Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637) Is Among The Greatest Of English Dramatists After Shakespeare — A Writer Of Verse, Prose, Satire, And Criticism Who Profoundly Affected The Subsequent Course Of English Letters. Every Man In His Humour Was Ben Jonson'S First Theatrical Success, First Performed In 1598 By The Lord Chamberlain'S Men, With A Cast Including Shakespeare, Burbage, And Kemp. The Play Belongs To The Subgenre Of The "Humours Comedy", In Which Each Major Character Is Dominated By An Overriding Humour Or Obsession. The Story Revolves Around How An Intercepted Letter Enabled A Father To Follow His Supposedly Studious Son To London, And There Observe His Life With The Gallants Of The Time.
