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"[A] picture of the old [Bartholomew] Fair, into which all the curious incidents that might happen among the hearty, pleasure-loving Londoners on Bartholomew Day are crowded.... Aside from Act 1, which is introductory, the scene is laid entirely in the outer portion of the Fair, where were the eating-booths, the puppet-shows, and the 'monsters'. "
"Jonson more than any other Elizabethan dramatist identified himself with London, and by nature was peculiarly fitted to enter into the life of the great Smithfield Fair. Few others could have been so keen and accurate in their observations, and none could more heartily enjoy its rough spontaneous humor. Bartholomew Fair excels in the varied and abounding life of its scenes, and offers an extremely rich field for the study of English social history."
- Summary by Carroll Storrs Alden, 1904)
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