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Portrait of Ben Jonson

Posted on February 16, 2016 Updated on February 16, 2016

 

 

KEY FACTS:

• Ben Jonson was a prolific and well-respected playwright and friend of William Shakespeare, who certainly acted in many of his plays.

• Jonson’s complete works were published in 1616 – an unusual achievement for a playwright at this time.

• In Shakespeare’s First Folio (1623) Jonson provided a eulogy that included the now oft-quoted line ‘he was not of an age but for all time!’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to listen to Jonson’s story from the Shakespeare Circle website.  You can purchase a copy of The Shakespeare Circle from the SBT Bookshop. 

The Shakespeare Circle 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch the very catchy Ben Jonson rap