Ben Jonson
Biography
Ben Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 18 August 1637 [or possibly 6 August]) was an English actor, poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. He is regarded as "the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I." Jonson was a classically educated, well-read and cultured man of the English Renaissance with an appetite for controversy (personal and political, artistic and intellectual). His cultural influence was of unparalleled breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the Jacobean era (1603–1625) and of the Caroline era (1625–1642).
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
412 releases · 87 albums · active 1952–2025
- Performance · 292
- Other credits · 143
Studios: Througham · Kingsway Hall · Henry Wood Hall, London · Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Frequent collaborators
- Britten
- Various
- Benjamin Britten
- Kathleen Ferrier
- John McCormack (2)
- Paul Robeson
- Rita Streich
- Unknown Artist