This week we pay our obligatory respects to Ben Jonson and his insanely relevant comedy The Alchemist. We give you a brief biography of the famously pugnacious playwright in our Meet the Contemporary segment, summarize this very long play for you, and give you a Taste of Text with a reading of Act 1, scene 1. We decided to forego a game this time because, TBH, we didn’t really want to prolong our engagement with the play more than necessary. Instead we jumped straight into some ShakesBubble Gossip and what the Bubble has been up to in the time of Covid-19. Answer - a LOT. Stay home and tune in, y’all!