Exploring Jonson's Bartholomew Fair |Act Wise Summary | Themes
Exploring Jonson's Bartholomew Fair |Act Wise Summary | Themes Contents 1 About the playwright 2 Characters of the play 3 Overall summary of the play 4 Act wise Summary of the play 5 Themes of the play 6 Important Quotations from the play Here are the details of Ben Jonson's play "Bartholomew Fair": - Publication : 1631 (first printed) and 1640-41 (second folio of Jonson's works) - Acts : Five acts - Where it was played: Hope Theatre in Bankside (premiere on October 31, 1614) and Whitehall (for King James I the next day) - Background : Set in the real-life Bartholomew Fair, which was a major summer fair in London from 1133 to 1855, the play is a commentary on the social, religious, and political issues of the time . Benjamin Jonson, also known as Ben Jonson, was an English playwright and poet born in 1572 and died in 1637. He was a prominent figure in the English Renaissance theatre scene and is considered one of the greatest ...