The Roaring Girl

Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker

ISBN 10: 071366813X / ISBN 13: 9780713668131

Edité par Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB, 2003

A propos de cet article

This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents a real-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, who probably was among the first audiences of 'her' play before she was taken up for public misconduct. Middleton and Dekker's 'roaring girl' may outrage her society with her pipe, bluster and swagger, but she turns out to be the moral centre of the play. Her code of honour leads her to call the bluff on rogues and conspicuous consumers, to thrash a hypocritical gallant in a duel, and to act as go-between for the young lovers thwarted by parental tyranny. This wry dramatisation of female deviancy exposing male ineffectuality is as much to the point today as it was in King James's England. An appendix helps the modern reader to appreciate the canting terms used by the low-life characters.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Roaring Girl
• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 071366813X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780713668131
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 2ème Édition
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 210 grammes

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Synopsis

This Jacobean city comedy is a curiosity in that it presents a
real-life character, the notorious cross-dresser Moll Frith, who
probably was among the first audiences of 'her' play before she was
taken up for public misconduct. Middleton and Dekker's 'roaring girl'
may outrage her society with her pipe, bluster and swagger, but she
turns out to be the moral centre of the play. Her code of honour leads
her to call the bluff on rogues and conspicuous consumers, to thrash a
hypocritical gallant in a duel, and to act as go-between for the young
lovers thwarted by parental tyranny. This wry dramatisation of female
deviancy exposing male ineffectuality is as much to the point today as
it was in King James's England. An appendix helps the modern reader to
appreciate the canting terms used by the low-life characters.

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Middleton (1580 - 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet.

Thomas Dekker (1570-1632) was an English dramatist.