Jesse Berger has been making a name for himself with daring, low-budget, emotionally direct productions of off-the-run Elizabethan and Jacobean classics like Edward II, The Witch of Edmonton, Women ...

This undated publicity photo released by David Gersten and Associates shows, from left, Stephen Spinella and Cameron Folmar, in a scene from Red Bull Theater’s production of Ben Jonson’s classic ...

This production of Volpone tries so hard to be funny that it almost never is. There’s one notable exception. In Ben Jonson’s 1606 script, a wealthy, childless man named Volpone pretends he’s dying and ...

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Neon lights, glass-panelled walls, information flashing along an LED strip, mobile phones, selfies - Ben Jonson’s 1606 play of greed and corruption is relocated to the 21st century. If the RSC were a ...

In response to the Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) production of Ben Jonson’s Volpone last year, I determined to undertake a study of the life and work of this extraordinary playwright and poet.

"Good morning to the day; and next, my gold!" declares the magnifico, Volpone, at the opening of Ben Jonson's satire on a corrupt society. Lez Brotherstone's design, in opulent red and black, sets the ...