St John’s students were putting on their own play - a satire produced as part of the ... of the day – William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Ben Jonson (1573–1637) by Charles Fullwood (Painted ...

Ben Jonson, dramatist and poet, is the only person buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey. Jonson always seemed to be poor, in spite of gifts from royalty, and he died in great poverty in ...