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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

First performed at the Globe Theatre in early 1606, perhaps just weeks before the premiere of Macbeth, Ben Jonson’s timeless satire Volpone explores the insatiable desire for advancement and power ...

On Oct. 27 at The Theatre in Doudna Fine Arts Center the 1606 story of "Volpone" was presented to a 21st Century audience. "Volpone," in Italian, means "the foxes" and cunning and ingenious like a fox ...

Avarice—the bottomless, Bernie Madoff kind—is the driving force behind Ben Jonson’s 1606 satire. Volpone (the waggish Stephen Spinella) worships his gold, and his callers, gunning for a place in his ...