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Read by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe & Gideon Wagner (Unabridged: 1hr 2mins)
Benjamin "Ben" Jonson was born in June, 1572. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays; Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, and his equally accomplished lyric poems.
A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, including time in jail and a penchant for switching faiths, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.
In 1616 Jonson was appointed by King James I to receive a yearly pension of £60 to become what is now recognised as the post of the first official Poet Laureate.
He died on the 6th of August, 1637 at Westminster and is buried in the north aisle of the nave at Westminster Abbey.
master of both playwriting and poetry his reputation continues to endure and reach a new audience with each succeeding generation.
In this compilation -
| 01 - Ben Jonson - An Introduction |
| 02 - To Celia by Ben Jonson |
| 03 - Cynthia's Revels, Queen and Huntress, Chaste and Fair by Ben Jnoson |
| 04 - An Elegy by Ben Jonson |
| 05 - Perfect Beauty by Ben Jonson |
| 06 - A Celebration of Charis - IV - Her Triumph by Ben Jonson |
| 07 - His Excuse For Loving by Ben Jonson |
| 08 - A Sonnet to the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth by Ben Jonson |
| 09 - Still To Be Neat by Ben Jonson |
| 10 - To Mary Lady Wroth by Ben Jonson |
| 11 - The Hourglass by Ben Jonson |
| 12 - My Picture Left In Scotland by Ben Jonson |
| 13 - To Penshurst by Ben Jonson |
| 14 - The Thames At Mortlake by Ben Jonson |
| 15 - Epigram LXV - To My Muse by Ben Jonson |
| 16 - Ode To Himself - Come Leave Thy Loathed Stage by Ben Jonson |
| 17 - An Ode To Himself by Ben Jonson |
| 18 - To All to Whom I Wirte by Ben Jonson |
| 19 - To My Lord Ignorant by Ben Jonson |
| 20 - On Playwright by Ben Jonson |
| 21 - A Fit of Rhyme Against Rhyme by Ben Jonson |
| 22 - On Poet-Ape by Ben Jonson |
| 23 - To The Reader by Ben Jonson |
| 24 - Epigram XXIII - To John Donne by Ben Jonson |
| 25 - To Fine Grand by Ben Jonson |
| 26 - Inviting A Friend To Supper by Ben Jonson |
| 27 - Hymn to the Belly by Ben Jonson |
| 28 - On Gut by Ben Jonson |
| 29 - Epigram IV - To King James by Ben Jonson |
| 30 - On English Monsieur by Ben Jonson |
| 31 - In the Person of Womankind by Ben Jonson |
| 32 - Song. That Women Are But Men's Shadows by Ben Jonson |
| 33 - On My First Daughter by Ben Jonson |
| 34 - On My First Son by Ben Jonson |
| 35 - Carol by Ben Jonson |
| 36 - The Masque Of Christmas by Ben Jonson |
| 37 - The Alchemist by Ben Jonson |
| 38 - The Noble Nature by Ben Jonson |
| 39 - Epigram LXXX - Of Life And Death by Ben Jonson |
| 40 - To the Memory of My Beloved Master William Shakespeare and What He hath Left Us by Ben Jonson |
| 41 - To Heaven by Ben Jonson |
| 42 - A Hymn to God The Father by Ben Jonson |
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