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Li bri Vox

Acoustical liberation of books
in the Public Domain

The Alchemist

by Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman to flee to the country,
leaving his house under the charge of his butler, Jeremy. Jeremy turns the
house into the headquarters for fraudulent acts, and transforms himself into
'Captain Face 1 , enlistins the aid of Subtle, a fellow conman, and Dol Common,
a prostitute. People of all social classes are subject to Jonson's ruthless,
satirical wit as he mocks human weakness and gullibility. The trio of con
artists - Subtle, Face and Dol - are self-deluding small-timers, ultimately
undone by the same human weaknesses they exploit in their victims. (Wikipedia)

Subtle, First Neighbor: Elizabeth Klett
Face: ToddHW

Dol Common: Arielle Lipshaw

Dapper, Second Officer: Nathanial W.C. Higgins

Drugger, Third Neighbor; Thomas Leigh Moore

Lovewit: Kevin Johnson

Sir Epicure Mammon: Algy Pug

Pertinax Surly, Fifth Neighbor, First Officer: Alan Mapstone
Tribulation Wholesome: TriciaG
Ananias: Martin Geeson
Kastril: David Nicol
Dame Pliant: Amy Gramour
Fourth Neighbor: Charlotte Duckett
Narrator: Kristingj

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Total running time: 3:06:43

Cover design: Kathryn Delaney
Cover art: Johann Zoffany, David
Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The
Alchemist" c. 1770

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