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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.
Thomas Dekker (born c. 1572, London, Eng.—died c. 1632) was an English dramatist and writer of prose pamphlets who is particularly known for his lively depictions of London life. Few facts of Dekker’s life are certain.
Apr 10, 2012 · From around 1598 he worked as a playwright for The Admiral's Men, and engaged in the War of the Theatres with Ben Jonson and John Marston. Dekker wrote more than forty plays for The Admiral's Men, many of which are lost. His works include collaborating on Shakespeare's Sir Thomas More, Old Fortunatas and Satiromastix.
Thomas Dekker was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer. He is remembered as a prolific and versatile writer whose work offers a fascinating glimpse into the London of his time. Dekker's body of work encompasses a wide range of genres, including comedies, tragedies, histories, and satirical pamphlets.
Nov 4, 2018 · A Short Analysis of Thomas Dekker’s ‘Golden Slumbers’. Memorably used by The Beatles as the lyrics for their song of the same name on the Abbey Road LP, ‘Golden Slumbers’ is a lullaby from Thomas Dekker’s 1603 play Patient Grissel, written with Henry Chettle and William Haughton.
Thomas Dekker is one of those Elizabethan playwrights about whose early life we don’t know much. His name suggests Dutch ancestry and it seems from clues he gives from time to time in his pamphlets that he was born in London in 1572. His career spanned several decades of close contact with the most famous writers of his time.
Jun 2, 2024 · He was engaged by Henslowe about 1595 to write plays (over 40 of which are now lost) in collaboration with Drayton, Jonson, J. Webster, and many others. He published The Shoemaker's Holiday and Old Fortunatus, comedies, in 1600.
