Viewing Event Record: Ben Jonson's failed play may have fared better with a less discerning audience at the Fortune: Gill

Abstract

In verses addressed to Ben Jonson, Alexander Gill suggests that Jonson's play 'The Magnetic Lady,' which failed at the Blackfriars, might have done better at the Fortune '[m]ongst prentices and apple-wives.'

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: circa October 1632 (Source of claim: transcription)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: October 1632 (Source of claim: transcription)

Venues

Name

Fortune (II)

Name

Blackfriars (II)

People