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The Case Is Altered: A Comedy
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Scene 6: Maximilian goes on before. Paulo parts from Rachel, commending Angelo to her. Jaques appears.
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Scene 6: Maximilian goes on before. Paulo parts from Rachel, commending Angelo to her. Jaques appears.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
101 pages, Hardcover
First published December 27, 2009
About the author
Ben Jonson
1,491 books192 followersBenjamin Jonson was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets. A house in Dulwich College is named after him.
See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jonson
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July 20, 2026
Amazing play. Great intro to Jonson. Reminds me in some ways of one of the moot plays of Cornielle, but I'll be damned if I can remember which. Other people reviewed this play poorly on this app. Because they're fuckin idiots. Jonson was right about critics.
February 7, 2026
No sleep for the tired bones of Plautus. An infinite chain of playwrights parade in and out cribbing and copying: Jonson high-fives Shakespeare, Heywood compares notes with Molière, and somewhere in the back Steven Sondheim hums showtunes.
The Case Is Altered is one of a long line of Plautus-rips, an entertaining one, though perhaps not a vital one.
The Case Is Altered is one of a long line of Plautus-rips, an entertaining one, though perhaps not a vital one.
May 10, 2023
Jonson's writing is closer to Shakespeare's than most of their contemporaries I've read. He's good, and barring the Bard, he may be my favorite Elizabethan/Jacobean playwright. This play is clever, fun, and brief.
February 20, 2016
has a great opening scene wherein one dude asks another to "commend him for a fellow fit for consanguinity, and that he shaketh with desire of procreation, or so."
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