Sly Fox
by Ben Jonson

Sly Fox

Synopsis

To tickle the humor of today's audiences, Volpone has been moved from 17th century Venice to turn of the century San Francisco.

Volpone is now called Foxwell J. Sly and he is the same scheming, rapacious miser bent on extracting fortunes from a trio of rich, greedy opportunists.

Sly, pretending to be on his death bed, says he will name each of the three as his sole heir.

The extent that the trio will go to acquire Sly's fortune knows no bounds.

One goes so far as to disinherit his only son; another offers up his wife to the lecherous Sly.

Sly is aided and abetted by his conniving servant in grabbing the other men's gold.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 3 total roles, 3 female roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1978
ISBN 10
0573615098
ISBN 13
9780573615092
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
98 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCCN
78108473
LCC
PS3557.E368 S55
DCC
812/.5/2
Print
Sly Fox is a American comedy / farce play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 1978. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573615092 and an ISBN-10 of 0573615098.

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