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English dramatist and pamphleteer

Person · Open Library

Born
1572
Died
1632-08-25
Works
326

Top works

  • Decker's dream, in which, being rapt with a poetical enthusiasm, the great volumes of heaven and hell were opened to him, in which he read many wonderful things
  • The non-dramatic works of Thomas Dekker
  • Newes from graues-end
  • If it be not good, the Diuel is in it
  • The seven deadly sins of London drawn in seven several coaches, through the seven several gates of the city

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom

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6,623
Total plays
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Thomas Dekker comes from a deeply artistic, intensely European upbringing. His mother, a concert pianist and his father, a painter/opera singer. As a child, he and his parents moved around the world almost continuously, spending time all over the United States, Europe, Canada, and a series of islands including Tahiti and Grand Cayman. No matter how the environment was changing, music was the constant in his family and life. At the age of five, Thomas landed a singing gig for a commercial which l

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Quotes

  • Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers?O sweet content!Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplex'd?O punishment!

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Born
c. 1572 , London, England
Died
25 August 1632 (aged 60), London, England
Occupation
Writer

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Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 – 25 August 1632) was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists.

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