Ben Jonson's The Alchemist does not seem to me as good an example of the comedy of humours as some of his other plays. I would not particularly call it a comedy of manners either.
However, there are scenes in Volpone and The Alchemist which look forward to the comedy of manners in the Restoration playwrights.
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