Auteur: Dekker Thomas Dekker

This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents areal-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, whoprobably was among the first audiences of ‘her’ play before she wastaken …

This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents areal-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, whoprobably was among the first audiences of ‘her’ play before she wastaken …

‘I know the trade: I learned it when I was in Wittenberg’Thus speaks Lacy, the gentleman who disguises himself as a simple shoemaker in order to win his true love, the grocer’s daughter Rose. The …

‘I know the trade: I learned it when I was in Wittenberg’Thus speaks Lacy, the gentleman who disguises himself as a simple shoemaker in order to win his true love, the grocer’s daughter Rose. The …

It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were beingburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English – although therewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which …

It is a historical phenomenon that while thousands of women were beingburnt as witches in early modern Europe, the English – although therewere a few celebrated trials and executions, one of which …

Thomas Dekker »s singular comic drama, The Shoemakers » Holiday moves through the urban landscape of 16th century apprenticeships and artisan production in this tale of thwarted marriages and class …

Thomas Dekker »s singular comic drama, The Shoemakers » Holiday moves through the urban landscape of 16th century apprenticeships and artisan production in this tale of thwarted marriages and class …