Dekker, Thomas approximately 1572-1632

Overview

Works:	1,024 works in 4,259 publications in 6 languages and 58,177 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Comedy plays History Humor Biography Dictionaries Anecdotes
Subject Headings:	Dramatists, English--Early modern
Roles:	Author, Bibliographic antecedent, Editor, Other, Lyricist, Creator, Librettist

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker. An analysis of dramatic structure by James Harrington Conover( )
Thomas Dekker by George R Price( Book )
Thomas Dekker, a study by Mary Leland Hunt( Book )
Thomas Dekker by Thomas Dekker( Book )
The dragon and the dove : the plays of Thomas Dekker by Julia Gasper( Book )

Non-dramatic works by Thomas Dekker( Book )
Thomas Dekker and the culture of pamphleteering in early modern London by Anna Bayman( )
Introductions, notes, and commentaries to texts in The dramatic works of Thomas Dekker, edited by Fredson Bowers by Cyrus Hoy( Book )
London dispossessed : literature and social space in the early modern city by John Twyning( Book )
The collaboration of Webster and Dekker by F. E Pierce( Book )
Thomas Dekker and the traditions of English drama by Larry S Champion( Book )
Thomas Dekker : a reference guide by Doris Ray Adler( Book )
Thomas Dekker's pamphlets, 1603-1609, and Jacobean popular literature by Frederick O Waage( Book )
Dekker and Heywood : professional dramatists by Kathleen McLuskie( Book )
Thomas Dekker, c. 1572-1632, a bibliographical catalogue of the early editions (to the end of the 17th century) by A. F Allison( Book )
Thomas Dekker: a study in economic and social backgrounds by Kate L Gregg( Book )
Un peintre de la vie londonienne: Thomas Dekker (circa 1572-1632) by Marie Thérèse Jones-Davies( Book )
Rhetoric in the plays of Thomas Dekker by Suzanne Blow( Book )
Serious and tragic elements in the comedy of Thomas Dekker by Peggy Faye Shirley( Book )
Public theater in golden age Madrid and Tudor-Stuart London : class, gender, and festive community by Ivan Cañadas( Book )

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Most widely held works by Thomas Dekker

The shoemaker's holiday by Thomas Dekker( Book )

114 editions published between 1600 and 2017 in English and Italian and held by 3,623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rowland Lacy, a young nobleman in love with Rose Oateley, daughter of Sir Roger, disguises himself as a Dutch shoemaker, Hans, and works in a shop with Simon Eyre, having sent a friend to France in his place. He wins Rose. Through Hans, Eyre gets a fortune, becomes sheriff, and then Lord Mayor of London; as such he declares a shoemakers' holiday, feasting all apprentices. 5 acts, 17 men, 4 women, extras, 6 interiors, 8 exteriors, costumes of the period

Poems of Thomas Dekker by Thomas Dekker( )

6 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 1,758 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The roaring girl by Thomas Middleton( Book )

69 editions published between 1611 and 2014 in English and Danish and held by 1,062 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Sebastian has a problem. He's in love with a girl but his father won't agree to their marriage. In desperation he turns to the one person who can help him, the fearless and feisty 'roaring girl' Moll Cutpurse. In a London fuelled by greed and desire, the charismatic, cross-dressing heroine Moll has the world wrapped around her little finger, and she has a plan. Cutting a joyously independent path through the underhand scheming and petty vendettas of the London underworld, Moll proves more than a match for any man."--Page 4 of cover

The witch of Edmonton by William Rowley( Book )

60 editions published between 1658 and 2017 in English and German and held by 1,007 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The play, based on a sensational witchcraft trial of 1621, presents Mother Sawyer and her local community in the grip of a witch-mania reflecting popular belief and superstition of the time..."--Back cover

The dramatic works of Thomas Dekker by Thomas Dekker( Book )

21 editions published between 1953 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,005 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The vvonderfull yeare, 1603 by Thomas Dekker( Book )

32 editions published between 1603 and 1966 in English and held by 822 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elizabethan and Stuart plays by Charles Read Baskervill( Book )

2 editions published between 1934 and 1962 in English and held by 776 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elizabethan drama by Christopher Marlowe( Book )

5 editions published between 1910 and 1938 in English and held by 765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Although a two-volume work on Elizabethan-era drama, only the first volume is included in this Anthology as it directly relates to Shakespeare and Marlowe. Marlowe's "Edward the Second" is the first piece, followed by four of Shakespeare's greatest works to provide a basis for comparison

The Batchelars banquet, or, A Banquet for batchelars : wherein is prepared sundry daintie dishes to furnish their table, curiously drest, and seriously serued in : pleasantly discoursing the variable humours of vvomen, their quicknesse of wittes, and vnsearchable deceits by Thomas Dekker( )

29 editions published between 1603 and 1660 in English and held by 712 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sometimes attributed to Thomas Dekker, but more probably by Robert Tofte. An adaptation of "Les quinze joies de mariage", which is sometimes attributed to Antoine de La Sale. Printer identified by STC. Signatures: A-K4 (-K4). Reproduction of the original in the British Library. (marc) 99850909. (stc) STC (2nd ed.) 6477. (vid) 16146. (DLPS) A20038.0001.001. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20038.0001.001. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/text/accesspolicy.html. This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info@umich.edu for further information or permissions. Women -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. La Sale, Antoine de, b. 1388?. Tofte, Robert, d. 1620

The famous history of Sir Thomas Wyat by Thomas Dekker( Book )

47 editions published between 1607 and 1982 in English and held by 696 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Probably derived from the two parts of the lost play "Lady Jane", by Dekker, Thomas Heywood, John Webster, Henry Chettle, and Wentworth Smith. Partly in verse. The first word of the title is xylographic. Printer's name from STC. Signatures: A-G4 (-G4). Running title reads: The famous historie of Sir Thomas Wyat. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. (marc) 99841018. (stc) STC (2nd ed.) 6537. (stc) Greg, I, 256(a). (vid) 5575. (DLPS) A20096.0001.001. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20096.0001.001. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/text/accesspolicy.html. This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info@umich.edu for further information or permissions. Wyatt, Thomas, -- Sir, -- 1521?-1554 -- Drama. Webster, John, 1580?-1625?. Grey, Jane, -- Lady, -- 1537-1554 -- Drama

The gull's hornbook by Thomas Dekker( Book )

56 editions published between 1804 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In the Gull's Handbook ... we can see, when we make due allowance for the exaggeration of the satirist, how Londoners really lived and behaved three hundred years ago." The main character is "a boor posing as a wit, a fool qualifying for a sharper."--Introductory note, p.i, v

The wonderful year [etc] and selected writings by Thomas Dekker( Book )

6 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 592 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Dekker by Thomas Dekker( Book )

67 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 574 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The honest whore : with the humours of the patient man and the longing wife by Thomas Dekker( )

32 editions published between 1604 and 1953 in English and held by 552 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

English villanies : eight severall times prest to death by the printers, but (still reviving againe) are now the ninth time (as at first) discovered by Lanthorne and candle-light, and the helpe of a new cryer, called O-Per-Se-O whose lowd voyce proclaimes to all that will heare him, another conspiracie of abuses lately plotting together, to hurt the peace of this kingdome, which the bell-man (because he then went stumbling i'th' darke) could never see till now : and because a companie of rogues, cunning canting Gypsies, and all the scumme of our nation fight here under their owne tottered colours : at the end is a canting dictionarie, to teach their language, with canting songs : a book to make gentlemen merrie, citizens warie, countreymen carefull : fit for all justices to reade over, because it is a pilot, by whom they may make strange discoveries by Thomas Dekker( )

24 editions published between 1632 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 550 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The shoo-makers holy-day. Or The gentle craft : VVith the humorous life of Simon Eyre, shoomaker, and Lord Mayor of London. As it was acted before the Queenes most excellent Maiestie on New-yeares day at night, by the right Honourable the Earle of Notingham, Lord high Admirall of England, his seruants by Thomas Dekker( )

22 editions published between 1610 and 1657 in English and held by 534 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Westward hoe by Thomas Dekker( )

55 editions published between 1605 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 527 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Northward hoe by Thomas Dekker( Book )

51 editions published between 1607 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The shoemakers' holiday by Thomas Dekker( Book )

13 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The magnificent entertainment : with the speeches and songes, delivered in the severall pageants by Thomas Dekker( )

44 editions published between 1604 and 1975 in English and held by 484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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