The Alchemist

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Play from 8 September 2006 to 21 November 2006

Olivier Theatre (National Theatre) South Bank, London

Ben Jonson's Jacobean comedy The Alchemist, directed by Nicholas Hytner.

When Subtle, Face and Doll Common join forces to pose as alchemists, dupes of every kind queue up to fulfil their crazy lusts and dreams. And as the client list escalates so the frenetic con artists demonstrate ever more outlandish acts of improvisation to avoid discovery and rake in the cash.

Bursting with energy and invention, Ben Jonson's masterpiece The Alchemist offers an irresistible critique of human greed and gullibility.

The cast for The Alchemist features Alex Jennings, Simon Russell Beale and Lesley Manville along with Ian Richardson as 'Sir Epicure Mammon'.