise)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Les Contemporains de Shakespeare: Volpone Ou Le Renard; Le Juif de Malte; Le Mardi-Gras Du Cordonnier; Moyen d'Attraper Un Vieillar (Classic Reprint)

"The Alchemist" is a comedy written by Ben Jonson and performed in 1610 by the King's men. Created four years after Volpone, The Alchemist is widely considered to be Ben Jonson's best comedy. Following an outbreak of plague in London, a gentleman's house falls into the hands of two would-be small-time crooks, Face and Subtle. They then start preying on unsuspecting victims who turn out to be nearly as crooked and vicious as the two original crooks themselves. And there is obviously a story about vulgar metal turned into gold. Discover The Alchemist with its original preface and biography in this new edition by Les Éditions de Londres.

Un riche célibataire vénitien, Volpone, a trouvé un moyen astucieux pour s'enrichir encore plus. Il feint d'être très malade, à l'article de la mort, et tous ceux qui convoitent son héritage le couvrent de cadeaux afin d'être couchés sur son testament.

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