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London, England. Died. 25 August 1632 (aged 60) London, England. Occupation. Writer. 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 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. He may have been born into a family of Dutch immigrants living in London and is first mentioned as a playwright in 1598.
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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.
Sep 23, 2017 · Meet Thomas Dekker's husband, Jesse! The 29-year-old actor shared personal photos from his wedding day with fans on Instagram on Friday.
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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.
Apr 10, 2012 · Dekker married a woman named Mary and had three daughters in 1594, 1598, and 1602. 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.
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Presumably the Thomas Dekker who was buried in August, 1632, in Clerkenwell parish was the playwright and pamphleteer. Although Dekker’s personal life is mostly subject to conjecture, his...
