The Alchemist

The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge believed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature. The play's clever fulfilment of the classical unities and vivid depiction of human folly have made it one of the few Renaissance plays (except the works of Shakespeare) with a continuing life on stage, except for a period of neglect during the Victorian era.

《炼金术士》是英国剧作家本·琼森（Ben Jonson）的一部喜剧。它最早于1610年由国王之王（King's Men）演出，通常被认为是乔森（Jonson）最好，最有特色的喜剧。塞缪尔·泰勒·科尔里奇（Samuel Taylor Coleridge）认为它拥有文学史上三个最完美的情节之一。该剧巧妙地实现了古典的统一性，生动地描绘了人类的愚蠢，使其成为少数几个具有复兴历史的剧情剧（莎士比亚的作品除外），并在舞台上保持着生命，除了维多利亚时代的一段时期被忽视。