The Roaring Girl
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The Roaring Girl is a Jacobean stage comedy, co-written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, that dramatizes the exploits of the cross-dressing London rogue Mary Frith (Moll Cutpurse).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Roaring Girl canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jacobean stage comedy
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play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Thomas Dekker canon
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Thomas Middleton canon ⓘ |
| author |
Thomas Dekker
NERFINISHED
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Thomas Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mary Frith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Sir Alexander Swinnerton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramatises | exploits of a cross-dressing London rogue ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gallipot
NERFINISHED
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Goshawk ⓘ Jack Dapper NERFINISHED ⓘ Laxton NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Fitzallard NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistress Gallipot NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistress Openwork NERFINISHED ⓘ Moll Cutpurse NERFINISHED ⓘ Openwork ⓘ Sebastian Wengrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Alexander Wengrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Davy Dapper NERFINISHED ⓘ Trapdoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | circa 1611 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1611 ⓘ |
| form | prose and verse ⓘ |
| genre |
city comedy
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
city morality
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class and gender roles ⓘ cross-dressing ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | reputation of Mary Frith as a London rogue ⓘ |
| literaryCanon | English Renaissance city comedies ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Moll Cutpurse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Moll Cutpurse as a heroic figure
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early stage representation of a real contemporary woman ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
gender nonconformity
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urban London life ⓘ |
| publisher | Nicholas Okes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| structure | five-act play ⓘ |
| theatricalPeriod | Jacobean era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 17th-century London ⓘ |
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