Every Man in His Humour

Introduction

Title page of 1616 printing of Every Man in His Humour[1]Portrait of David Garrick as Kitely by Joshua Reynolds

Every Man in His Humour is a 1598 play by the English playwright Ben Jonson. The play belongs to the subgenre of "humours comedy", in which each major character is dominated by an over-riding humour or obsession.


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