Word: lovewit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...point of The Alchemist must be made largely through its pacing. The moral plague which settles over Lovewit's London house must come with lightning speed as Subtle and Face deceive victim after victim; and at the end of the play the victims must converge on the house in a thunder clap of righteous indignation. The audience should be allowed to catch its breath only in the final moments, when Face miraculously stands triumphant after his final deceit. If Mirsky speeds the action and limits the number of actors who lasciviously roll their tongues around their lips and ostentatiously finger...