Author: Jonson, Ben & Brown, Douglas [editor]
Title: The Alchemist
Description: Ernest Benn, 1966, 1st edition. Paperback, P+. xxvi+150pp, Ex College library with a single bookplate & ink stamp to the top edge, trace to the base of the spine where a sticker has been removed, text unmarked. The New Mermaids series. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ Comic play originally published in 1610, which exposes the nature of greed in the human character. Subtle & Doll Common set up as quack physicians, offering all manner of cures and remedies - it is not long before the greed of their foolish customers makes them a fortune.

Keywords: theatre, comedy, drama, literature