One character in this play delivers a monologue in which he claims that "success hath made me wanton" and that "All the wise world is little else, in nature / But parasites, or sub-parasites." One scene in it sees a discussion of the death of Stone, who may have been a spy, before the appearance of a mountebank. The title character claims that Plato said the "highest female grace is silence" when he is visited by (*) Lady Politic Would-Be, whose husband associates with Peregrine, a fellow Brit l
One character in this play delivers a monologue in which he claims that "success hath made me wanton" and that "All the wise world is little else, in nature / But parasites, or sub-parasites." One scene in it sees a discussion of the death of Stone, who may have been a spy, before the appearance of a mountebank. The title character claims that Plato said the "highest female grace is silence" when he is visited by (*) Lady Politic Would-Be, whose husband associates with Peregrine, a fellow Brit living in Venice. That title character is entertained by a troupe including Nano, Castrone, and Androgyno. The servant Mosca brings about the title character's infatuation with the virtuous Celia by comparing her to his gold and assists him as he fakes dire illness to con Corbaccio, Voltore, and Corvino. For 10 points, name this play by Ben Jonson in which the clever title character is named for a fox.
One character in this play delivers a monologue in which he claims that "success hath made me wanton" and that "All the wise world is little else, in nature /
Volpone