Volpone

The observation I have prefixed to the Volpone is the key to the faint interest which these noble efforts of intellectual power excite, with the exception of the fragment of the Sad Shepherd; because in that piece only is there any character with whom you can morally sympathize.

Literary Remains, Volume 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

Mr. Penn's final play on Broadway was the 2004 revival of "Sly Fox," a retelling of Ben Johnson's "Volpone" that ran for 173 performances.

Interest in Outsiders Drove Versatile Director of 'Bonnie and Clyde' Stephen Miller 2010

The first commission, "Volpone," by the same team, opened in 2004 and far exceeded expectations.

New American operas are going the way of smaller venues, on smaller scales 2010

: I wanted to meet him because of the opera "Volpone," which he'd done with [composer and pianist] John Musto.

Opera Fusion 2008

The creators, whose previous collaboration, "Volpone," was a brightly textured comedy, balanced humor with pathos in "Evening."

A Family Cursed, 2007

In 1605 -- we believe, a few months before 'Volpone' [46] -- 'Eastward Hoe' came out, a comedy written by Ben Jonson, Chapman, and Marston, in which, as already stated, the connection between Hamlet and Ophelia is derided in a low, burlesque manner.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

The scene of the action in 'Volpone' is laid in Venice.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

From the many hints in 'Volpone' and in 'The Malcontent,' it clearly follows that Shakspere was to be represented, in those dramas, before the public at large, as an Atheist.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

Then there is again what appears to be an allusion to Hamlet, act i.sc. 4, resembling that in 'Volpone': --

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

After the publication of 'Hamlet,' Jonson wrote his 'Volpone' as a counterblast to this drama.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis