Dekker, Thomas approximately 1572-1632

Overview

Works:	1,266 works in 4,687 publications in 8 languages and 62,405 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Comedy plays History Academic theses Humor Prayers Fiction Anecdotes Dictionaries
Subject Headings:	Dramatists, English--Early modern
Roles:	Author, Other, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Editor, Lyricist, Librettist, Composer
Classifications:	PR2243, 822.3

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Most widely held works about Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker. An analysis of dramatic structure by James H Conover( )
Thomas Dekker by George R Price( Book )
Thomas Dekker by Thomas Dekker( Book )
Thomas Dekker, a study by Mary L Hunt( Book )
A history of English dramatic literature to the death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward( Book )

The dragon and the dove : the plays of Thomas Dekker by Julia Gasper( Book )
Thomas Dekker and the culture of pamphleteering in early modern London by Anna Bayman( )
Non-dramatic works by Thomas Dekker( 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 )
Introductions, notes, and commentaries to texts in The dramatic works of Thomas Dekker, edited by Fredson Bowers by Cyrus Hoy( Book )
Thomas Dekker : a reference guide by Doris Ray Adler( Book )
Dekker and Heywood : professional dramatists by Kathleen McLuskie( Book )
Thomas Dekker: a study in economic and social backgrounds by Kate L Gregg( 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's pamphlets, 1603-1609, and Jacobean popular literature by Frederick O Waage( 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 )
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 )

143 editions published between 1600 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 3,661 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 1,792 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The roaring girl by Thomas Middleton( Book )

70 editions published between 1611 and 2019 in English and Danish and held by 1,116 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 )

71 editions published between 1658 and 2017 in English and German and held by 1,089 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 )

18 editions published between 1953 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 987 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The batchelers banquet, or, A banquet for batchelers : vvherein is prepared sundry dainty dishes to furnish their tables, curiously drest, and seriously serued in : pleasantly discoursing the variable humours of women, their quicknesse of wits, and vnsearchable deceits by Thomas Dekker( )

36 editions published between 1603 and 1982 in English and held by 912 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elizabethan drama by William Shakespeare( Book )

6 editions published between 1910 and 1919 in English and held by 757 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

Elizabethan and Stuart plays by Charles Read Baskervill( Book )

2 editions published between 1934 and 1962 in English and held by 748 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The vvonderfull yeare, 1603 by Thomas Dekker( Book )

17 editions published between 1924 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 639 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( )

28 editions published between 1632 and 1977 in English and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

7 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Dekker by Thomas Dekker( Book )

64 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 551 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The gull's hornbook by Thomas Dekker( Book )

41 editions published between 1804 and 2013 in English and held by 503 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

Lanthorne and candle-light by Thomas Dekker( )

32 editions published between 1608 and 1981 in English and held by 503 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dedication signed: Thomas Dekker. A continuation of: The belman of London. With a title page woodcut. Printer's name from STC. Signatures: A-L4. The last leaf is blank. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. (marc) 99845156. (stc) STC (2nd ed.) 6486. (vid) 10041. (DLPS) A20046.0001.001. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20046.0001.001. 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. Crime and criminals -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Cant -- Early works to 1800

The shoemakers' holiday by Thomas Dekker( Book )

9 editions published between 1934 and 1968 in English and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The famous history of Sir Thomas Wyat : with the coronation of Queen Mary, and the coming in of King Philip by Thomas Dekker( )

33 editions published between 1607 and 1953 in English and held by 479 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 seven deadly sinnes of London by Thomas Dekker( Book )

32 editions published between 1885 and 2013 in English and held by 470 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

38 editions published between 1604 and 1953 in English and held by 444 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Villanies discouered by lanthorne and candle-light, and the helpe of a new cryer called O per se O. : Being an addition to the Belmans second night-walke: and a laying open to the world of those abuses, which the bel-man (because he went i'th darke) could not see. With canting songs neuer before printed by Thomas Dekker( )

28 editions published between 1616 and 2011 in English and English, Middle and held by 423 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Foure birds of Noahs arke by Thomas Dekker( Book )

23 editions published between 1609 and 1925 in English and held by 407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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