Question

. Throw light on Ben Jhonson as a playwright. Also give the summary of the play

‘The Alchemist.’​

Answer 1

The Alchemist, comedy in five acts by Ben Jonson

The play concerns the turmoil of deception that ensues when Lovewit leaves his London house in the care of his scheming servant, Face. With the aid of a fraudulent alchemist named Subtle and his companion, Dol Common, Face sets about dispensing spurious charms and services to a steady stream of dupes