The Honest Whore

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English Renaissance drama city comedy play

The Honest Whore is an early 17th-century English city comedy play, co-written by Thomas Dekker (with Thomas Middleton for its second part), known for its vivid portrayal of London life and complex treatment of morality and female virtue.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Honest Whore canonical	1
The Honest Whore, Part 2	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English Renaissance drama ⓘ city comedy ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ play ⓘ
associatedWithPlaywright	Thomas Dekker NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Thomas Dekker NERFINISHED ⓘ
coAuthor	Thomas Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
depicts	London life ⓘ
dramaticForm	prose and verse ⓘ
dramaticPeriod	early modern English theatre ⓘ
dramaticStructure	two-part play ⓘ
featuresCharacterType	citizen ⓘ courtesan ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
firstPerformed	early 17th century ⓘ
genre	city comedy ⓘ comedy ⓘ
hasPart	The Honest Whore, Part 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Honest Whore, Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputationFor	complex treatment of female virtue ⓘ complex treatment of morality ⓘ vivid portrayal of London life ⓘ
literaryMovement	English Renaissance theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Jacobean era NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme	female virtue ⓘ marriage ⓘ morality ⓘ repentance ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
setting	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
subjectMatter	sexual morality ⓘ social class relations ⓘ urban life ⓘ
theatricalTradition	public theatre in London ⓘ
tone	comic ⓘ moralistic ⓘ
writtenIn	early 1600s ⓘ

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Thomas Dekker → notableWork → The Honest Whore ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honest Whore, Part 2