The Roaring Girl

Written by Thomas Dekker

Narrated by LibriVox Community

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)

Cast
Sir Alexander Wengrave: Algy Pug
Sebastian Wengrave: Nolan Fout
Mary Fitzallard: Amanda Friday
Sir Davy Dapper/Sir Beauteous Ganymede/Fellow/Tailor/Coachman: Ric F
Sir Adam Appleton/Sir Thomas Long: David Lawrence
Goshawk: David Isenhower
Laxton/Second Cutpurse: Chuck Williamson
Greenwit/Sergeant Curtilax: peac
Ralph Trapdoor: David Nicol
Mistress Openwork: Kristingj
Mistress Gallipot: Arielle Lipshaw
Jack Dapper: LucentBirch
Gull/First Cutpurse: Tiffany Halla Colonna
Mistress Tiltyard: Lucy Perry
Master Openwork: mb
Moll/Neatfoot/Yeoman Hanger: Elizabeth Klett
Master Tiltyard/Lord Noland: Tricia G
Master Gallipot/Sir Guy Fitzallard: Leonard Wilson
Narrator/Tearcat: Todd

Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose talent on the bike quickly took him to the top of the sport. He raced for The Netherlands in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, won two Dutch National Time Trial Championships, and captured victories in the 2006 Tirreno-Adriatico and the 2007 Tour of Romandie. He rode for the Dutch Rabobank superteam and then Silence-Lotto before a retroactively tested sample returned positive for EPO. In 2009, Dekker was suspended for two years for the drug violation, and it was later confirmed during Operaction Puerto that Dekker was among the clients of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. After his suspension, Dekker joined the American Garmin Development Team and rode for Garmin-Barracuda from 2012-2014. Dekker claims to have ridden clean for Jonathan Vaughters and he became a popular rider in the American peloton. He retired after an attempt on the World Hour Record in 2015.