"Which English Renaissance dramatist and poet wrote the 17th century play, ""Volpone""?"
Volpone Recordings and was nominated in 2010 for a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Volpone Volpone (Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean era comedies. Volpone "(The Fox)" is a Venetian gentleman who pretends to be on his deathbed after a long illness in order to dupe Voltore "(The Vulture)", Corbaccio "(The Raven)" and Corvino "(The Crow)", three men who aspire
English Renaissance English Renaissance The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the late 15th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in the late 14th century. As in most of the rest of northern Europe, England saw little of these developments until more than a century later. The beginning of the English Renaissance is often taken, as a convenience, to be 1485, when the Battle of Bosworth Field ended the Wars of the Roses and inaugurated the Tudor Dynasty. Renaissance style and