Roaring Girl

Roaring Girl

by Thomas Middleton

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) Cast Sir Alexander Wengrave: Algy Pug Sebastian Wengrave: Nolan Fout Mary Fitzallard: Amanda Friday Sir Davy Dapper/Sir Beauteous Ganymede/Fellow/Tailor/Coachman: Ric F Sir Adam Appleton/Sir Thomas Long: David Lawrence Goshawk: David Isenhower Laxton/Second Cutpurse: Chuck Williamson Greenwit/Sergeant Curtilax: peac Ralph Trapdoor: David Nicol Mistress Openwork: Kristingj Mistress Gallipot: Arielle Lipshaw Jack Dapper: LucentBirch Gull/First Cutpurse: Tiffany Halla Colonna Mistress Tiltyard: Lucy Perry Master Openwork: mb Moll/Neatfoot/Yeoman Hanger: Elizabeth Klett Master Tiltyard/Lord Noland: Tricia G Master Gallipot/Sir Guy Fitzallard: Leonard Wilson Narrator/Tearcat: Todd Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

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Thomas Middleton

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Thomas Middleton was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. He, with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson, was among the most successful and prolific of playwrights at work in the Jacobean period, and among...

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