本·琼森(Ben Jonson,1573～1637)是莎士比亚以后时期最有名的英国戏剧家。他出身伦敦贫户,做过砌砖匠。受学者凯姆登(Camden)提携指导,自学成为希腊语和拉丁文研究者,对罗马戏剧熟谙,并在创作时严守“三一律”(情书统一、地点同一、时间不超过一天)。但他的喜剧以英国城市时尚为内容,多为讽喻之作。他还写有悲剧、假面舞戏、诗歌和文艺评论。他最有名的喜剧《炼金术士)(The Alchemist)于1611年 Ben Jonson (1573-1635) was the most famous British dramatist in Shakespeare’s later period. He was a poor man in London and a bricklayer. Camden guided by scholar Camden, self-taught to become a Greek and Latin researcher, familiar with Roman drama, and strict “three ones” in his creation (unified love letters, same location, no more than one day) . But his comedy is based on British urban fashion and is mostly a piece of irony. He also wrote tragedies, masked dances, poetry, and literary criticism. His most famous comedy “Alchemist” (The Alchemist) in 1611