The Alchemist

In the plague-shuttered streets of Jacobean London, a roguish butler, Jeremy, seizes his master's empty house to stage the ultimate con. Alongside the cunning Face and the alluring Dol Common, he transforms the residence into a den of deception, masquerading as alchemists, seers, and charlatans. Their targets? A parade of London's most gullible and grasping citizens: a pious Anabaptist, a lustful knight, a tobacco merchant dreaming of gold, and a lawyer obsessed with a 'philosophical stone.' Jonson orchestrates a dizzying ballet of mistaken identities and escalating lies, as the trio promises their marks everything from eternal youth and boundless wealth to noble titles, all while systematically relieving them of their fortunes. The chaotic house of cards inevitably tumbles when the master unexpectedly returns, forcing the tricksters to scramble and their victims to confront the ridiculous depths of their own avarice.