Volpone
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| + | '''''Volpone''''', or '''''The Fox''''' (in [[Italian language|Italian]]: "Big Fox"), is a [[comedy]] by [[Ben Jonson]] first produced in [[1606]], drawing on elements of [[city comedy]], [[black comedy]] and animal fable. A merciless [[satire]] of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is among the finest [[English literature#Jacobean literature|Jacobean]] comedies. | ||
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Volpone, or The Fox (in Italian: "Big Fox"), is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy, black comedy and animal fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is among the finest Jacobean comedies.
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