The Works of Ben Jonson/Volume 6/A Tale of a Tub

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A Tale of a Tub is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Ben Jonson. The last of his plays to be staged during his lifetime, it was performed in 1633 and published in 1640 in the second folio of Jonson's works.

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TALE OF A TUB.

A Tale of a Tub.] This comedy was licensed by sir Henry Herbert for the Black Friars, May 7th, 1633, and was the last piece which Jonson brought on the stage. It was not printed till 1610, three years after his death, when it appeared in the second folio. Of its fate on the stage, there is no account; but it was coldly received at court, where it was played before the King and Queen, January 14th, 1634. Jonson probably expected little from it, for he speaks of it with sufficient humility, both in the prologue and the motto:—the latter is taken from Catullus.

——Inficeto est inficetior rure.

Contents (not listed in original)

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV

Act V

Epilogue