Ben Jonson and his plays. Volpone

(At birth he got the name Benjamin, but he never used it. He used the name Ben). Birthdate is June 11, 1572, a month after his biological father’s death. His birthplace and his parents names are unknown. He studied at Westminster School under William Camden. With George Chapman, he was the most learned of the English Renaissance dramatists. He leaved school at the age of 16 and tried his hand at soldiering. He decided to marry to Anne Lewis. He devoted hid life to theatre.His first popular success was in the field of comedy. He left behind 17 plays, 35 other dramatic pieces (masques and entertainments), a number of poems and epigrams original and translated, an English grammar, and a commonplace book called Timber, or Discoveries.