The Roaring Girle. Or Moll Cut-Purse. As it Hath Lately Beene Acted on the Fortune-stage by the Prince his Players

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The titular Roaring Girl of Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker's comedy is Moll Cutpurse, a fictionalized version of a real person, Mary Frith, who attained legendary status in London by flouting gendered dress conventions, illegally performing onstage, and engaging in all sorts of transgressive behaviour.