Sir Politic Would-Be opens Act IV with tourist tips for English travellers to Venice. The play ends with Volpone being led to prison but twenty-five lines later he is back on stage delivering the play's Epilogue. The British Library owns a copy of the play inscribed by Jonson to John Florio whose 1598 Italian-English dictionary defines a volpone as "an old fox, an old reinard, an old craftie, slie, subtle companion, sneaking, lurking, wily deceiver".T01163308183Other James Wallace (Co-ordinator). Performer Roger Barclay. Performer James Chalmers. Performer Leo Conville. Performer Michael Cronin. Performer Lucy Cudden. Performer Nicholas Day. Performer Matt Dempsey. Performer Tom Frankland. Performer Olivia Grant. Performer Martin Hodgson. Performer Matt Jamie. Performer David Meyer. Performer Christopher Middleton. Performer Laura Murray. Performer Kate Terence. Performer James Thorne. | |
| 25 Feb 07 | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, West End :: V165 listing details L1738163587 |
