Talk:Ben Jonson

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See also Talk:Ben Jonson/Anecdotes.

[edit] Structure

This article needs an introduction and some sections. As it stands, here is the first paragraph:

Born in Westminster, Jonson's arms, "three spindles or rhombi," are the family device of the Johnstones of Annandale, a fact which confirms Jonson's own assertion of Border descent. His father died a month before Ben's birth, and his mother remarried two years later, to a master bricklayer. Jonson attended school in St. Martin's Lane, and was later sent to Westminster School, where one of his teachers was William Camden. On leaving, Jonson is said to have gone on to the University of Cambridge. Jonson himself said that he did not go to university, but was put to a trade immediately. He soon had enough of the trade, probably bricklaying, and spent some time in the Low Countries as a soldier.

Uh, ok, but who the heck is he? --P3d0 19:47, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)

Wow! This is a really bad article! I'll see if I can create some structure. The Singing Badger 20:31, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Holy crap, that was fast. Nice work! --P3d0 22:22, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)

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Odd. I always thought that Ben Jonson was a good friend of Shakespeare, although he was critical (and appreciative) of his works. This article made it seemed as if Jonson hated Shakespeare's writings and person. Could anything be further from the truth? What does the word "tempestuous" suggest? Mandel 23:49, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)

Okay, sorry but is there some reason that his article doesn't say how or why Ben Jonson died? I was checking this for a school project and that would be really nice to know. If I find it before someone else does, I'll go ahead and add it I guess.

-March 31, 2005

Should something not be said about Jonson's poetry? I know it is not much read nowadays, but my understanding was that it was very influential in its time.

[edit] Blathering on about ducks

Does anyone have a citation for this quote? It sounds suspect to me (un-Jacobean in its language), but I could be wrong. The Singing Badger 23:05, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

• Googling excerpts only produces Wikipedia and its mirrors, for what that's worth. AndyJones 07:15, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Deleted it. He went to a 'Medical Treatment Centre'? Not in the 1630s! The Singing Badger 13:38, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Quite right. Was in a bookshop yesterday so I quickly looked up the bio chapter of Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson. Quote wasn't there, as it surely would have been. Definitely a hoax. 62.64.210.118 08:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC) (Not logged in but am User:AndyJones.)

[edit] Famous productions of Jonson

Just a thought, but since Jonson's work has been revived in the 20th and 21st centuries, should there be a section on famous productions of his work? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.0.205.114 (talk) 00:17, 14 January 2007 (UTC).