Bartholomew Fair
by Ben Jonson
Tom Patterson Theatre
May 27 to Oct. 2 Opens: Jun. 4
Duration: 2 hrs, 56 mins
Photo of Jonathan Goad
by David Hou
Production Sponsor
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Support is provided by members of the Conservatory Circle: Karon C. Bales and Charles E. Beall, Leland and LaRita Boren, Hans and Susan Brenninkmeyer, Margaret and Jim Fleck, Dr. Dennis and Mrs. Dorothea Hacker, Beth L. Kronfeld and Matthew D. Means, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, Drs. M. L. Myers and W. P. Hayman, Robert Summers-Gill, Alice and Tim Thornton, Ophelia Tong and Mike Lazaridis.
About the Play
Anything can happen (and usually does) at Bartholomew Fair, where fraudsters and pickpockets thrive and Ursla the pig-woman trades in more than one kind of flesh. Neither respectability nor Puritan zeal are proof against its snares – and no one who partakes in this licentious revel will ever be quite the same again.
Jonson’s no-holds-barred satire of big-city life depicts the London in which he and Shakespeare lived seething with scurrilous and hilarious energy.
Content Advisory A satire on vice, folly and hypocrisy in which members of respectable society come into contact with a sordid world of thieves, con men and prostitutes. The text contains several vulgar jokes and bawdy references. The production uses smoke effects.
Our recommendation: Suitable for most people aged 13 and up.
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