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The Roaring Girl is a rip-roaring Jacobean comedy co-written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker and first published in 1611. The play is a fictionalized dramatization of the life of Mary Frith, known as "Moll Cutpurse", a woman who had gained a reputation as a virago in the early 17th century. (The term "roaring girl" was adapted from the slang term "roaring boy", which was applied to a young man who caroused publicly, brawled, and committed petty crimes.) The play combines the exploits of the cross-dressed Moll with the amorous adventures of a trio of merchants' wives, and the forbidden romance between Sebastian Wengrave and Mary Fitzallard. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett and Wikipedia)<br /><br /> <strong>Cast</strong><br /> Sir Alexander Wengrave: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=4705">Algy Pug</a><br /> Sebastian Wengrave: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=6930">Nolan Fout</a><br /> Mary Fitzallard: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=6544">Amanda Friday</a><br /> Sir Davy Dapper/Sir Beauteous Ganymede/Fellow/Tailor/Coachman: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=4267">Ric F</a><br /> Sir Adam Appleton/Sir Thomas Long: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=2911">David Lawrence</a><br /> Goshawk: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=6882">David Isenhower</a><br /> Laxton/Second Cutpurse: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=7079">Chuck Williamson</a><br /> Greenwit/Sergeant Curtilax: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=3242">peac</a><br /> Ralph Trapdoor: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=2624">David Nicol</a><br /> Mistress Openwork: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=6548">Kristingj</a><br /> Mistress Gallipot: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=3536">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br /> Jack Dapper: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=7165">LucentBirch</a><br /> Gull/First Cutpurse: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=6689">Tiffany Halla Colonna</a><br /> Mistress Tiltyard: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=3615">Lucy Perry</a><br /> Master Openwork: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=1492">mb</a><br /> Moll/Neatfoot/Yeoman Hanger: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=1295">Elizabeth Klett</a><br /> Master Tiltyard/Lord Noland: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=3157">Tricia G</a><br /> Master Gallipot/Sir Guy Fitzallard: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=4738">Leonard Wilson</a><br /> Narrator/Tearcat: <a href="https://catalog.librivox.org/people_public.php?peopleid=6754">Todd</a><br /><br /> <strong>Audio edited by:</strong> Elizabeth Klett

The Shoemaker's Holiday is an Elizabethan play written by Thomas Dekker. It was first performed in 1599 by the Admiral's Men. It falls into the sub-genre of city comedy (depicting ordinary London life).<br><br>Aristocrat Rowland Lacy falls in love with middle class girl Rose Oateley, but Rose's father and Lacy's uncle refuse to approve the match because of the class difference and Rowland's spendthrift lifestyle. Rowland is told to redeem himself by joining the army fighting in France. To avoid going, he persuades someone else to take his place and disguises himself as a Dutch shoemaker, Hans. He becomes an apprentice of eccentric but hard-working tradesman, Simon Eyre, and negotiates a business deal that bags his employer thousands of pounds. Eyre is made Sheriff of London and later, Lord Mayor.<br><br>Meanwhile, another of Eyre's employees, Ralph, leaves for the French wars. He returns to find that his wife, Jane, has been poached by a rich dandy, Hammon. (Wikipedia and Rob Board) <br><br><b>Cast</b><br> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6548">Kristin Gjerløw</a><br /> Rowland Lacy, otherwise Hans: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Board</a><br /> Simon Eyre: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8799">Peter Tucker</a><br /> Margery: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br /> Rodger: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br /> Firk: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9435">Richard Shipp</a><br /> Ralph: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9781">Negatron</a><br /> Jane: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/1259">Elizabeth Klett</a><br /> Sir Roger Oateley: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3699">Bruce Pirie</a><br /> Rose: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281">Beth Thomas</a><br /> Sybil: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9001">Mary Kay</a><br /> Sir Hugh Lacy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8808">davidpr</a><br /> Dodger: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9965">Hannoria</a><br /> Master Hammon: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905">Hamlet</a><br /> Serving man, and those of Hammon's side: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10087">Sandra Schmit</a><br /> A boy: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9810">Stoofy</a><br /> Master Warner: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6065">David Olson</a><br /> A prentice: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9647">Joseph Tabler</a><br /> The King: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9809">Andrew Utley</a><br /> The Earl of Cornwell, and a nobleman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6065">David Olson</a><br /> Askew: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8883">Lydia</a><br /> Lovell: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/3645">MaryAnn</a><br /> A Dutch skipper: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/1724">Anna Simon</a><br /> Master Scott: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9872">Newgatenovelist</a><br /> Three Men's Songs: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/123">Ezwa</a><br /> Audio edited by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Board</a>

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By Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley

Mother Elizabeth Sawyer is a poor, lonely, and unfairly ostracized old woman with nothing left to lose. Frank is a poor farmer who intends to marry his beloved Winnifred, who is pregnant with his child, but is pressured to marry Susan, the rich yeoman's daughter. Young Cuddy Banks is a clown who pines after a girl who doesn't love him. When Mother Sawyer turns to witchcraft after being unjustly accused of it, a talking devil-dog named Tom (performed by a human actor) comes to her aid, becoming her familiar and only friend. Though she intends to get her revenge, little does she know many of those around her are only too willing to sell their souls to the devil all by themselves. The play was inspired by the real-life story of Elizabeth Sawyer, who had been executed for witchcraft on 19 April 1621, and draws heavily on a pamphlet by Henry Goodcole, The wonderful discoverie of Elizabeth Sawyer, Witch (1621). While the pamphlet may be very ready to capitalize on the sensational story of a witch and portray Sawyer as simply a bad woman, the play does not permit an easy and comfortable demonization of her. It presents her as a product of society rather than an anomaly in it. - Summary by Mary Kay <br><br> <b>Cast</b><br />Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8883" rel="nofollow">LydiaCW</a><br />Mother Elizabeth Sawyer: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6281" rel="nofollow">Elizabby</a><br />Anne: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/ 9872" rel="nofollow">Newgatenovelist</a><br />Susan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179" rel="nofollow">Kitty</a><br />Katherine: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6548" rel="nofollow">Kristingj</a><br />Winnifred: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/1259" rel="nofollow">gloriana</a><br />Sir Arthur Clarington: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905" rel="nofollow">Hamlet</a><br />Old Thorney / Hamluc: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8799" rel="nofollow">unreadpages</a><br />Carter: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754" rel="nofollow">ToddHW</a><br />Warbeck: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10396" rel="nofollow">jburlinson</a><br />Somerton: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10542" rel="nofollow">Salvationist</a><br />Frank Thorney: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/2624" rel="nofollow">Dave in the Fax</a><br />Old Banks: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170" rel="nofollow">alanmapstone</a><br />Cuddy Banks: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10528" rel="nofollow">BlueFunk</a><br />Dog, aka Tom: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164" rel="nofollow">RobBoard</a><br />Ratcliffe: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10459" rel="nofollow">McFarlane</a><br />Justice / Constable: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6065" rel="nofollow">dlolso21</a><br />First Clown / First Countryman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9755" rel="nofollow">Khaghbboommm</a><br />Second Clown / Second Countryman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7315" rel="nofollow">catrose</a><br />Third Clown / Third Countryman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10614" rel="nofollow">leanneyauyau</a><br />Fourth Clown / Sawgut: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905" rel="nofollow">Hamlet</a><br /><b>Edited by:</b> <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/5796" rel="nofollow">carteki</a> and <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/5796" rel="nofollow">linny</a>

The Family of Love is an early Jacobean city comedy, first published in 1608. Published anonymously, the play was long attributed to Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, although more recent scholarship suggests that Lording Barry may be the sole author. The play satirises the supposed sexual lasciviousness of the Familia Caritatis or "Family of Love," the religious sect founded by Henry Nicholis in the 16th century. <br /><br /> Maria is in love with Gerardine but her uncle, Glister the physician, opposes the match. Gerardine pretends to depart for a long ocean voyage, leaving a trunk containing his earthly possessions to Maria, but when Maria opens the trunk she finds Gerardine inside. Meanwhile, Glister cheats on his wife with the Familist wife of Purge the apothecary. Two dim-witted gallants, Gudgeon and Lipsalve, try to bed every woman they meet and want nothing more than to gain access to the secretive Familist Meeting House, which rumor has it is a bastion of free-love. With the help of Dryfat the merchant and Club the apprentice, Gerardine stages a mock trial with the intention of teaching everyone a lesson. - Summary by Wikipedia and Rob Board. <br /><br /> <b>Cast</b> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/2911">David Lawrence</a><br /> Gerardine: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br /> Maria: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8677">Khand</a><br /> Glister: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9905">Hamlet</a><br /> Mistress Glister: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10179">Sonia</a><br /> Mistress Purge: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10614">Leanne Yau</a><br /> Purge: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">alanmapstone</a><br /> Lipsalve: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Board</a><br /> Gudgeon: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9809">Andrew Utley</a><br /> Dryfat: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8799">Peter Tucker</a><br /> Club: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br /> Shrimp: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10458">ScarlettG</a><br /> Periwinkle: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/9810">Stoofy</a><br /> Vial: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11535">Nemo</a><br /> Within: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10087">Sandra Schmit</a><br /> <b>Edited by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8164">Rob Board</a></b>