Roaring Girl, The

By Middleton, Thomas

Book Id: WPLBN0002950116
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File Size: 83.63 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Roaring Girl, The
Author:	Middleton, Thomas
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Dramatic Works, Play, Comedy
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Roaring Girl, The
Historic Publication Date:	1611
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Middleton, B. T., & Dekker, T. (1611). Roaring Girl, The. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
The Roaring Girl is a rip-roaring Jacobean comedy co-written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker and first published in 1611. The play is a fictionalized dramatization of the life of Mary Frith, known as Moll Cutpurse, a woman who had gained a reputation as a virago in the early 17th century. (The term roaring girl was adapted from the slang term roaring boy, which was applied to a young man who caroused publicly, brawled, and committed petty crimes.) The play combines the exploits of the cross-dressed Moll with the amorous adventures of a trio of merchants' wives, and the forbidden romance between Sebastian Wengrave and Mary Fitzallard. ( Summary by Elizabeth Klett and Wikipedia )

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Play, Comedy, Biography