Ben Jonson

Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love By Ben Jonson "The Annotated Classic Edition"

Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love," is a masterpiece By Ben Jonson.


The play was part of the so-called Poetomachia, or War of the Theatres, between Jonson and playwrights John Marston and Thomas Dekker.


The character Cynthia represented Queen Elizabeth, and the play was marked by violence and controversy in reflection of the queen's final reigning years.


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