The Roaring Girl
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The Roaring Girl is a Jacobean stage comedy, co-written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, that dramatizes the exploits of the cross-dressing London rogue Mary Frith (Moll Cutpurse).
All labels observed (1)
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| The Roaring Girl canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6195112 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Roaring Girl Context triple: [Thomas Middleton, notableWork, The Roaring Girl]
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A.
Queen Henrietta's Men
Queen Henrietta's Men was a prominent Caroline-era English playing company active in the 1620s and 1630s, known for performing at the Cockpit Theatre and for its association with Queen Henrietta Maria.
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B.
Children of the Queen's Revels
Children of the Queen's Revels was a prominent early 17th-century English boy acting company known for performing satirical and innovative plays in the Jacobean theatre.
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C.
Mac Flecknoe
Mac Flecknoe is a satirical poem by John Dryden that mock-heroically attacks the poet Thomas Shadwell as the heir to a kingdom of dullness.
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D.
The Laughing Cavalier
The Laughing Cavalier is a famous 1624 portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, celebrated for its lively brushwork, vivid detail, and the subject’s enigmatic, almost smiling expression.
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E.
The Honest Whore
The Honest Whore is an early 17th-century English city comedy play, co-written by Thomas Dekker (with Thomas Middleton for its second part), known for its vivid portrayal of London life and complex treatment of morality and female virtue.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Roaring Girl Target entity description: The Roaring Girl is a Jacobean stage comedy, co-written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, that dramatizes the exploits of the cross-dressing London rogue Mary Frith (Moll Cutpurse).
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A.
Queen Henrietta's Men
Queen Henrietta's Men was a prominent Caroline-era English playing company active in the 1620s and 1630s, known for performing at the Cockpit Theatre and for its association with Queen Henrietta Maria.
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B.
Children of the Queen's Revels
Children of the Queen's Revels was a prominent early 17th-century English boy acting company known for performing satirical and innovative plays in the Jacobean theatre.
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C.
Mac Flecknoe
Mac Flecknoe is a satirical poem by John Dryden that mock-heroically attacks the poet Thomas Shadwell as the heir to a kingdom of dullness.
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D.
The Laughing Cavalier
The Laughing Cavalier is a famous 1624 portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, celebrated for its lively brushwork, vivid detail, and the subject’s enigmatic, almost smiling expression.
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E.
The Honest Whore
The Honest Whore is an early 17th-century English city comedy play, co-written by Thomas Dekker (with Thomas Middleton for its second part), known for its vivid portrayal of London life and complex treatment of morality and female virtue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jacobean stage comedy
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play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Thomas Dekker canon
ⓘ
Thomas Middleton canon ⓘ |
| author |
Thomas Dekker
ⓘ
Thomas Middleton ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mary Frith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Sir Alexander Swinnerton ⓘ |
| dramatises | exploits of a cross-dressing London rogue ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gallipot
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linked to:
Teapot
Goshawk ⓘ Jack Dapper ⓘ Laxton ⓘ Mary Fitzallard ⓘ Mistress Gallipot ⓘ Mistress Openwork ⓘ Moll Cutpurse ⓘ Openwork ⓘ Sebastian Wengrave ⓘ Sir Alexander Wengrave ⓘ Sir Davy Dapper ⓘ Trapdoor ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | circa 1611 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1611 ⓘ |
| form | prose and verse ⓘ |
| genre |
city comedy
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
city morality
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class and gender roles ⓘ cross-dressing ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | reputation of Mary Frith as a London rogue ⓘ |
| literaryCanon | English Renaissance city comedies ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Moll Cutpurse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Moll Cutpurse as a heroic figure
ⓘ
early stage representation of a real contemporary woman ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
gender nonconformity
ⓘ
urban London life ⓘ |
| publisher | Nicholas Okes ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| structure | five-act play ⓘ |
| theatricalPeriod |
Jacobean era
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linked to:
Stuart period
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| timePeriodOfSetting | early 17th-century London ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Roaring Girl Description of subject: The Roaring Girl is a Jacobean stage comedy, co-written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, that dramatizes the exploits of the cross-dressing London rogue Mary Frith (Moll Cutpurse).
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