Roaring Girl

The Roaring Girl is a Jacobean comedy co-written by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, first published in 1611. The play dramatizes the life of Mary Frith, known as Moll Cutpurse, a woman who defied gender norms in early 17th-century London. It features her cross-dressing exploits alongside the romantic entanglements of several merchants' wives and the forbidden love between Sebastian Wengrave and Mary Fitzallard. The work is notable for its exploration of gender roles and societal expectations during the Jacobean era.