In response to the Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) production of Ben Jonson’s Volpone last year, I determined to undertake a study of the life and work of this extraordinary playwright and poet.

This undated publicity photo released by David Gersten and Associates shows, from left, Stephen Spinella and Cameron Folmar, in a scene from Red Bull Theater’s production of Ben Jonson’s classic ...

This production of Volpone tries so hard to be funny that it almost never is. There’s one notable exception. In Ben Jonson’s 1606 script, a wealthy, childless man named Volpone pretends he’s dying and ...

NOT only Shakespeare will be the focus of #YorkShakes17, next week's York International Shakespeare Festival. From Monday, Re:Verse Theatre will make a case for Ben Jonson being "better than ...

The title character of Ben Jonson’s satire on materialism is a vulgar Venetian whose craving for applause betrays his insecurity. The play may date from 1606, but Sir Trevor Nunn’s lively production ...

Volpone is a theatrical fable, populated by ciphers, a morality play: greed corrupts. It's a timeless theme that's clearly resonant right now, something the Humble players are hoping to play on. Ben ...

Henry Goodman discusses his role in Ben Jonson's Volpone at the RSC. Satirical film Dear White People is reviewed. Plus New York Met boss Peter Gelb, and the Demon Barbers. Show more Henry Goodman ...

Has Volpone long been on your wish list of roles? It's a play that several directors over the years have suggested doing and for one reason or another it always got put on the backburner. But Trevor ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Greed that overreaches and causes its own undoing is the primary target of Ben Jonson’s 1606 satire, “Volpone.” Considering the ongoing global financial crisis, it’s clear that ...