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The playwrights made their heroine a single woman and though dressed in men's clothes she was chaste.
"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory
#book quote#normal women#philippa gregory#nonfiction#playwrights#john day#the madde pranckes of mery mall of the bankside#thomas dekker#thomas middleton#the roaring girl#heroine#single woman#cross dressing#chaste#moll cutpurse#mary frith
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She gained fame in 1610 when John Day wrote a play, The Madde Pranckes of Mery Mall of the Bankside. A second play in 1611, by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, celebrated her under the title The Roaring Girl.
"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory
#book quotes#normal women#philippa gregory#nonfiction#moll cutpurse#mary frith#10s#1610s#17th century#rise to fame#john day#play#playwright#the madde pranckes of mery mall of the bankside#thomas dekker#thomas middleton#the roaring girl
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