In another scene, a character plays the cittern offstageto signify the arrival of elves to a blindfolded man; in reality, two men are pinching him and telling him tothrow his possessions to the floor on the order of the Queen of Fairy.
At the end of this play, we are told that one character will use his "pelf" to "feast you often, and invitenew guests," referring to the audience in the theater. In another scene, a character plays the cittern offstageto signify the arrival of elves to a blindfolded man; in reality, two men are pinching him and telling him tothrow his possessions to the floor on the order of the Queen of Fairy. The master of the central household hadoriginally fled the (*) plague but when he returns, his butler must return to his old persona of Jeremy. Some of the"gulls" in this play include Kastril, the brother of the widowed Dame Pliant, the law clerk Dapper, and a tobaccoseller named Drugger. Those characters are conned by the prostitute Dol Common and Captain Face. For 10 points,name this play in which Subtle pretends to have the philosopher's stone, by Ben Jonson.
At the end of this play, we are told that one character will use his "pelf" to "feast you often, and invitenew guests," referring to the audience in the theater.
The Alchemist