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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.
This night I’ll change
All that is metal in my house to gold,
And, early in the morning, will I send
To all the plumbers and pewterers
And buy their tin and lead up.
Bursting with energy and
invention, Ben Jonson’s masterpiece offers an irresistible
critique of human greed and gullibility – and the chance
to see Alex Jennings and Simon Russell Beale in first time
partnership on the Olivier stage, with Lesley Manville as
Doll. Ian Richardson joins the company in the great role of
Sir Epicure Mammon.
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