York Explore Library :

Mon 8 May :

6.30pm – 7.30pm :

Free

Discover the larger-than-life exploits and audacious projects of Shakespeare’s friend and rival, Ben Jonson, playwright and first poet-laureate of England.

Jonson wrote for Shakespeare’s company (in fact Shakespeare acted in several of his plays), but he also established himself as an independent literary force and elevated playwriting to a publicly respected art form. Without Jonson’s leadership in self-publication, many of Shakespeare’s plays wouldn’t have been published at all.

Learn about one of the greatest writers in the history of England ahead of a rare performance of his masterpiece, Volpone, in the York International Shakespeare Festival this May.

Tickets to be booked through eventbrite or speak to a member of staff at York Explore and we can book it for you.

For more information about the York Shakespeare Project who are the organiser of Shakespeare’s Rival : Ben Jonson please visit their website.